Gary Rodwell
Farningham,Kent
Summary
Experienced Facility Management professional with a robust background in managing both hard and soft services across various sectors, including healthcare and research facilities. Demonstrated expertise in project oversight, budget planning, and supply chain management, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and health and safety protocols. Proven track record in leading multidisciplinary teams, enhancing operational efficiency, and delivering training programmes to improve team performance. Adept at client liaison, contract negotiations, and performance monitoring to meet SLA targets. Career goal: to leverage extensive experience in a challenging role that drives organisational success through innovative facility management solutions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Mechanical Services Manager (Barbican)
City of London Corporation
01.2026 - Current
- Facilitated mechanical services and compliance engineering to support regulatory adherence and operational excellence.
Building services manager (Barbican)
City of London Corporation
01.2026 - Current
- Coordinated services for facility daily upkeep and long-term preventive maintenance.
Career break
N/A
NA, NA
06.2025 - 12.2025
- Supported terminally ill mother during final days by providing compassionate care and emotional assistance.
Interim Compliance Manager
Equans
Lewisham, London
01.2025 - 05.2025
- Monitored operational processes for consistent alignment with legal requirements.
- Devised a new operational methodology.
- Organized book entries to ensure accurate documentation.
- Enhanced efficiency in daily business functions.
- Contributed to engineering team support.
Short term temping
Various
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Various short term roles whilst I search for an opportunity that will suit both employer and myself alike.
Building Manager
Artic Building Services
06.2024 - 09.2024
- Managing Hard FM element for 2 research buildings.
Hard and soft services FM manager
Gallifordtry
, Kent
01.2024 - 06.2024
- Managing a small mobile team, subcontractors to include planning scheduled maintenance visits, updating and monitoring compliance visits and documentation, lifecycle planning and delivery, client liaison, monthly reporting, health and safety.
- Delivered training programmes, improving team skills and performance.
Operations Manager
Bouygues, Energies and Services
Lewisham, London
03.2020 - 01.2024
- Oversaw operational processes for healthcare facility contract in South East London.
- Managed labor resources ensuring compliance with contractual and statutory requirements.
- Prioritize adherence to health and safety protocols at all times.
- Collaboration with a supervisor to aid a multidisciplinary team of engineers, handymen, and painters.
- Monitored compliance of ppm and reactive works through the CAFM system, Maximo.
- Produced reports using CAFM to outline PPM schedules and coordinate tasks.
- Ensured compliance with SLA targets through monitoring of reactive tasks.
- Oversee procurement processes for necessary supplies.
- Planned and scheduled tasks in collaboration with subcontractors for both reactive and PPM tasks.
- Analyzed reports and provided comprehensive reviews.
- Managed client interactions and provided consistent service reporting.
- Engaged in recruitment and probationary reviews, along with toolbox talks.
- Oversaw on-call scheduling and leave management.
- Delivered regular reports to clients and management.
- Managed operations using CAFM, BMS and various IT platforms.
- Collaborated with GM to develop project lifecycle plans.
- Conducted reviews and executed necessary service delivery enhancements.
Quality Manager
Dartford Metalcrafts
10.2017 - 03.2020
- Day to day management of the fitters and workshop staff, site visits which include surveying, reporting back to clients with recommendations, quotations & client meetings
- Planning and implementation of works including producing RAMS, providing certification of completed works to clients, inspection of completed works to ensure client requirements have been achieved
- Invoicing, customer complaints, disciplinary issues
- Sourcing of new clients & business also maintaining client relationships
- Purchasing of materials, tools, consumables and PPE
- Managing Alcumus safe contractor accreditation
- Working with our Health and Safety consultants to maintain statutory health and safety requirements, maintain the ISO accreditation and improve company standards, Tool box talks
- Manage vehicle fleet
- Manage disciplinary and conduct procedures, provide inductions for new starters
- Any other adhoc duties that may be required of me
Mechanical Supervisor
Skanska
London
07.2017 - 10.2017
- Mechanical Supervisor at St Barts Hospital for the Hard FM team
- I left the role as I felt that the overall management and structure of the hard fm in place was not suitable and effective enough to provide a satisfactory service to the client
