Assistant Facilities Manager - Hard Services (Manchester Airport, GB) at Manchester Airports Group

• Assistant Facilities Manager (Electrical)
• Based at Manchester Airport
• Permanent position
• Competitive salary

About us

Every year, Manchester Airport connects over 30 million passengers with more than 200 destinations across the globe. As the third largest airport in the UK, Manchester is also in the top 20 airports in Europe. Part of the largest UK owned airport operator group, MAG, Manchester Airport supports over 19,000 jobs onsite and generates around £7.75bn each year for the region. 

Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities.  Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities. 

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You’ll also have access to some great benefits including: 

• Flexible and generous company pension plan with various company contribution options (up to 10%) that you can change to suit your personal needs 
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays 
• Free parking 
• Subsidised public transport 
• Huge range of company discounts 
• 2 volunteering days per year 
• Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 
• Care Concierge service  

The role

The Facilities Management (FM) team are looking to recruit an electrically qualified engineer to help support with the contract management and delivery of the outsourced FM services contract at Manchester Airport. Our FM provider delivers a diverse range of services across the airport campus including electrical services that include fixed wire testing, UPS units, heating ventilation & air conditioning (HVAC) & fire and life safety systems.

We are looking for a qualified and experienced electrical engineer to manage and deliver this contract. Duties include ensuring electrical compliance and safety, reviewing and instructing proposed works, ensuring best value for money, proposing and managing small project works, reviewing and monitoring Safe Systems of Work, auditing our third party contractors, managing our insurance inspections and checking and reviewing maintenance and repair work and associated record keeping. You’ll also need to deputise for other team members in periods of absence, most notably the Facilities Manager (Hard Services).

What will make you successful in this role

The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience of working in industrial Hard Services, with an electrical bias, on a large commercial or industrial site, along with experience contract management and dealing with contractors and sub-contractors. You’ll also need a suitable Electrical qualification and good working knowledge of health and safety.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

You can contact the team by emailing [email protected]

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women’s Network, Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity