Director of Facilities Management

  • Joshua Robert Recruitment
  • City, Birmingham
  • Jan 20, 2026
Full time Real Estate

Job Description

We are working with a major client-side organisation seeking to appoint a Head of Facilities Management to lead a large, in-house FM function.

This is a senior role with genuine scope. You will be responsible for the day-to-day performance of the FM operation while also setting and delivering the longer-term FM strategy across a substantial property portfolio.

The role will involve:
  • Leading, developing, and motivating a large in-house FM team
  • Full responsibility for hard and soft FM delivery across the estate
  • Hands-on oversight of key sites, critical issues, and major works
  • Setting FM strategy aligned to wider business objectives
  • Managing budgets, procurement, and supplier performance
  • Driving compliance, health & safety, and risk management
  • Improving service delivery, systems, and processes across the portfolio
About you:
  • Proven experience leading FM teams in a client-side or in-house environment
  • Strong technical FM background with the ability to remain hands-on when required
  • Experience operating at both operational and strategic level
  • Confident managing senior stakeholders and influencing at board level
  • Pragmatic, commercial, and delivery-focused
This is an opportunity to take ownership of a large FM operation, with real influence over how services are delivered and developed.

For further details or a confidential discussion, please get in touch directly.