Facilities Management Team Lead (Permanent)

We are seeking a Contractor Management Lead to join our Facilities Management team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in implementing Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) and ensuring the smooth operation of the Contractor Management Office within a complex, multidisciplinary science and research site.

With a highly interesting and dynamic environment, this role provides a unique chance to make a real impact while developing your expertise in contractor management, safety compliance, and site operations. You will be responsible for overseeing the safe, compliant, and consistent management of contractors, ensuring all Site Authority to Work Documents, Permits to Work, and SSOW processes are completed to the highest standard.

You will work closely with client stakeholders, internal teams, and third-party contractors to manage critical site activities and uphold the highest levels of safety, compliance, and performance. This is a great opportunity to grow within the business, develop your skills in a highly regulated environment, and contribute to the success of a world-class site.

• Oversee the efficient operation of the Contractor Management Office.
• Review and approve Site Authority to Work Documents and Permits to Work.
• Collaborate with contractors and procurement teams to maintain high standards.
• Verify contractor paperwork and ensure adherence to RAMS.
• Skilled in managing work at height, hot works, excavations, and fire/life safety systems.
• Strong knowledge of construction safety legislation, including CDM, CSCS, NEBOSH.
• Cable avoidance training, including HSG47 guidance (advantageous).
• Experience managing or supervising a small team in a permit office/SSOW environment.
• Construction and Temporary Works experience with a diplomatic approach.

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience. Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, we help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families.

In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background. Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.