ROLE: Technical Manager
HOURS: 40 Hours per Week
LOCATION: Wethersfield, Braintree

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Technical Manager to lead technical compliance, engineering assurance, statutory compliance, asset management and lifecycle governance across a complex healthcare estate, ensuring critical building systems remain safe, reliable and fully compliant.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical compliance framework, ensuring all statutory inspections, testing, maintenance and certification activities are completed and compliant with relevant legislation and healthcare standards.
• Provide technical leadership across engineering disciplines including electrical, mechanical, water hygiene, ventilation, medical gases, fire safety and specialist healthcare systems.
• Manage asset lifecycle planning, maintain asset registers, review condition surveys and develop capital replacement and refurbishment strategies.
• Support operational maintenance teams by ensuring Planned Preventative Maintenance programmes remain compliant, effective and aligned with contractual KPIs.
• Lead technical audits, risk management activities, contractor performance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives while supporting inspections and governance requirements.

Required Qualifications:

Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.

• Degree, HNC or HND in Building Services Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Recognised professional engineering qualification with evidence of continued professional development.
• IOSH Managing Safely qualification and experience supporting Authorised Person functions or holding Authorised Person qualifications.
• Significant experience managing technical compliance, statutory compliance programmes and multidisciplinary engineering teams within a healthcare environment.
• Strong knowledge of NHS HTMs, healthcare engineering standards, lifecycle planning and contractor management.

What's in it for you?

• The opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and improving critical healthcare infrastructure that supports frontline patient services.
• Career development opportunities within one of the UK's leading facilities management organisations.
• A collaborative working environment where technical expertise, innovation and continuous improvement are valued and encouraged.

There's a place for you at Mitie, join us today!