Building Services Manager

O'Neill & Brennan; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A Tier 1 Main Contractor is looking for a Building Services Manager to oversee the efficiency and quality of mechanical, electrical, and public health systems throughout a project. The successful candidate will ensure all designs meet requirements, manage risks effectively, and support project teams through strong technical guidance.

Qualifications

• Qualified in mechanical and/or electrical disciplines.
• Experience managing building services within Tier 1 contractor or large M&E subcontractor.
• Ability to review M&E designs and installation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Manage mechanical, electrical and public health systems.
• Ensure compliance with building regulations and health/safety requirements.
• Coordinate subcontractor efforts and mitigate project risks.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal

Presentation

Project Management

Education

Construction related degree

CIBSE membership or equivalent

Job description

A Tier 1 Main Contractor is looking to appoint a Building Services Manager to take responsibility for ensuring efficiency, quality and affordability across the design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of all mechanical, electrical and public health systems, essential to the success of a project.

Managing the efforts of the subcontractors, you’ll ensure all works are fully coordinated and delivered in accordance with the contract programme and be able to demonstrate a previous proven track record of managing project risks, ensuring that appropriate measures are taken to mitigate those risks.

Key responsibilities include:

• Reviewing installation plans and specifications to ensure that they deliver what the building/client needs.
• Advising the design team on the co-ordination of services within the overall building design, for example, advice on how much space is needed above the ceilings to accommodate ventilation systems and other services.
• Close out design assumptions, design opportunities (VE), design risks (HSE/CDM) made during the early stages of the design and or tender process.
• Manage the submission and timely approval of all reviewable design data.
• Assist in the commercial and technical review of specialist subcontract tender returns, establish interfaces and review alternative design.
• Prepare technical submissions for alternative designs, system, component, product and or material proposals for client approval.
• Testing and checking installations.
• Making sure jobs meet building regulations and health and safety requirements.
• Attending meetings and presenting ideas and progress reports to managers and clients.
• Advising clients on how the building services will operate once the building is complete.
• Helping to protect the environment by keeping energy wastage to a minimum within the building services.
• Provide technical support to the onsite construction activities in order to maintain quality benchmarks.
• Assist the Design Manager in the discharge of the Design Managers Specific Tasks and responsibilities.

The person:

• Qualified in mechanical and/or electrical disciplines.
• Previous experience as a building services manager, you will have full understanding of detailed M&E procedures with good level of technical and professional expertise.
• You will have the ability to understand and review M&E designs, installation, and commissioning programme.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills with the ability to influence an audience.
• Proven building services management skills, ideally within a Tier 1 contractor environment or large M&E subcontractor.
• A good team player and communicator who can work with all levels of the organisation
• A construction related degree
• CIBSE membership or equivalent building services related