Facilities Manager
| Posting date: | 10 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 April 2026 |
| Location: | Oxfordshire, South East England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ISS Facilities Services |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 153209 |
Summary
Facilities Manager
Contract: Government
Location: Oxford, with travel across Oxfordshire (Banbury to Reading)
Hours of work: 40
Contract Type: Permanent
ISS Facilities are recruiting for an experienced Facilities Manager to join our team supporting a high-profile government contract.
Job Description
In this role, you will take full ownership of service delivery across your allocated regional sites.
Managing both hard and soft FM services (including engineering, cleaning, and catering), you will ensure performance, compliance, and value for money, while maintaining strong client relationships within a complex and highly regulated environment.
Acting as the key interface between the client and operational teams, you will ensure our services consistently demonstrate high standards, transparency, and full regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Oversee hard and soft FM service delivery across multiple sites
Manage client relationships and proactively resolve service issues
Ensure full compliance with statutory requirements and SFG20 maintenance standards
Manage site-based teams including supervisors, engineers, and cleaners (where applicable)
Oversee subcontractor performance, compliance, and service quality
Monitor and report on KPIs, SLAs, and performance metrics using CAFM system (Maximo)
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
Proven experience in a Facilities Management role
Strong understanding of both hard and soft FM services
Experience managing client expectations in a complex contract environment
Previous people management / line management experience
IOSH Managing Safely qualification
Understanding of statutory compliance requirements
Working towards Level 3 or Level 4 qualification in Facilities Management
This is an opportunity to manage a prestigious government contract within a structured, high-expectation environment where professionalism and service excellence are critical.
If you are an experienced Facilities Manager ready to take ownership of a regional portfolio and be the face of service delivery, we would love to hear from you.
The Company
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, to 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. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant #Bepartofsomethingbigger
#aplacetobeyou #facilitiesmanagement
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
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.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing resourcing.team@uk.issworld.com
Contract: Government
Location: Oxford, with travel across Oxfordshire (Banbury to Reading)
Hours of work: 40
Contract Type: Permanent
ISS Facilities are recruiting for an experienced Facilities Manager to join our team supporting a high-profile government contract.
Job Description
In this role, you will take full ownership of service delivery across your allocated regional sites.
Managing both hard and soft FM services (including engineering, cleaning, and catering), you will ensure performance, compliance, and value for money, while maintaining strong client relationships within a complex and highly regulated environment.
Acting as the key interface between the client and operational teams, you will ensure our services consistently demonstrate high standards, transparency, and full regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Oversee hard and soft FM service delivery across multiple sites
Manage client relationships and proactively resolve service issues
Ensure full compliance with statutory requirements and SFG20 maintenance standards
Manage site-based teams including supervisors, engineers, and cleaners (where applicable)
Oversee subcontractor performance, compliance, and service quality
Monitor and report on KPIs, SLAs, and performance metrics using CAFM system (Maximo)
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
Proven experience in a Facilities Management role
Strong understanding of both hard and soft FM services
Experience managing client expectations in a complex contract environment
Previous people management / line management experience
IOSH Managing Safely qualification
Understanding of statutory compliance requirements
Working towards Level 3 or Level 4 qualification in Facilities Management
This is an opportunity to manage a prestigious government contract within a structured, high-expectation environment where professionalism and service excellence are critical.
If you are an experienced Facilities Manager ready to take ownership of a regional portfolio and be the face of service delivery, we would love to hear from you.
The Company
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, to 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. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant #Bepartofsomethingbigger
#aplacetobeyou #facilitiesmanagement
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
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.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing resourcing.team@uk.issworld.com
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.