Project Manager - Hirc

Better places, thriving communities. PROJECTS MANAGER

Location: Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre, Middlesex Salary up to 60k DOE Role Purpose The Facilities & Projects Manager is responsible for the effective delivery of both Facilities Management services and capital projects across the estate. The role provides leadership in the management of engineering maintenance, statutory compliance, lifecycle asset replacement, improvement projects, health and safety, contractor performance, and financial control, ensuring the estate remains safe, compliant, operational, and fit for purpose. The post holder will oversee projects from concept through to completion whilst supporting day-to-day FM operations, ensuring service excellence, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across all building assets and infrastructure. Project Management

• Lead and manage construction, engineering, refurbishment, lifecycle, and estate improvement projects from initiation through to completion.
• Develop project scopes, specifications, business cases, programmes, and cost plans.
• Monitor project delivery against milestones, budgets and quality standards.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, variations, change controls and reporting.
• Coordinate consultants, contractors, suppliers and specialist subcontractors.
• Ensure compliance with CDM and H&S requirements.
• Manage commissioning, handover and project close out. Facilities Management Operations
• Support hard FM services and engineering maintenance.
• Manage PPM programmes and statutory compliance.
• Review CAFM data, compliance records and performance metrics.
• Support reactive repairs, critical incidents and lifecycle projects.
• Support business continuity and emergency response arrangements. Stakeholder Management
• Act as key liaison between client, contractors and operational teams.
• Provide project and operational updates.
• Coordinate improvement plans arising from audits and inspections. Financial Management
• Support maintenance and project budgets.
• Manage procurement, quotations and contractor costs.
• Identify efficiencies and value engineering opportunities. Essential Knowledge, Skills & Experience
• Facilities Management and Project Management experience.
• Building services, statutory compliance and asset management knowledge.
• Contractor and stakeholder management experience.
• CAFM and Microsoft Office proficiency. Desirable
• Prince2, APM, PMP, or equivalent Project Management qualification.
• IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH, or equivalent Health & Safety qualifications.
• HNC, HND, Degree, or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Construction, Building Services, or Facilities Management.
• Electrical or Plumbing NVQ
• CDM knowledge and experience working within Principal Contractor or Client roles.
• Experience within secure, custodial, healthcare, government, defense, or other critical environments. Typical Projects & Operational Activities
• Boiler and plant replacement programmes.
• Mechanical and electrical infrastructure upgrades.
• LED lighting replacement programmes.
• Distribution board and power infrastructure upgrades.
• Lifecycle asset replacement projects.
• M&E refurbishment and improvement work.
• Statutory compliance remediation projects.
• Energy reduction and sustainability initiatives.
• PPM programme management and compliance monitoring.
• CAFM performance reviews and maintenance reporting.
• Contractor mobilisation and service improvement initiatives.
• Emergency works coordination and out-of-hours support arrangements.
• Estate improvement and business continuity projects. Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans. When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices! We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie). We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000! Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you. We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at . Since 1987, Mitie's 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools. Join our Mitie Team. Together our diversity makes us stronger.
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