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Position Overview
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, and enthusiastic M&E Lead Engineer with an excellent and proven track record in the supervision of technical engineering teams to join our contract.
The role will be responsible for carrying out a range of Technical and general duties across a diverse portfolio of commercial buildings and must be qualified/competent to maintain HV/LV and mechanical building services. They will report to the Head of Operations (South) and will be an integral part of the team which delivers reactive, planned, and ad hoc maintenance tasks.
Suitable training and up-skilling will be provided to achieve the necessary competency and standard required to perform in this role.
Main Responsibilities
1. To supervise and coordinate a team in the daily, weekly and monthly delivery of all maintenance related activities ensuring our contractual and compliance obligations are met
2. To schedule and undertake planned preventative maintenance on Mechanical & Electrical installations and services with a focus on building critical systems to ensure zero interruption to the client's operations
3. Daily monitoring & responsibility of all main plant & equipment within buildings to ensure a safe working environment for all building occupiers and users
4. Monitoring of all main plant & equipment to ensure a safe working environment for all building occupiers and users and proactively identify and rectify faults
5. Undertake both ad-hoc and planned maintenance in line with Approved Codes of Practices, British and International Standards, regulations and industry bodies best practice, which also includes SFG20
6. Ensure all compliance certification is valid in date, in place and clearly organised
7. Communication & liaison with both suppliers & specialist contractors for parts & repair requirements, as dictated by the contract CAFM system aligned with PPM & Reactive activities.
8. Liaise with operational teams to ensure compliant, safe and sufficient delivery of services through third party sub-contractors This will include the sign-off of RAMS and issuance of Permit to Work or Authority to Work as appropriate and in-line with Mitie SSOWs.
9. Liaise / interface with other external bodies to ensure the smooth delivery of services
10. Carry out instructions as required, on M&E related installations or specific requirements generated through Mitie Management.
11. Ensure all reactive tasks are raised through the helpdesk and delivered within their SLA
12. Reactive attendance to emergency breakdowns including any subsequent fault diagnosis & repair, to ensure the client's business continuity is maintained at all times. This may include Out of Hours response from time-to-time
Experience
13. To support a strong safety culture across the contract, ensuring appropriate RAMS and safe systems of work in place
14. Ensure appropriate training records are in place for the team
15. Support operational & QSHE safety meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure overall compliance across the account
16. In addition to the duties and responsibilities outlined you may be required to perform other duties assigned and requested by your line manager.
Applicants ideally need to be able demonstrate at least 5 years in a supervisory capacity working with technical teams in either Building Services or Facilities Management. They will be responsible for themselves and others to ensure we maintain a safe and compliant working environment in line with the Health and Safety at Work Act and subsequent UK and EU amendments. They will provide health and safety management in accordance with our Quality Management System and all legal and statutory requirements.
Essential Skills:
17. Good Oral and written communication
18. Ability to supervise teams and work across all levels of management vertically and horizontally
19. Minimum 3 – 5 years' experience working within either Building Services or Facilities Management
20. Competency and understanding of Statutory Compliance
21. IT Literate (Good Maximo & Microsoft Office Skills)
22. SFG20 competency and understanding
Qualifications
23. Excellent organisational skills
24. Problem solving
25. Health & Safety trained. Minimum requirement – IoSH Managing Safely
26. Good interpersonal and Influencing skills
27. Good knowledge of Facilities management and Building services
28. Technical report provision
29. City and Guilds NVQ level 3 in electrical engineering & Installation or equivalent
30. Building services – City and Guilds NVQ level 3 or equivalent
31. IET Wiring Regs to 18th edition BS:
32. High Voltage Authorised Persons Course
33. City & Guilds test and inspection – desirable
34. Mechanical engineering - NVQ level 3 or equivalent - desirable
35. ACOP L8 Legionella Responsible Person
36. Holds relevant professional, technical or management qualifications, and experience
Desirable:
37. Asbestos Responsible Person training
38. Maximo Planning & Integration
39. Knowledge of Maximo or similar CAFM systems.
40. BPSS (Baseline) and will need to obtain SC clearance. DV clearance advantageous
41. Previously held positions as Authorised Person for Electrical, Working at Height, confined space and Asbestos highly advantageous
Person Specification
42. Experience of daily interaction with operational management & engineers
43. Co-ordination and planning skills
44. Ability to communicate professionally and effectively, both verbally and in writing, within all levels of the business and to external parties.
45. Customer Care - Capable of delivering results and meeting customer expectations
46. Self-motivated, tenacious and result-oriented with a positive outlook
47. Calm under pressure
48. Assertive
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Dan Dyke at .