Electrical Field Manager – UoP

Corrigenda Group Limited; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Salary Review

Employee Assistance Programme

Bupa Cashplan

Refer a friend reward scheme

Job summary

Corrigenda Group Limited is recruiting an Electrical Field Manager to oversee the electrical service delivery for the University of Portsmouth estate in Portsmouth. You will lead a small team of engineers, coordinate subcontractors and deliver planned, reactive, remedial and quoted works across a large campus.

Working closely with the Account Manager and Technical Service Managers, the role focuses on technical support, supplier management and progressing works from diagnosis to completion, with

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of electrical building services maintenance.
• Experience supervising engineers and subcontractors.
• Ability to diagnose issues and review quotes.
• Good commercial awareness of maintenance and costs.
• Knowledge of RAMS and safety requirements.
• Experience in higher education, public sector or complex estates.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day delivery of electrical services across a large estate.
• Support engineers and allocate work; manage escalation.
• Coordinate subcontractors ensuring quality, safety and delivery.
• Review findings, drive solutions and follow-on actions.
• Progress quotations from findings to client submission.
• Maintain WIP and commercial information with the account manager.
• Ensure safe working environments and RAMS compliance.
• Engage with client stakeholders and attend meetings.

Skills

Electrical know-how

Engineering supervision

Stakeholder management

IT literacy

Full UK driving licence

DBS checks

Higher education sector experience

Education

Relevant electrical qualifications

Tools

CAFM systems

Job description

Electrical Field Manager - University of Portsmouth

Electrical Field Manager – UoP

FULL TIME – 40 hours per week

Salary: Competitive (Subject to knowledge and experience)

Location: Halpern House

Job Summary

This role involves overseeing the day-to-day electrical service delivery across a large higher education estate in Portsmouth. Working closely with the Account Manager, Mechanical Field Manager and Technical Service Managers, you will manage a small team of directly employed engineers and coordinate specialist subcontractors to deliver planned, reactive, remedial and quoted works.

The role has a strong focus on technical support, subcontractor management and progressing works from initial diagnosis through quotation to completion.

Key Responsibilities Include
(but not limited to):

Operational

• Oversee day-to-day delivery of the relevant technical service across the contract, including PPM, reactive, remedial and quoted works.
• Manage and provide technical support to directly employed engineers, ensuring work is effectively allocated, progressed and completed.
• Coordinate and manage specialist subcontractors, monitoring performance, quality, compliance and responsiveness.
• Review engineer and subcontractor findings, providing technical challenge and ensuring appropriate solutions and follow-on actions are progressed.
• Maintain oversight of open works, proactively progressing aged jobs, technical dependencies and approved works through to completion.
• Work closely with the Account Manager, Helpdesk and Scheduler to coordinate resources, access, materials and subcontractors.
• Work closely with client technical counterparts on day-to-day service delivery, technical issues, outstanding works and proposed solutions.
• Attend site, supplier and client meetings as required and maintain effective relationships with client stakeholders.
• Identify recurring faults, asset issues and opportunities to improve service delivery, reliability and value for money.

Commercial, Quotations and WIP

• Take ownership of progressing quotations from initial findings through technical review and client submission, ensuring they are accurate, sufficiently detailed and completed within required timescales.
• Develop and review scopes of work, challenging subcontractor solutions and costs to ensure value for money and appropriate job profitability.
• Maintain oversight of outstanding quotations and operational WIP, ensuring actions and dependencies are actively progressed through to delivery and completion.
• Support purchase order, supplier invoice and other cost queries relating to the service stream.
• Support the Account Manager with WIP, forecasting and commercial information as required.

Health and Safety

• Maintain a safe working environment for employees, subcontractors, clients and building users.
• Review RAMS and ensure works are appropriately planned and undertaken in accordance with relevant safety and technical requirements.
• Undertake site inspections, compliance checks and permit-to-work activities as required.
• Monitor subcontractor H&S performance and address or escalates concerns.
• Work with the relevant Technical Service Manager on technical compliance, safe systems of work and significant H&S matters.

People

• Manage, support and develop the directly employed engineers assigned to the contract.
• Provide technical guidance and set clear expectations for quality, productivity, customer service and safe working.
• Monitor performance, undertake development discussions and identify training requirements.
• Manage day-to-day people matters in accordance with company procedures.

Minimum Requirements / Qualifications:

• Strong technical knowledge of planned and reactive electrical building services maintenance.
• Experience of supervising or managing engineers and specialist subcontractors.
• Ability to diagnose technical issues, develop practical solutions and review technical scopes and quotations.
• Good commercial awareness of maintenance, remedial works and subcontractor costs.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety requirements, including reviewing RAMS and managing contractors safely onsite.
• Sound understanding of FM hard service delivery and customer service.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive actions through to completion.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with clients, engineers and specialist subcontractors.
• IT literate, with the ability to use CAFM and other business systems.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to satisfy required DBS checks.
• Experience within higher education, public sector or similarly complex estates.
• Recognised Health & Safety qualification.
• Experience managing operational WIP and progressing technical quotations.

Package:

• Annual Salary Review.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering guidance and advice on Personal, Health, Legal and Financial queries.
• Bupa Cashplan, benefits covered include dental, optical, physiotherapy and health & wellbeing.
• Refer a friend reward scheme worth £750 per referral.

Corrigenda are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal and fair treatment for all colleagues or potential colleagues irrespective of race, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic origins, religion or belief, disability, age, gender, marital or family status.

Join us to be part of a diverse workforce that values collaboration, growth, and opportunity for all.