The Vacancy
Technical Services Manager
Location: Manchester/North (Preferred) – National Role
Company: WPS
Are you an experienced leader with a strong engineering background and a passion for building lasting client relationships? Wates Property Services is seeking a Technical Services Manager to deliver excellence in M&E services, compliance, and projects across our national portfolio.
What You’ll Do
1. Lead and manage engineering teams delivering M&E services, compliance, and operating frameworks.
2. Oversee Extra Works and M&E/Fabric projects, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
3. Drive leadership and development of direct reports, ensuring mandatory training and succession planning.
4. Manage the supply chain, negotiating best value, ensuring compliance with Avetta and Construction Line, and conducting performance reviews.
5. Support account teams with MI reporting, KPI presentations, and stakeholder engagement.
6. Build strong relationships with clients and consultants, ensuring high standards of satisfaction and service delivery.
What We’re Looking For
7. Proven experience delivering high-quality hard M&E services in a client-driven, multi-site environment.
8. Strong engineering background with professional qualifications and practical experience in Electrical, Mechanical, or Gas trades.
9. Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
10. Solid understanding of Health & Safety legislation and compliance frameworks.
11. Ability to travel nationally as required.
Why Join Wates?
12. Be part of a leading property services provider committed to sustainability and excellence.
13. Competitive salary and benefits package.
14. Opportunities for career progression and professional development.
Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
Awards
BEST PROJECT
Inside Housing Development Awards
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2022 Construction News Awards Winner
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Investors in People 2022
GOLD AWARD
Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
TOP 50 EMPLOYERS
2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
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2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards