Building Services Compliance Engineer

CBRE; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Critical Compliance Engineer to join their dynamic team. This pivotal role involves ensuring environmental conditions are maintained, monitoring Building Management Systems, and developing strong relationships with clients and subcontractors. The ideal candidate will possess M&E engineering experience and a solid understanding of building services, along with the ability to fault-find and interpret alarms effectively. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a leading firm in real estate services, where your expertise will play a crucial role in maintaining operational excellence and compliance across a prestigious property portfolio.

Qualifications

• Competent in reading and processing data from systems including SPICA, BMS.
• Experience in operating and monitoring BMS systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure plant faults are swiftly remedied to maintain serviceable order.
• Monitor BMS of the property portfolio and respond to critical alarms.

Skills

M&E engineering experience

Building Management Systems (BMS)

Health and Safety management

Environmental management

Diagnostic and repair procedures

Risk Management

IT skills

Written and spoken English skills

Education

Formal management qualification in Health and Safety

Good education

Tools

CAFM system

BMS systems

Job description

Company Profile

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm.

Job Title: Critical Compliance Engineer

The Critical Compliance Engineer is a key role within the CBRE engineering team:

To ensure all environmental conditions are maintained within the parameters always set by the client. To identify, investigate, rectify, and know when to escalate any alarm that cannot be cleared through the correct channels. The person must be competent in reading and processing data from systems including SPICA, BMS, and temperature control, as well as writing client-facing reports. Engineers must demonstrate relevant knowledge of building services, including the ability to fault-find using graphical information and the utilisation of current alarm data.

The Critical Compliance Engineer will also support the development and ensure the delivery of the Company Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental strategy, policy and processes, supporting the Account Manager & Technical Supervisor with statutory compliance, document uploading and PPM planning.

Role Summary:

Compliance

• Ensure that plant faults and defects are swiftly remedied to always maintain plant in serviceable order.
• Monitor the Building Management Systems (BMS) of the Wellcome Trust property portfolio and identify critical alarms that could impact operations, responding accordingly in a timely manner.
• Develop a good working relationship with all members of CBRE staff, subcontractors, and client representatives.
• Submit a weekly report consisting of anomalies, planned works, and environmental occurrences throughout the property portfolio.
• Work closely with the end client's data analyst.
• Ensure the professional image of CBRE is always presented to clients.
• Ensure assigned tasks are actioned and completed as appropriate.
• Complete all tasks with appropriate health and safety awareness and implementation.
• Maintain awareness and compliance with contractual KPI and SLAs.

Critical/BMS

• Perform any other task as directed by the account management team.
• Be responsible for monitoring various types of equipment that measure and record environmental data such as temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels across all Wellcome Trust premises.
• Ensure the timely and complete reporting of all accidents, incidents, near misses and corrective actions in line with CBRE processes.
• Act as the focal point for specialist QHSE expertise on the UCLH Account and to understand corporate and legislative requirements.
• Lead and support initiatives and best practice activities in all areas of QHSE Management.
• Provide guidance and practical expertise on all matters related to Health, Safety, Environment and Quality, ensuring there is appropriate day-to-day support and guidance to both internal and external customers in the delivery of the CBRE safety management system.
• Create and distribute a compendium of CAFM reports for use by site Operational Teams.
• Act as owner of the CAFM system for the UCLH Account, including management of any system upgrades, improvements or migrations. Assume leading role in correspondence with CBRE D&T team regarding CAFM program.
• Ensure Risk Register is being updated by Operational Managers and attend review sessions with UCLH Trust Compliance Officer.
• Demonstrate integrity and ensure compliance with all business wide policy and strategy through QHSE soft audits throughout the UCLH Campus. Keep a schedule of visits so that each site is audited at least once (all Logbooks) in a calendar year.
• Appoint and co-ordinate with contract-based Safety Champions and liaise with externally sourced QHSE resources as required.
• Assist as necessary with reviews of existing Policies, Procedures, Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work.
• Maintain ownership of the Elogbooks system for the Wellcome Trust Account.

Experience Required:

Essential

• M&E engineering experience is essential, preferably in a critical environment.
• Formally trained in electrical, mechanical, and/or BMS systems.
• Good all-round knowledge of building services, diagnostic and repair procedures.
• Knowledge of Building Management Systems and interpretation of alarms.
• A good education is essential, with strong written and spoken English skills.
• Formal management qualification in Health and Safety management and Environmental management.
• Competent IT skills are required.
• Experience in operating and monitoring BMS systems.
• Experience in maintaining all relevant mechanical and electrical equipment to clearly defined criteria.
• Good all-round knowledge of building services systems, diagnostic and repair procedures.
• Practical application of auditing.
• Practical and demonstrable knowledge liaising with enforcement agency / insurers.
• Practical experience in Risk Management, Best Value analysis of QHSE resource support provision and Development / implementation of policy and process.
• Event investigation & analysis.
• Ability to read and programme BMS systems.