Critical Engineering Lead

ISS Facility Services UK; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management provider in the UK is seeking a Critical Engineering Lead to oversee the CEM system for major banking accounts. This role involves leadership over the Authorising Engineer team and ensuring operational effectiveness of the CEM product. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, leadership experience, and a focus on compliance in Critical Engineering. This position is home-based but requires travel to major client sites across the UK.

Benefits

Salary plus car allowance

Bonus

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineering teams, particularly in compliance and auditing.
• Strong understanding of Critical Engineering processes and operations.
• Excellent communication skills to liaise with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Authorising Engineer team and oversee their development.
• Manage the CEM product and ensure its operational effectiveness.
• Oversee Change Management within the CEM system.

Skills

Leadership

Critical Engineering

Change Management

Education

Strong level of engineering qualification (Electrical and/or Mechanical)

Job description

Overview

• Mon to Fri
• Salary plus car / allowance, bonus & private healthcare
• Home based with some travel to major client sites in the UK
• Leading a small Engineering team

Job Summary

Here at ISS as one of the UK's leading Facilities Management (FM) providers, we are looking to recruit a Critical Engineering Lead to manage the "Critical Environmental Management" (CEM) system underpinning critical engineering within a truly major banking account.

The Account consists of Retail, plus a sizeable and high profile corporate estate, encompassing a Canary Wharf Head Office, Mission Critical Campuses, a Data Centre and several smaller buildings dotted across the UK.

The criticality of these sites can be extremely high with any power outages at immense cost to the client financially and in reputation.

Therefore, a robust and comprehensive CEM is required to provide governance and control over all Critical Engineering maintenance activities.

You will be the Product Owner of the CEM, overseeing day to day function, Change Management, and to line manage the Authorising Engineers involved within the system.

Working as an SME on a massive Account you will be working with a wide range of technical stakeholders and reporting into the Account's Technical Director.

We are looking for a qualified engineer, with an appreciation for Engineering Operations, but has progressed into compliance within the Critical Engineering space, while remains keen on career progression.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership over the Authorising Engineer team within the Account, leading appointment and development.
• Manage the CEM Product including its Administration and operational effectiveness.
• Have leadership over Change Management within the CEM.
• Work closely with other Account SMEs notably Asset Mgmnt staff.

Qualifications

• A strong level of engineering qualification, whether Electrical and / or Mechanical.
• Strong experience of Critical Engineering.
• Leadership of Managers or Senior Engineers.
• Ideally, an operational engineering background before having progressed into compliance / auditing.