Head of Facilities Management

Head of Facilities Management David Livingstone has over 25 years experience in estates and facilities management in the public sector.

Facilities Management is the hub of all the support services throughout South Yorkshire Police and David has been leading the department since 2007.

He started his career in the private sector as a marine engineer in the British Merchant Navy with Ocean Fleets of Liverpool before moving to Shell tankers. In 1986 he moved to the NHS as a hospital engineer at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield and was responsible for the smooth running of the hospital.

David later worked in Projects New Works in the university sector prior to heading up the estates operations at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust.

Facilities Management’s role is to establish and maintain a safe, clean and workable environment for all members of the public and our colleagues who enter / work within South Yorkshire Police premises.

They provide a varied range of operational support from the initial stages of the strategic accommodation plans and design requirements to legislative /programmed maintenance of buildings.