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Technical Manager in Braintree

On-site in Braintree·Full-time·Added 2 days ago (last checked 31 Oct)

Mitie

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Our summary

Work mode
On-site, Braintree
Contract
Full-time
Closing date
Apply by Monday 30 November

Skills

Mitie is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Braintree.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • The opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and improving critical healthcare infrastructure that supports frontline patient services.
  • Career development opportunities within one of the UK's leading facilities management organisations.
  • A collaborative working environment where technical expertise, innovation and continuous improvement are valued and encouraged.

There's a place for you at Mitie, join us today!

The role

ROLE: Technical Manager
HOURS: 40 Hours per Week
LOCATION: Wethersfield, Braintree

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Technical Manager to lead technical compliance, engineering assurance, statutory compliance, asset management and lifecycle governance across a complex healthcare estate, ensuring critical building systems remain safe, reliable and fully compliant.

What you'll do

  • Lead the technical compliance framework, ensuring all statutory inspections, testing, maintenance and certification activities are completed and compliant with relevant legislation and healthcare standards.
  • Provide technical leadership across engineering disciplines including electrical, mechanical, water hygiene, ventilation, medical gases, fire safety and specialist healthcare systems.
  • Manage asset lifecycle planning, maintain asset registers, review condition surveys and develop capital replacement and refurbishment strategies.
  • Support operational maintenance teams by ensuring Planned Preventative Maintenance programmes remain compliant, effective and aligned with contractual KPIs.
  • Lead technical audits, risk management activities, contractor performance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives while supporting inspections and governance requirements.

Required Qualifications:

Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.

  • Degree, HNC or HND in Building Services Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
  • Recognised professional engineering qualification with evidence of continued professional development.
  • IOSH Managing Safely qualification and experience supporting Authorised Person functions or holding Authorised Person qualifications.
  • Significant experience managing technical compliance, statutory compliance programmes and multidisciplinary engineering teams within a healthcare environment.
  • Strong knowledge of NHS HTMs, healthcare engineering standards, lifecycle planning and contractor management.

About Mitie

Mitie serves more than 3,000 customers across the public and private sectors, from banks and retailers to hospitals, schools and critical government strategic assets, and reported £5.6bn revenue in FY26 with 77,500 people.

The company takes care of its customers' people and buildings by delivering core services and deploying advanced technology, and it also publishes insights such as its Net Zero Navigator and ESG reporting, having operated at net zero for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by the end of FY25 under its Plan Zero programme.

Industry
Facilities management
Employees
77,500
In the UK
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Location

Mitie · CM7 4EP

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