Digital Buildings Senior Project Technical Lead

We are looking to solve a critical industry gap: transitioning traditional Facilities Management into a digitally enabled secure and data-driven operation. We are seeking an Evolutionary Technologist - someone who understands the heritage of MEP and FM services but possesses the technical expertise to define and execute a global IoT Operations strategy.

In collaboration with a talented technical team you will be responsible for setting operational and cybersecurity governance frameworks leading incident and vulnerability response and driving cultural change so that cybersecurity is embedded as a core responsibility across operational teams - not treated as an afterthought or purely an IT concern.

Advisory Mindset
This is a high-impact project lead role requiring strong IoT/OT expertise strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to operate confidently at both strategic and operational levels within complex multinational real-estate environments.

We are seeking talented ambitious candidates with the experience and practiced methods for problem solving complex challenges and to present iterative findings and recommendations in a distilled format. To drive high impact change with our exciting clients.

Role Overview
Serving as the primary Point of Contact (PoC) for IoT Operations you will bridge the gap between physical engineering and digital operations. You will be responsible for creating and refining the technical processes playbooks and guidance necessary to manage Operational Technologies (OT) across a large-scale estate.

Key Responsibilities

1. Team Leadership & People Development

As a senior leader in the Technical Consulting function you will be responsible for managing developing and supporting your team:

• Line management coaching and development of technical Digital Building consultants.
  

• Performance management through objective-setting delegation communication and structured appraisals.
  

• Developing capability and growth plans using FPCs learning and development programmes ensuring the teams skills evolve to meet current and future portfolio needs.
  

• Monitoring skills compliance utilisation and performance against KPIs and strategic objectives.
  

• Supporting effective resource allocation across Technical Consulting contracts with attention to commercials and delivery demands.
  

• Supporting recruitment through interviews technical assessments and scoring.
  

2. Technical Delivery Leadership

You will lead the delivery of high-quality technically sound Digital Buildings and IoT Operations consultancy services:

• Build and maintain strong client relationships understand business objectives and translate them into actionable technical tasks.
  

• Lead delivery to ensure time cost scope and quality expectations are consistently exceeded.
  

• Oversee delivery quality across the IoT/OT consulting portfolio ensuring alignment to project scope SLAs KPIs and all contractual obligations.

• Provide senior technical oversight for IoT/OT system architecture communication protocols (BACnet Modbus) networking layers FDD metering controllers alarm management and integration into cloud and enterprise systems.
  

• Ensure technical compliance with cybersecurity controls: for example compliance in operations exception handling incident response credential policies firmware management and vulnerability remediation.
  

• Support risk identification reporting evaluation and mitigation across all projects and programmes.
  

• Ensure proactive management of risks to people finances reputation and operational continuity.
  

• Work closely with Program Management to ensure commercial awareness of all contracts and accurate reporting on delivery status.
  

3. IoT Operations Strategy & Technical Governance

• Develop operating models and governance frameworks to maximise the value of building technology across global portfolios.
  

• Define IoT/OT Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs/MOPs) maintenance models lifecycle strategies and operational compliance processes.
  

• Critically review and refine technical guidance for transition from projects to operations ongoing system maintenance in operations and vendor performance standards.
  

• Provide technical leadership on IoT/OT cybersecurity alignment with enterprise risk frameworks.
  

• Contribute to development of new capabilities including inputs to the Innovation Board policy improvements and technical governance enhancements.
  

4. Business Development & Market Engagement

As a senior figure within the consultancy function:

• Support bid responses tender evaluations SoW creation and proposal development.
  

• Assess technical viability and scope alignment for all proposals.
  

• Participate in client presentations and solution discussions where required.
  

• Maintain and nurture stakeholder relationships essential for retention and growth.
  

• Represent FPC in industry forums and partner engagements supporting brand reputation and market positioning.
  

5. Leadership & Contribution to the Wider Business

• Uphold and promote FPCs mission values and culture fostering trust accuracy innovation collaboration and enjoyment.
  

• Maintain professional conduct integrity and excellence when representing FPC internally and externally.
  

• Support continuous improvement initiatives identifying opportunities for enhancements in governance delivery processes and capability.
  

• Maintain awareness of industry trends technologies and market developments.
  

• Support preparation of leadership reports including monthly and quarterly performance updates.
  

• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety ISO 9001 ISO 14001 and all internal policies.
  

Qualifications :

• Strong stakeholder management experience with the ability to translate business needs into technical deliverables.
  

• Proven consulting ability to shape and implement IoT/OT operating models at enterprise scale.
  

• Extensive experience with smart building technologies including sensors controllers metering FDD alarm management and OT/IT integration.
  

• Strong knowledge of IoT/OT architecture protocols (BACnet Modbus) and smart-building data models.
  

• Deep understanding of OT/IoT cybersecurity controls and operational risk frameworks.
  

• Experience defining MOPs SLAs maintenance and vendor performance models for OT systems.
  

Industry & Technical Background

• 810 years experience in digital buildings smart buildings OT/IoT systems or related fields.
  

• Experience delivering technical consultancy for global portfolios across commercial real estate pharma industrial or data centres.
  

• Expertise in managing complex multi-vendor environments with layered governance.
  

• Experience developing coordinated smart-building and MEP controls designs.
  

• Bachelors or Masters degree in a relevant field (or equivalent professional experience).
  

• Professional certifications desirable (LEED AP WELL AP WiredScore BREEAM etc.).
  

• Competent with Google Suite.
  

Additional Information :

Working Location

A UK based role serving global clients requiring flexibility some travel and cross-time-zone collaboration.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills
Project Management Methodology,Digital Marketing,Content Management Systems,Trello,Basecamp,Smartsheet,Drupal,Jira,Project Management,Project Management Software,Microsoft Project,Wordpress
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1