Overview
The University of Southampton is seeking to appoint an Associate Director of Engineering. The role leads optimal, cost effective and sustainable delivery of all engineering, operational maintenance and repairs services to all University owned and run buildings in the UK, including reactive and planned maintenance and some minor works. You will provide strategic and technical leadership in the built environment of the University’s assets, acting as Duty Holder and managing the delivery of engineering infrastructure services, energy procurement and carbon management to optimal levels of cost and quality. In addition, you will form a liaison or “bridge” role to Estates Development in the context of major capital planning and implementation.
The Estates & Facilities Team ensures the University has a built and physical environment that supports a world-class University, across a portfolio including academic, state of the art research, clinical, enterprise, workspace, residential, social amenity, sport and community facilities. Ambitious plans include an estates masterplan with £1bn of investment over the next decade to deliver a sustainable, inclusive estate.
Responsibilities
The role is responsible for leading optimal, cost effective and sustainable delivery of all engineering, operational maintenance and repairs services to all University owned and run buildings in the UK, including reactive and planned maintenance and some minor works. You will provide strategic and technical leadership in the built environment of the University’s assets, acting as Duty Holder and manage the delivery of engineering infrastructure services, energy procurement and carbon management to optimal levels of cost and quality. In addition, you will form a liaison or “bridge” role to Estates Development in the context of major capital planning and implementation.
Requirements / Qualifications
* Track record of managing large diverse estates operational teams and outsourced contracts.
* Adept at prioritising and providing exceptional customer service, all within budget.
* Outstanding stakeholder engagement and team leadership skills; results focused and customer-centric in approach.
Additional information
The candidate briefing pack can be viewed at Associate Director of Engineering.
To arrange a confidential discussion please contact the University’s retained advisor Michael Hewlett (michael.hewlett@mrgglobal.com) at MRG.
The University of Southampton is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a diverse environment. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications that will continue to strengthen the diversity of our governing body. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion and are immensely proud to have been awarded an institutional Athena SWAN silver award, which underpins our pledge to improve equality for women. We are also delighted to have received the Race Equality Charter bronze award from Advance HE, which recognises that we have a solid foundation for eliminating racial inequalities and developing an inclusive culture that values all staff and students. We work with our people to ensure their ideas are always heard, and we invite you to share your background and life experiences with us to help us create a truly unique working environment.
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