Engineering Lead - MEA

JLL; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL in the United Arab Emirates seeks an experienced Engineering Manager to lead compliant delivery of engineering services per the Statement of Work and playbook. You will oversee PPM, reactive maintenance, project works, and help desk activities, acting as technical advisor for small works with governance across teams.

You will support Senior Engineering Management to ensure HSE and contractual compliance, and coordinate across regions and cultures while supervising direct reports and

Qualifications

• Recognised Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualifications.
• Leadership and management experience.
• English fluency.
• Arabic language skills desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure contractual compliance with all engineering delivery and govern site team to meet contract.
• Monitor and ensure training requirements for engineering personnel are up to date.
• Oversee maintenance and project activities, ensuring safety as per site procedures.
• Provide technical guidance for preventative maintenance and additional works.
• Suggest and support budget documentation for client approvals.
• Coordinate cross-regional support during peak workloads or absences.
• Supervise staff including direct reports and subcontractors.
• Participate in succession planning and training as directed by Regional Engineering Management.

Skills

Fluent English

Drive for Excellence

Providing Direction

Obtaining Results Through People

Teamwork

Communication

Planning, Organising & Executing

Commercial/ Financial Awareness

Risk Management

Customer Awareness

Health, Safety Environmental

Education

Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualifications

Leadership and Management

Arabic language skills desirable

High Voltage / Mechanical Systems / Confined Space (Authorised Person)

Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or recognised equivalent

Professional Accreditation’s

NEBOSH or Equivalent

Job description

• To Manage and ensure the Compliant delivery of all Engineering services in line with JLL’s Statement of work and delivery methods.
• To Manage and ensure Playbook and Operational Compliance Program(OCP) delivery and reporting in line with contractual Matrix.
• To manage all aspects of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), Reactive Maintenance, Project Works and Help Desk Calls in accordance with both client and JLL requirements. Take the technical advisor role in small works / minor projects, with monitoring and governance of both aspects.
• To assist and support the Senior Engineering Management in all functions, to ensure HSE and contractual compliance.

Job Summary/Goals

• To Manage and ensure the Compliant delivery of all Engineering services in line with JLL’s Statement of work and delivery methods.
• To Manage and ensure Playbook and Operational Compliance Program(OCP) delivery and reporting in line with contractual Matrix.
• To manage all aspects of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), Reactive Maintenance, Project Works and Help Desk Calls in accordance with both client and JLL requirements. Take the technical advisor role in small works / minor projects, with monitoring and governance of both aspects.
• To assist and support the Senior Engineering Management in all functions, to ensure HSE and contractual compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• To ensure contractual compliance with all engineering delivery. To be responsible technical delivery and governance of the contract requirements and organisation of the site team’s in order to meet the contractual agreement.
• Where applicable, monitor and ensure all training requirements of the engineering personnel are kept up to date and compliant.
• Oversight of all contract activities, both maintenance and projects and ensure all safety aspects are managed and monitored in accordance with site procedures and requirements.
• Drive and deliver innovative cost reduction or sustainability programs
• Support the team with the preparation of budget documentation from an engineering delivery perspective as required for client approvals.
• Cross regional support associated with staff during peak workloads and/or holiday and sickness cover for the engineering senior management team.
• Staff supervision including all full-time, part-time, sub-contractors and specialist providers.
• Be proactive and provide technical guidance in relation to preventative maintenance and extra works delivery.
• Comply with all procedures and maintain clear & legible records as required.
• Actively participate in emergency out of hour escalations and provide written incident reports as required.
• Develop and sign off detailed planning of the IST Testing activities in conjunction with the local team. Attendance at these events to ensure cohesive delivery.
• Co-ordination of test windows with the internal clients to include documentation control and management – Service Now

In support of the critical environments manager and engineering teams to ensure the following critical activities are up to date and achieved as required.

• Playbook Procedures implemented and validated as required.
• Advise any operational risks are up to date and notified to the regional team.
• Critical Asset tracker updates to ensure these are replaced before they cause critical failures.
• Annual Plant Condition Assessment
• Critical Spares Inventory
• PPM Plan in line with client Critical Site Infrastructure(CSI) matrix
• Oversight of Change Requests – Required for all works on services which may impact critical works.
• Fire Systems testing and recording.
• Close all actions assigned from audits and assurance visits, gap plan produced and tracked.
• Personnel management of direct reports
• Participate in succession planning, development requirements and training as assigned by Regional Engineering Management

Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Critical Engineering
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in lead or management role
• Coordination and cooperation with Infrastructure and Fit-Out Projects
• Managing operations across diverse countries and cultures

Skills

• Fluent in English
• Drive for Excellence – manages activities to ensure high standards are achieved in all areas
• Providing Direction – creates a clear understanding of what needs to be achieved and provides the necessary guidance.
• Obtaining Results Through People – supports, challenges, and develops others so that they can give their best and deliver against expectations.
• Teamwork – manages the team to maximise their contributions and effectiveness, influencing personal commitments.
• Communication – communicates clearly and concisely, impressing others and ensuring understanding of all relevant information in all circumstances.
• Planning, Organising & Executing – pre-plan, organises and schedules activities and resources, monitoring the execution against timescales and plans.
• Commercial/ Financial Awareness – understands and applies commercial and financial principals, viewing issues in terms of costs, profits/ returns, budget control, markets and added value.
• Risk Management – effectively manages risks and ensures that the interests of the business, others and self are protected.
• Customer Awareness – effectively manages relationships in the supply chain, responsive to the needs of the customer, aims to deliver customer satisfaction.
• Health, Safety Environmental – effectively manages HSE aspects within the business, ensuring compliance and welfare of team members.

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Electrical or Mechanical Engineering qualifications
• Leadership and Management

Desirable

• Speak fluent Arabic
• Authorised Person (High Voltage / Mechanical Systems / Confined Space)
• Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or recognised equivalent
• Professional Accreditation’s
• NEBOSH or Equivalent