Skip to content
Working at Sodexo - engineer fixing large machinery

Our vacancies

Search Jobs  

Technical Services Manager

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for an engineering professional based at one of our pharmaceutical contracts in Slough Berkshire.

As the Technical Services Manager you will take accountability for the day to day management of the maintenance and operation of all Technical Services on site. Developing, implementing and managing Maintenance policies for the Technical Services Department.

Role Responsibility

  • Manage the Technical Services team.
  • Build client confidence in Sodexo Technical Services in a complex environment
  • Effectively manage all Hard Services operations, delivering effective Maintenance services into M&E and Building Fabric to fully meet both contractual and statutory requirements during normal working hours.
  • Be an essential part of the management of a team who will ensure the safe operation of all plant and equipment on the site.
  • Responsibility for adhering to the permit to work system.
  • Training of staff, including system operations and Health and Safety, updating the training matrix to meet the competency/recent requirements.
  • Provide accurate and regular reports to the management team on performance against key operational efficiency and effectiveness metrics

The Ideal Candidate

  • HND or NVQ or equivalent in a relevant subject.
  • Experience in control of annual budgets relating to all site Hard Services expenditure.
  • Experience of successfully delivering against contractual targets, PM schedules and KPI’s
  • Extensive experience of  delivering against contractual SLA’s
  • Experience of  delivering a service provision on a site where strong permit to work systems are in place
  • Membership to the Institute of Safety and Health (IOSH) or equivalent
  • Facility Management experience covering an appreciation of risk assessment techniques.
  • Preferably experience in building services and a working knowledge of plant engineering.
  • Practical knowledge of word processing and spreadsheets
  • Fully aware of relevant Health and Safety and general legislative matters.
  • Ability to advise, negotiate and influence.
  • Effective people management skills in terms of performance management, teamwork, motivation, delegation and discipline are essential

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

This website is using cookies to improve your browsing experience. If you navigate to another page without changing the settings bellow you consent to this. Read more about cookies.