EMEA Engineering Director

Jll; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational facilities management company is seeking an experienced engineering manager for their operations in the City of Westminster, England. The role involves ensuring compliance with engineering contracts, overseeing safety measures, and managing personnel within critical environments. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in critical engineering and 3 years in management. Essential qualifications include a trade in engineering and preferably a degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. This position also requires multilingual communication skills and may involve travel across EMEA.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in critical engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a lead or management role.
• Trade qualified in the engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all engineering delivery and governance.
• Assist site teams with budget documentation.
• Conduct fire systems testing and manage incident reports.

Skills

Multilingual communication

Leadership

Risk management

Health, Safety & Environmental awareness

Education

Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensure contractual compliance with all engineering delivery and governance of contract requirements, and organise the site team to meet contractual agreements.
• Monitor and ensure all training requirements of engineering personnel are kept up to date and compliant.
• Assist regional leads in the preparation of emergency and contingency plans.
• Oversight of all contract activities, both maintenance and projects, ensuring all safety aspects are managed and monitored in accordance with site procedures and requirements.
• Assist site teams with budget documentation as required for client approvals.
• Undertake tasks associated with staff during peak workloads and provide holiday and sickness cover for the engineering senior team.
• Staff supervision, including full‑time, part‑time, matrix reports, sub‑contractors and specialist providers.
• Be proactive and provide technical guidance in relation to preventative maintenance and extra works delivery.
• Comply with all procedures and maintain clear & legible records as required.
• Be available to manage emergency out‑of‑hour escalations and provide written incident reports as required.
• Manage and coordinate office support staff, providing information as required for compliance reporting and operations.
• Review and sign off detailed planning of IST testing activities in conjunction with the local team.
• Coordinate test windows with internal clients, including documentation control and management (PTP Tracker Monthly).
• Follow up on defects found, remediation, revalidation and collate evidence that these defects are corrected.
• Support the critical environments manager and engineering teams to keep critical activities up to date: implement and validate playbook procedures; advise on operational risks; update battery & capacitor trackers; complete annual plant condition assessments; maintain critical spares inventory; update PPM plan against statutory maintenance sheets; review CMMS maintenance plan and delivery.
• Oversee change requests required for all works on services that may impact critical works.
• Conduct fire systems testing and record results.
• Close all actions assigned from audits and assurance visits; produce gap plans and track progress.
• Provide monthly critical environment reporting for the EMEA sites to JPMC GRE and DCO.
• Personnel management of direct reports and oversee indirect report management as required.
• Participate in succession planning, development requirements and training as assigned by Engineering Management.
• Travel to any location operated by JPMC in EMEA, including short‑notice emergency travel.

Key Performance Measures

• Providing direction – creates a clear understanding of what needs to be achieved and provides the necessary guidance.
• Obtaining results through people – supports, challenges and develops others so they can give their best and deliver against expectations.
• Drive for excellence – manages activities to ensure high standards are achieved in all areas.
• Teamwork – manages the team to maximise their contributions and effectiveness, influencing personal commitments.
• Communication – communicates clearly and concisely, impressing others and ensuring understanding of all relevant information in all circumstances.
• Planning, organising & executing – pre‑plans, organises and schedules activities and resources, monitoring the execution against timescales and plans.
• Commercial/Financial awareness – understands and applies commercial and financial principles, viewing issues in terms of costs, profits/returns, budget control, markets and added value.
• Risk management – effectively manages risks and ensures that the interests of the business, others and.
• Customer awareness – effectively manages relationships in the supply chain, responsive to the needs of the customer, aims to deliver customer satisfaction.
• Health, Safety & Environmental – effectively manages HSE aspects within the business, ensuring compliance and welfare of team members.

Core Support Team Competency Framework & Qualifications

• Multilingual – local language with fluent English (both written and spoken).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in critical engineering.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a lead or management role.
• Trade qualified in the engineering discipline (essential).
• Authorised Person (High Voltage / Mechanical Systems / Confined Space) – desirable.
• Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or recognised equivalent – desirable.