University of Westminster
Estates Hard Services Facilities Manager
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Estates Hard Services Facilities Manager
The University of Westminster is seeking an exceptional Estates Hard Services Facilities Manager to play a leading role in delivering safe, compliant, and customer-focused hard FM services across its extensive London estate.
Operating across academic, commercial, and residential buildings, the University estate supports a vibrant community of students, colleagues, and visitors and requires an innovative facilities professional capable of delivering high-quality technical services in a complex operational environment. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Estates (Facilities & Campus Services), this is a key role within the Estates leadership structure with responsibility for ensuring hard services are delivered effectively, efficiently, and in line with statutory requirements.
Responsibilities
- Leading the delivery of technical facilities management services across a large and diverse estate.
- Providing oversight of planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance, contractor performance, and service improvement initiatives.
- Working closely with project teams, internal stakeholders, and external suppliers to ensure facilities services support the University's operational goals while delivering excellent customer outcomes.
- Contributing to capital projects, service transformation programs, and sustainability initiatives, helping to create environments that are safe, efficient, and fit for the future.
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Requirements
- A strong background in Hard FM, building services, maintenance management, or engineering within a complex multi-site environment.
- A proven track record of delivering operational excellence, managing outsourced service providers, and maintaining high standards of compliance and health and safety performance.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and commercial skills.
- The ability to drive continuous improvement and translate strategic objectives into practical operational outcomes.
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Benefits
The University offers an opportunity to join an ambitious Estates function at an exciting period of investment and development, where the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service delivery, improve the campus experience, and contribute to the future direction of one of London's most distinctive university estates.
Application
The candidate brochure can be viewed here: [University of Westminster - Estates Hard Services Facilities Manager](University of Westminster - Estates Hard Services Facilities Manager).
For a confidential discussion, please contact our advisor Connor Humpage (connor.humpage@mrgglobal.com) of MRG. Applications should consist of a CV and supporting statement and should be sent to Connor before the closing date.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 13th September 2026
Interviews are scheduled for: week commencing 28th September 2026.
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