Role: Technical Strategy Manager
Location: West London
Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 + Car Allowance & Private Healthcare
Contract: Hybrid working (3 days in office with some UK travel)
We are working with a leading Facilities Management provider to recruit a Technical Strategy Manager for a major corporate estate across the UK and Ireland.
This is a technical leadership role focused on driving technical excellence, asset lifecycle strategy, compliance, and engineering innovation across a large, complex portfolio. The successful candidate will support the Account leadership team and deputise for the Account Manager when required.
The Role
You will lead the engineering strategy across the estate, ensuring consistent technical standards, governance, compliance, and best practice delivery. The role will focus heavily on asset lifecycle management, future-proofing M&E infrastructure, and improving engineering performance through SMART technologies and data-led decision making.
Working closely with operational teams, stakeholders, and the client, you will help shape the future engineering strategy of the estate while ensuring day-to-day technical delivery remains compliant, efficient, and commercially effective.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and develop the engineering strategy across a large, multi-site corporate estate.
* Drive engineering excellence, technical governance, and compliance across all M&E operations.
* Take ownership of asset lifecycle planning, ensuring ageing infrastructure is effectively managed and future investment plans are aligned to business needs.
* Utilise SMART technologies, BIM, dashboards, and Power BI reporting tools to support asset performance and long-term decision making.
* Develop proactive maintenance strategies that improve reliability, minimise risk, and reduce operational disruption.
* Conduct technical audits, assurance reviews, and compliance reporting to ensure statutory and contractual obligations are consistently achieved.
* Support mobilisation activity, asset surveying programmes, and ongoing estate changes and upgrades.
* Provide leadership and technical support to engineering teams across the account, helping drive performance, standards, and continuous improvement.
* Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and act as a trusted, client-facing technical lead.
* Support competency development, succession planning, and the ongoing growth of engineering capability across the team.
About You
* Strong M&E background within Facilities Management or building services.
* Experience leading engineering delivery across large, multi-site portfolios.
* Strong understanding of compliance, asset management, and engineering governance.
* Confident client-facing professional with excellent communication skills.
* Forward-thinking approach with experience driving change and innovation.
Qualifications & Experience
* Qualified in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Services Engineering (or similar).
* Chartered/Incorporated status desirable or working towards.
* Membership of CIBSE, IMechE, IET, or similar professional body preferred.
* Knowledge of ISO standards and technical compliance frameworks.
Package & Working Pattern
* £75,000 - £80,000 basic salary
* Car allowance + comprehensive benefits package
* Private Healthcare
* Hybrid working, typically 3 days in office
* Based primarily at a flagship West London campus with occasional UK travel