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Facilities Manager
Location - Home counties
The Role
Mitie is looking for a technically qualified and commercially focused Facilities Manager to oversee the delivery of both hard and soft FM services across a portfolio of sites in Slough and the Home Counties.
This is a key client-facing role requiring strong operational leadership, technical expertise, and the ability to drive service excellence across a diverse estate.
Key Responsibilities
1. Manage the end-to-end delivery of hard services (M&E, compliance, PPM, reactive maintenance) and soft services (cleaning, security, catering, waste, etc.)
2. Ensure all technical services are delivered in line with statutory compliance and health & safety regulations
3. Act as the primary point of contact for clients, building strong, trusted relationships
4. Lead, develop, and performance-manage on-site teams and specialist subcontractors
5. Oversee asset management, lifecycle planning, and maintenance strategies
6. Manage budgets, drive cost efficiencies, and identify value-add opportunities
7. Monitor service delivery against KPIs and SLAs, implementing continuous improvement initiatives
8. Produce regular reports, support audits, and ensure governance standards are met
9. Support mobilisation and project delivery across the portfolio when required
About You
10. Proven experience managing both hard and soft FM services in a client-facing environment
11. Technical background essential (e.g., engineering, M&E, building services)
12. Relevant qualifications such as HNC/HND/Degree in Engineering or Building Services (or equivalent experience)
13. Strong understanding of statutory compliance, including HVAC, electrical, and building systems
14. Demonstrable experience managing multi-site operations
15. Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills
16. IOSH/NEBOSH qualification or equivalent (desirable)
17. Commercially aware with experience managing budgets and driving efficiencies
18. Full UK driving licence
Safeguarding Commitment
Mitie is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all team members to uphold this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and provide satisfactory references.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Marie Hyde at .