Project Manager - HIRC

PROJECTS MANAGER
Job Description

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.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

• 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.