Job Title: Assistant Engineer
Contract: Permanent(Full-time)
Location: Leeds
Salary: £30,000 + depending on experience
Reporting to the Engineering Manager the
Facilities Assistant Engineer
provides technical support for MPS workspaces, ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant delivery of engineering and maintenance works through effective coordination and management of subcontractors on-site.
The Assistant Engineer supports the planning, monitoring, and documentation of works, contributing to the smooth delivery of projects and BAU operational activities.
Main Responsibilities
* Act as the main point of contact for contractors, communicating scope, safety requirements, and deliverables and support planning, including scheduling works, tracking progress, and managing documentation.
* Review and verify contractor documentation including RAMS (Risk Assessments & Method Statements), progress reports, and completion records.
* Contribute to continual improvement of contractor performance and engineering procedures.
* Feedback, monitor and identify ongoing supplier performance to ensure best value to MPS from a costs and value perspective and opportunities to optimise costs
* Seek opportunities to continuously improve ways of working and contribute to team, department and divisional continuous improvement projects aimed to drive operational efficiency.
* Build and maintain positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and subcontractors taking a collaborative approach to ways of working and problem solving.
* Take personal accountability for own training, skill, performance and comply with all governance, policy standards and processes.
* Contribute to an environment where all colleagues recognise the importance of adherence to policies and procedures, risk identification and management.
* Assist in the development and maintenance of management reporting and actively identify and remove bottle necks to improve efficiency/costs
Ideal Candidate
* Experience of working in an in operations support/office administration with a focus on Health and Safety management in the workplace
* Organised, with strong attention to detail to spot errors that could cause rework / reputational damage.
* Proactive management of workload to pre-empt requirements from internal and external stakeholders.
* Experience using facilities management systems
* A good understanding of Health and Safety and CDM regulations
* Knowledge and application of Statutory compliance
* Electrical and/or Air con qualification