Building Performance Engineer

Bellrock Group; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life cover

Healthcare

Enhanced maternity/paternity

Cycle to work

Holiday purchase

Discount scheme

Virtual GP

Job summary

Bellrock Group seeks a Building Performance Engineer to manage facilities engineering services under the Wakefield Council contract. The role is home based with regular UK travel, ensuring sub-contracted teams deliver compliant, high-quality maintenance and ESG-aligned outcomes.

You will work with the Compliance Manager and operations teams to optimise portfolios, implement sustainable improvements, and deliver detailed reporting across sites.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering compliance across multiple sites in a facilities management context.
• Auditing and reporting to meet statutory and client requirements.
• Ability to communicate at all levels with stakeholders and clients.
• Knowledge of H&S regulations and maintenance regimes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation for engineering services across properties.
• Support statutory compliance and insurance inspections.
• Develop and implement condition-based maintenance strategies where appropriate.
• Monitor occupancy, compliance, and risk across the portfolio with internal teams and clients.
• Provide technical support on innovative energy and sustainability initiatives.

Skills

FM compliance

Multi-site experience

Auditing

Stakeholder management

Communication

H&S knowledge

Education

Engineering qualifications (CIBSE or HND)

Tools

Concerto CAFM

APIs & IoT

Job description

Role Overview

To act as the Building Performance Engineer on the prestigious Wakefield Council contract, working across the client’s portfolio ensuring our sub-contracted teams have an efficient, effective and pro‑active approach to the management of the facilities engineering services in line with Bellrocks contractual and statutory obligations. This role would be home based and would involve regular travel to properties located across the UK.

To support the CM in the effective delivery and attainment of high performing engineering services across all our clients’ sites.

Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance documents for all Engineering services relevant to all the properties.
• Have an overview and support the regional managers on Statutory Compliance in all areas that meet SFG20 and insurance legislative inspections required for the portfolio.
• Explore alternative maintenance strategies and deliver as appropriate such as condition‑based maintenance.
• Monitoring the type of occupancy of the facilities, ensuring compliance with the respective statutory regulation, mandatory legislation and recognised best practice in consultation with the FM Team, Compliance Manager, Contract Manager, Account Director, and clients as appropriate.
• Work closely with the Energy & Sustainability Manager giving technical support on innovations and initiative implementation.
• Support the FM teams maintain H & S Audits and Risk Assessments for contractors in line with client and Bellrock requirements and advise on any remedial works.
• If required prepare and produce project reports
• Deliver optimised workspaces ensuring ESG and comfort are at the forefront of the strategy.
• Assist Operational teams in completing their duties by guiding and mentoring as appropriate including supporting site queries emergencies & escalations.
• Take ownership & a proactive approach to key deliverables to the Compliance Manager providing appropriate updates, reporting & opportunities where possible.

Commercial

• Verify the contracts & ensure standards delivery of an effective Planned Preventative Maintenance Program.
• Assist FM Team and Supply Chain Manager with the performance management of assigned and direct contracts to ensure all technical KPI’s are met.
• Provide weekly/monthly reports relating to areas of compliance and any other report required by the Client in accordance with the contract when requested to do so by the Compliance Manager and Account Director.
• Review the performance of all subcontractors necessary to the effective day to day delivery of the maintenance and PPM service and liaise with Bellrock procurement / supply chain and planning as necessary in consultation with the Operational Team.

Technology

• Become familiar with the Concerto CAFM system and utilise to ensure that an overview of contract performance can be monitored, gauged and managed.
• Develop a full understanding of client technology systems & how they interact with Concerto to understand opportunities to develop the technology offer including the implementation of API’s, Applications & IOT.

Technical

• Be prepared to deliver comprehensive MI reporting information to the Compliance Manager.
• Measure and monitor engineering compliance across the portfolio and provide detailed reporting and analysis on trends together with improvement plans.
• Conduct regular maintenance engineering audits and project records to ensure that high standards are upheld throughout the portfolio.
• Manage and monitor the PPM schedule supporting supplier management & the delivery team.
• Technical advice and authorising person.
• Lifecycle and forward maintenance regime advice.
• Ensure reporting & impact of engineering updates are delivered appropriately to key team members ensuring they are fully briefed with regard to budgets, control of expenditure and any potentially contentious issues arising within the buildings ongoing maintenance.

Risk Management

• Support on the Implementation of a SSOW procedure alongside the QSHE Director.
• Review due dates for statutory tasks before loading PPM planner and that they meet specific industry requirements.
• Review WRA/FRA written schemes, AE’s/AP’s are updated on an annual basis.
• Review RAMs / COSHH policy and evaluate annually or as required.
• Attend weekly/monthly/quarterly management meetings as and when required.
• When directed by Compliance Manager, manage relationships between all stakeholders.

Business Growth

• Ensure requests for additional services and variations are priced and documented in line with the contractual requirements with the relevant opex and lifecycle applied when applicable, by supporting the FM or Contract Manager.

Skills & Experience

• Good knowledge of working practices in the delivery of compliance.
• 5 years + experience working on multi-site or large FM contracts that require regular reporting.
• Experience of auditing in corporate environments.
• Understands the importance of client relationships in the environment of change.
• Able to demonstrate an ability to communicate at various levels both internally and externally.
• Clearly articulate succinctly difficult or complex information.
• Health and Safety qualifications.
• Engineering qualifications across M and E activity (CIBSE or HND).

Core Qualities And Attributes

• Can influence change and successfully implement a different way of working across challenging portfolio.
• Challenges others to develop whilst acting as a role model and mentor.
• Inspires others to attain goals and peruse excellence.
• Excellent active listener.
• Problem solving and route cause identification.
• Flexible and creative.
• Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.Commitment to Bellrock business values.
• Able to manage and develop challenging relationships.
• Innovative and Forward thinking.
• In-depth understanding of work order processes, schedules of rates, and the ability to design and deliver KPI reports.

AI fluency & learning mindset

We are looking for people who actively use AI in their day‑to‑day work, demonstrate strong curiosity about new technologies, and take ownership for continuously improving how they think, work, and deliver.

Working arrangements

We embrace smarter working practices which offer our employees the opportunity to work their hours flexibly and remotely where their roles and business needs allow. In this role, the successful candidate would be required to work from Wakefield and working two days a week with the team, the rest of the week can be worked from home. Monday to Friday 08:30am-17:00pm

What can we offer you?

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + 1 additional day as a thank you (enjoy it, it’s on us)
• Salary exchange pension scheme
• Life cover
• Paid sick leave
• Health Assured employee assistance and wellness program
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase scheme of additional 5 days per year
• Offers and discount scheme designed to save money on everyday shopping and essentials
• Healthcare Cashplan
• MotorSave Scheme
• Refer a friend
• Liftshare
• Virtual GP

Why Bellrock?

At Bellrock, our people make the difference. We support organisations across the UK with property, facilities management, compliance, engineering and technology services, helping our customers create safer, smarter and more sustainable environments. We’re committed to creating a workplace where people feel supported, respected and able to develop their careers. If you're looking for a business where your contribution is valued and where you can continue to learn and grow, we'd love to hear from you.

Inclusion

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to providing a fair and accessible recruitment process for everyone.