Senior Technical Services Manager

Company: Cobalt Recruitment
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this client-side role, you will lead the technical operations for a landmark Grade A asset in the City, ensuring engineering performance, compliance, sustainability and high service standards. You’ll work with an experienced Building Manager to optimise building performance and occupier satisfaction across a high-profile portfolio. The position offers long-term career growth within a prestigious property owner known for investing in its people. This is an opportunity to shape technical strategy and drive efficiency at scale.

Pay / Benefits

  • exceptional benefits package
  • permanent client-side role
  • opportunity at landmark asset
  • collaborative working environment
  • career progression
  • strong employer reputation

Responsibilities

  • Oversee technical management and engineering performance of a prestigious Grade A asset
  • Direct delivery of mechanical, electrical and related building services to maintain operational excellence
  • Manage outsourced M&E providers, ensuring contractual obligations and KPIs are met
  • Maintain statutory compliance with robust documentation, reporting and risk management
  • Oversee planned and reactive maintenance and lifecycle replacement programmes
  • Collaborate with Building Manager to implement technical strategies improving performance and occupier satisfaction
  • Manage technical budgets, engineering expenditure and capital projects
  • Support sustainability goals including energy optimisation and carbon reduction
  • Provide technical guidance on projects, occupier fit-outs and operational improvements
  • Build and maintain relationships with occupiers, contractors, consultants and internal stakeholders
  • Drive continuous improvement to keep the asset at the forefront of technical building management

Key requirements

  • Proven experience as Technical Services Manager, Senior Technical Services Manager, Engineering Manager or equivalent in commercial property
  • Strong technical background in mechanical and electrical building services
  • Experience in large-scale Grade A offices or similar high-profile assets
  • Understanding of statutory compliance, HSE legislation and technical risk management
  • Experience managing outsourced M&E service providers and maintenance programmes
  • Strong financial awareness with budget and capital expenditure management
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management with senior management and occupiers
  • Proactive, commercially minded and solution-focused approach
  • Relevant engineering qualifications or professional accreditations advantageous
  • Client-side property ownership or managing agent experience preferred (also open to senior contractors)
  • communication
  • stakeholder management
  • proactivity
  • mechanical and electrical building services
  • statutory compliance and health & safety knowledge
  • M&E service provider management

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Posted: October 21st, 2026