Senior Supervisor
Interserve
Tunbridge Wells
12.2014 - 07.2017
- Working with day and shift teams to deliver 1000+ PPMs and resolve 1200+ reactive calls on a monthly basis, planning out works for the day and shift teams, quoting and arranging additional works required by the client
- Working with the SPV and NHS to ensure that KPI’s and SLA’s were met, statutory compliance for services to the site were maintained
- Developing and improving processes to provide a better and more compliant service to the client
- Contractor control, contract/tender negotiation, liaison with all sub-contractors
- Responsibilities included, confined spaces, pressure systems & L8 (legionella) AP duties, equipment calibration and access equipment inspections
- Other duties that were assigned to me
Education
Closed Water systems -
01.2023
Lifts and lifting equipment RP -
01.2021
Responsible / Authorised Person Practical water safety for healthcare premises - <ul><li>(ACOP L</li><li>/ HTM 04-01)</li></ul>
01.2021
Medical Gas pipeline services HTM 02-01 - Authorised Persons
01.2020
IOSH Managing health and safety at work in facilities management -
01.2017
ENVAP Healthcare ventilation - AP
01.2017
ILM Legionella risk management -
01.2017
IOSH Managing safely -
01.2015
Mechanical pressure systems - AP
01.2015
Confined spaces -
AP
01.2015
City and Guilds - Mechanical Engineering & Maintenance practices & broad based engineering training
City and Guilds
01.1987
Skills
- Project oversight
- Budget planning
- Supply chain management
- Constructive criticism
- Contract negotiations
- Ethical conduct
- Effective delegating
- Customer relationship management systems
- Knowledge of regulatory standards
- Negotiation techniques
- Conflict resolution
- Profit and Loss Analysis
- Inspiring motivation
- Cross-Functional collaboration
- Stakeholder engagement
- Mentoring and coaching
- Decision making
- Time management
- Resource allocation
- Business acumen
- Risk assessment
- Performance monitoring
- Risk management
- Contract management
- Leadership skills
- Innovation management
- Regulatory compliance
- Operational support
- HR policies and procedures
- Facility management
Technical Education
- 2023, Closed Water systems
- 2021, Lifts and lifting equipment RP
- 2021, Responsible / Authorised Person Practical water safety for healthcare premises (ACOP L
- / HTM 04-01)
- 2020, Medical Gas pipeline services HTM 02-01 Authorised Persons
- 2017, IOSH Managing health and safety at work in facilities management.
- 2017, ENVAP Healthcare ventilation (AP)
- 2017, ILM Legionella risk management
- 2015, IOSH Managing safely
- 2015, Mechanical pressure systems (AP)
- 2015, Confined spaces (AP)
- 2015, BS23 Management of water systems
- 2015, Ladder & Harness inspection
- 2022, Emergency first aid
- 1985/86/87, City and Guilds Mechanical Engineering & Maintenance practices & broad based engineering training.
Certification
L8 Water Management
Medical Gas
Pressure systems
Confined Spaces
Iosh
First Aid
Manual Handling
Hobbies and interests
- Hobbies and interests..
- Motorcycles
- Fishing
- Model Making
- My Dog
Accomplishments
- Progression from Supervisor to Operations Manager (Lewisham Hospital)
- Progression from Supervisor to Senior Supervisor (Tunbridge Wells Hospital)
- Progression from MEBFM Supervisor to Operations Manager (Lewisham Hospital)
- Previous AP appointments for Pressure systems, Confined Spaces, Medical Gas and Legionella responsible Person.
- Working with a handyman to progress him into an apprenticeship which will culminate in him achieving an ~NVQ 3 building
- General Manager at Dartford Metal Crafts which including winning a vast array of high value contracts for remedial works to refuse chute systems (country wide).
Timeline
Mechanical Services Manager (Barbican)
City of London Corporation
01.2026 - Current
Building services manager (Barbican)
City of London Corporation
01.2026 - Current
Career break
N/A
06.2025 - 12.2025
Interim Compliance Manager
Equans
01.2025 - 05.2025
Short term temping
Various
09.2024 - 12.2024
Building Manager
Artic Building Services
06.2024 - 09.2024
Hard and soft services FM manager
Gallifordtry
01.2024 - 06.2024
Operations Manager
Bouygues, Energies and Services
03.2020 - 01.2024
Quality Manager
Dartford Metalcrafts
10.2017 - 03.2020
Mechanical Supervisor
Skanska
07.2017 - 10.2017
Senior Supervisor
Interserve
12.2014 - 07.2017
Closed Water systems -
Lifts and lifting equipment RP -
Responsible / Authorised Person Practical water safety for healthcare premises - <ul><li>(ACOP L</li><li>/ HTM 04-01)</li></ul>
Medical Gas pipeline services HTM 02-01 - Authorised Persons
IOSH Managing health and safety at work in facilities management -
ENVAP Healthcare ventilation - AP
ILM Legionella risk management -
IOSH Managing safely -
Mechanical pressure systems - AP
Confined spaces -
AP
City and Guilds - Mechanical Engineering & Maintenance practices & broad based engineering training
City and Guilds