Facilities Manager (Hard Services)

Full time (35 hrs/wk), permanent based at Horizons (Reading, Berkshire) with Friday homeworking. Salary £40,000 pa plus benefits.

As the Facilities Manager, you will ensure the University’s buildings and working environment remain compliant, functional, efficient, and safe at all times from a hard services FM perspective. You will focus mainly on the Horizons site; however, you will also deputise for and support the Head of Facilities in the wider work of the team. You will champion sustainability, concentrating on elements relating to carbon management, energy, and water management. You will uphold building compliance and energy-related requirements, for example L8, ESOS and SECR, and provide advice and guidance to others as necessary. In addition, you will have full responsibility for contract management of FM service providers and proactively manage PPM at all University properties.

You must have extensive knowledge and experience of hard FM services and be a confident and experienced engineer. Other essentials include familiarity with a BMS, experience of ISO140001, BREEAM, and contractor management.

Your accountabilities and responsibilities include:

• Ensure all building statutory testing takes place and act as the responsible person and duty holder across multiple systems, including but not limited to L8, Fgas, PAT testing, low voltage electrical systems and lifting equipment (LOLER).
• Proactively manage Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) at all University properties, including fire alarm and emergency lighting.
• Assume full responsibility for contract management of FM service providers including utilities, air conditioning, the Building Management System, fire prevention, lift servicing, drainage and plumbing, and water hygiene testing (L8).
• Ensure that internal systems, procedures, and processes relevant to the role support the delivery of the University’s sustainability aspirations.

Our main requirements:

• Technical FM qualifications or extensive knowledge of Hard FM services with supporting experience.
• IOSH Managing Safely.
• Experience in a similar role and knowledge of FM building operations.
• Familiarity with Building Energy Management Systems, monitoring and targeting software.

At University of the Built Environment, we expect employees to demonstrate our values: Passion, Integrity, Excellence and Support. Student satisfaction and success are our main drivers, and our people consistently report high levels of employee engagement; your contribution will be valued should you join us. We are a long-standing and leading provider of supported online education with a long-term ambition to be the world’s most sustainable university. At The London School of Architecture, our students study onsite. Staff wellbeing and work-life balance are a priority for us, with flexible working arrangements and a generous holiday allowance amongst some of our key employee benefits.

To view the full job specification and to apply, visit our careers site. Vacancy closes on Monday 09 February 2026 at 17:00.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION: We champion equality, diversity, and inclusion in our workforce. We celebrate diversity and the strengths it brings to our staff body, our student community and our Board of Trustees, recognising that people are key to our success. Our aim is to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce; therefore, we welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.