Critical Engineering Lead

ISS Facility Services UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Facilities Management provider is seeking a Critical Engineering Lead to oversee the Critical Environmental Management (CEM) system for a major banking account in the UK. You will manage a small engineering team, oversee day-to-day functions, and ensure effective governance of maintenance activities. The role demands strong leadership, critical engineering experience, and a background in operational engineering. This position offers a competitive salary plus benefits including a car allowance and private healthcare.

Benefits

Salary plus car allowance

Bonus

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Critical Engineering.
• Proven ability to lead managers or senior engineers.
• Operational engineering background before moving into compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership over the Authorising Engineer team within the Account.
• Manage the CEM Product and its operational effectiveness.
• Oversee Change Management within the CEM.

Skills

Leadership of Engineers

Critical Engineering expertise

Education

Engineering qualification (Electrical and/or Mechanical)

Tools

CEM (Critical Environmental Management)

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.