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The Senior Engineering & Energy Manager will be the technical services lead for all functions and services across the estate and buildings. Not only will they be an expert in a variety of engineering and technical disciplines, but they will also act as the technical ambassador for Oxford North, its occupiers and customers.
A client and customer facing role, the Senior Engineering & Energy Manager is required to establish, implement and maintain effective management of systems and procedures in the delivery and continuity of service of the Mechanical, Electrical, VT, Public Health and IT Infrastructure Services and Energy performance across the development, while protecting and enhancing the landlord’s assets. The Senior Engineering & Energy Manager contributes to the management of Health, Safety and Wellbeing for all users of the Estate.
The Senior Engineering & Energy Manager will report into the Estate Director and work alongside and collaborate with the property team onsite, deputising where necessary. They will provide strategic technical direction, strong leadership, as well as operational planning and solutions covering MEP, VT operations and Energy Management with a view to providing a world class service.
As a strong communicator, they will act as the Managing Agent interface for technical activity with the assistance and support as required by the Central Engineering and Operations team.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & People Management
- Demonstrate ability as a proven leader of people, capable of getting the most out of multi-disciplinary teams, including the technical supply chain.
- Understand the mutual and strategic goal for the building and the client.
- Provide outstanding leadership to maintain an exceptionally high standard of service delivery encompassing technical innovation, sustainability, and customer focus.
- Ensure that the ESG strategy is fully understood, embedded, and embraced within the site team.
- Foster a culture of energy conservation and sustainability awareness within engineering team through education, coaching and performance management.
Operational/Technical
- Oversee and be responsible for the delivery of technical services operations across the estate through the technical services compliance teams and service partners.
- Ensure that each technical asset is managed and maintained in a proactive and customer focused manner that is cost effective, reliable, and follows principles of good energy management.
- Contribute to the delivery of the ESG strategy across the estate, supporting the ESG Assistant Manager and promoting wider ESG initiatives, with a particular focus on energy performance.
- Lead on energy performance within buildings and across the estate through:
- Regular review and reporting of energy performance, utilising energy management systems, to explain data variations and steps taken to optimise energy performance.
- Building a high-performance culture of energy management within engineering and property management teams and service partner functions.
- Championing the use of smart platforms to identify and implement energy optimisation opportunities.
- Developing, implementing, and managing environmental initiatives and programmes.
- Ensure the agreed CAFM system is implemented, reporting functionality is used by all departments and reported monthly in line with business guidelines, with any failures to comply escalated to the Estate Director within monthly reporting criteria.
- Prepare and manage engineering service charge budgets and ensure effective budget control including the preparation of relevant specifications, raising orders, instructions, contracts and verifying (processing) invoices are in place and management is always in line with business guidelines and expectations.
MEP
- Develop, implement, and maintain maintenance strategies and systems for the buildings and wider estate.
- By instructing the establishment of a strong Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) strategy, use of KPIs, industry best practices, and contract management techniques, ensure compliance with statutory obligations, manufacturer’s warranty requirements and obligations set by our client and customers.
- On behalf of Landlord/ Occupiers, ensure adherence to the technical obligations within lease agreements.
- Manage all latent base build defects ensuring defect information is provided to relevant parties until rectified.
Fabric Management
- Ensure that regular meetings are held with the Fabric management team and there is full cohesion on management and projects.
- Support the fabric management team and property manager to ensure the fabric is maintained according to the design specification required and works by the technical team do not compromise this.
ICT
- Ensure that all ICT systems including converged network, telephony, local systems at asset level (access control systems, CCTV, desk top PCs etc.) are compliant with statutory and data protection obligations including GDPR and support the business need.
Customer Orientation/Stakeholder Engagement
