At a Glance
- Tasks: Support day-to-day operations of UK offices, ensuring buildings run smoothly and efficiently.
- Company: Join Linklaters, a global law firm with a collaborative and inclusive culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy private medical insurance, fitness perks, flexible savings, and additional holiday leave.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team that values inclusivity and celebrates differences.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by solving problems and improving building services in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in technical and building services with strong problem-solving skills.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 £ per year.
Location: City of London, London, UK
Job Type: Permanent
Pay: Negotiable
Highlighted points for this job:
- UK-based position focusing on technical services and facilities management
- Requirement of 5+ years' experience in building and technical services
- Emphasis on proactive problem-solving and maintaining operational efficiency
- Comprehensive benefits including private medical insurance and flexible savings options
About us:
Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices. Linklaters is a people business. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias.
The role:
We’re looking for an Operations Advisor - Technical and Building Services to help support the day-to-day operation of our UK offices. You'll work across technical services, facilities management and building projects, helping to ensure our workplaces are safe, compliant, efficient and consistently deliver a high-quality service.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Supporting technical, engineering and facilities services across our UK offices.
- Keeping building systems reliable, efficient and fully operational.
- Working closely with landlords, suppliers, contractors, consultants and internal teams.
- Supporting the delivery of facilities services, including cleaning, security and waste management.
- Leading building changes, moves and projects, with a focus on compliance, quality and minimal disruption.
- Overseeing maintenance, repairs, inspections, testing and defect resolution.
- Monitoring supplier performance and service quality to ensure agreed standards are met.
- Managing supplier budgets and cost plans.
- Using operational data and insights to identify improvements and develop proactive, preventative plans.
What we’re looking for:
We’re looking for an experienced technical and building services professional who is just as comfortable solving an operational issue as they are coordinating suppliers, stakeholders and projects. You’ll bring strong technical knowledge, a practical approach and the confidence to work across a range of building and facilities services.
You’ll ideally have:
- 5+ years' experience overseeing building and technical services, ideally within a global professional services organisation.
- Experience managing cross-functional facilities services, including engineering, cleaning, security and health & safety.
- A strong understanding of building operations, maintenance, compliance, inspections and quality control.
- Experience working with project teams, consultants and contractors to deliver high-quality results.
- Confidence overseeing suppliers and contractors and holding them to agreed standards.
- The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining reliable services and minimising disruption.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- A proactive, practical mindset with an eye for identifying issues, improving services and preventing problems before they arise.
What’s on offer:
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you’ll be making to our success. These include:
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
- Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments
- Pension and flexible savings options
- Income protection and life assurance
- Mortgage advice and will-writing services
- Electric car and cycle to work schemes
- Emergency family care
- Additional holiday/birthday leave
- Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
- Travel insurance and season ticket loan
- Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)
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