Fabric Lead

As Fabric Lead, you will hold overall responsibility for fabric performance on site, leading the Fabric Project Manager and the wider fabric team, including night-shift operatives. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical expertise, commercial awareness, and first-class client engagement.
You will act as the primary fabric authority on site, ensuring standards, safety, and service delivery are consistently met while supporting projects ranging from day-to-day fabric works through to major fit-out and refurbishment projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor the Fabric Project Manager and wider fabric team
• Oversee night-shift fabric operations and ensure seamless handovers
• Work collaboratively with client, subcontractors, cleaning teams, and WPAs
• Maintain clear, consistent, and professional communication at all levels
• Take ownership of health & safety compliance and RAMS production
• Apply strong fit-out and technical knowledge to all works and projects
• Attend and contribute to client meetings and daily site huddles
• Take ownership of weekly fabric trackers and key documentation
• Prepare and manage quotations for medium-to-large works
• Oversee estimating activities and supplier enquiries
• Support QS-related functions as required
• Manage site assets, consumables, loading bay operations, and services
• Provide detailed post-works reports, audits, and client feedback
• Confidently use Excel for reporting, tracking, and analysis
• Read and interpret technical drawings and specifications
• Manage and maintain O&M manuals and site documentation
• Remain remotely available for emergencies when required

About You
You will be an experienced Fabric Lead, Senior Fabric Manager, or Project Lead with a proven track record of managing teams, delivering complex works, and operating confidently in a client-facing, site-critical environment.

You will ideally have:

• Extensive experience in fabric maintenance, fit-out, or building services
• Strong leadership and people-management skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• In-depth health & safety knowledge
• Commercial awareness and estimating experience
• Confidence working with technical drawings and specifications
• NVQ Level 7 (desirable)
• SMSTS (advantageous)

If this position sounds of interest, please either apply below or email your CV to Alex.Mawhinney@peoplegroup.com where I provide further details.