Transport for London
Building Services Manager
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Key Information
- Job title: Building Services Manager
- Salary: Circa £55,000 - £63,000 Grade: 3
- Contract type: Permanent
- Reference: 4023
- Team: Head of Facilities Operations
- Directorate: Transport Trading Ltd
- Contract details: TfL
- Location: Palestra
- Application closing date: Sunday 23rd August 2026
All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right-to-work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Role
To be a key member of the Infrastructure Team providing professional technical support, advice and guidance on maintenance activities and particular projects at key stages of their design and implementation. Ensuring that TfL’s business needs, legislation and Corporate and Group Property & Facilities Standards are complied with and significantly contributing to maintaining the TfL Group Head Office building portfolio in a fit for purpose condition.
Key Accountabilities
- Provide guidance and assistance to TfL Group Property & Facilities’ (GPF) staff in connection with building services and building matters; connected with projects, accommodation moves, maintenance and day to day issues;
- Provide technical assistance to the Infrastructure Manager for preparation of tender documentation, pre and post tender analysis and technical evaluation of building services maintenance and project tenders;
- Assist the Infrastructure Manager in the preparation, specification, mobilisation and continual review of delivery and performance of building services contracts; in liaison with the Technical Contracts Manager;
- Assist the Infrastructure Manager in the preparation of the 10 Year Capital investment programme in relation to building services, review and commission feasibility studies, provide expert analysis and advice and prioritise all activities to ensure GPF assets deliver optimum performance and life expectancy;
- Ensure all project work is designed and implemented in accordance with relevant GPF Standards, providing technical guidance and clarification at feasibility stage, carrying out life cycle assessments, championing best practice, reviewing design documentation, reviewing construction and supervising the handover procedure to the GPF Premises Team.
- Continually review best practices and common working procedures associated with the management of building services and systems, and ensure co-ordination within the department and with other TfL departments to ensure their adoption.
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Knowledge
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of building services legislation
- Membership of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers, Institute of Electrical Engineers or the Institute of Mechanical Engineers - possessing or working towards chartered status
- Possess a professional qualification in a relevant discipline to either HNC or degree level or equivalent
- An understanding and awareness of environmental engineering and sustainable construction together with a highly developed customer focused and business driven approach to service delivery
- A sound knowledge of health and safety issues and legislation in the building services and construction environment
Skills
- Excellent project management skills including business case preparation, risk assessment, multi-disciplinary project delivery to commissioning
- Well developed ability to apply technical solutions in a business driven, customer focussed context within defined budget limits and constraint
Experience
- A technical background associated with building services engineering with strong experience in the building services industry including, some management experience
- Extensive background specialisation in either electrical or mechanical engineering
- Experience of managing maintenance or projects in buildings of diverse complexity or a mixed, multi-site building portfolio
- Experience of delivering building services projects meeting payback, investment life cycle costing and technical criteria
- A technical background in Facilities Management encompassing building services and fabric issues together with a highly developed customer focused and business driven approach to service delivery
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Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:
- Final salary pension scheme
- Free travel for you on the TfL network
- Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
- 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
- TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
- Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
- Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
- Discounted Eurostar travel
Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4 week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.
We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.
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