What is a Building Services Manager?
A Building Services Manager often work alongside Estimator and Construction Delivery teams and are responsible for ensuring affordability, efficiency and quality across the design, installation and maintenance of essential systems. Systems can include, Water, gas and electricity supplies, Lighting, heating and air-conditioning, ICT, Security systems and Lifts and escalators.
What are the typical duties and activities for a Building Services Manager?
From employer to employer the job description of a Building Services Manager will vary, however typical duties and activities undertaken include:
Reviewing installation plans and specifications to ensure that they deliver what the building/client needs
Reviewing prices for services work
Testing and checking installations
Making sure jobs meet building regulations and health and safety requirements
Attending meetings and presenting ideas and progress reports to managers and clients
Skills required to be a successful Building Services Manager
To be successful as a Building Services Manager, the below skills are important;
Technically minded
Good team working skills
Effectively communicate - verbal and written
Relationship building
Stakeholder management
How can we help with your Building Services Manager job search?
For over 15 years we have specialised in securing contract and permanent opportunities for Building Services Managers across the Construction, Civils, Rail, Power and Telecoms sectors.
Working globally with the largest contractors, consultancies, along with many infrastructure owners and operators, we are ideally positioned to work with talented Building Services Managers and secure the market's leading Building Services Manager opportunities.
With a reputation for being experts in the sectors that we operate, we are also renowned for consistently delivering the right opportunities to our candidates, working proactively in order to give our candidates the edge in a competitive marketplace.
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Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire. The name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through the city and is known as a historic part of Yorkshire. Sheffield had a reported population of 500,000 in 2019, which made it the 3rd most populous district in England. The 21st century has seen extensive redevelopment in Sheffield.
Sheffield’s economy has experienced steady growth averaging around 5% annually, greater than that of the broader region of Yorkshire and the Humber. Sheffield has seen numerous large scale construction projects over the past couple of years and has multiple large constructions projects in the pipeline, such as:
New hotel at Sheffield Velocity Tower
This seven-storey scheme will see a 126-bed Ibis Budget hotel delivered, along with ancillary accommodation and a restaurant at ground level floor, the Construction Enquirer reports. The site will form part of the larger Velocity Tower development, a completed 22-storey landmark residential apartment building.
New Era Square
New Era Square, at the corner of St. Mary’s Gate and Bramall Lane, is a residential and leisure development costing in the region of £66m. This large development is the creation of Jerry Cheung, a UK-Chinese businessman, local property developer, restaurant owner, and chair of the Sheffield Chinese Community Centre.
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We are always pushing boundaries to improve our services to our clients and candidates. So taking pride in what we do is ranked extremely high. Find out more about the services we can provide for you.