Engineering Lead

Integral UK LTD; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Engineering Lead to provide leadership in a multi-skilled engineering team. This role involves overseeing the maintenance and operations of critical environments, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and managing a team to meet service level agreements. You will be responsible for daily management tasks, including conducting performance reviews, managing budgets, and supporting energy-saving initiatives. If you have a proactive approach, excellent communication skills, and the ability to lead a team effectively, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Critical Environments like Data Centres.
• HV Authorised Person with essential electrical experience.
• Strong IT and report writing skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations of maintenance engineers and manage tasks.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety policies.
• Support facility manager with energy saving objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical Engineering

Health and Safety Compliance

Communication Skills

Team Management

IT Skills

Risk Assessment

Problem Solving

Adaptability

Education

Electrical Engineering HNC/HND/NVQ

IOSH Working Safely or NEBOSH equivalent

17th Edition IEE Wiring and Installation

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

JLL CAFM system

Permit to Work systems

Job description

Engineering Lead

What this job involves:

To provide leadership and effectively deliver the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the plant within a multi-skilled engineering team in accordance with best practice and JLL standards. Primarily support the team in the delivery of all aspects of engineering services.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Daily management of maintenance Engineers including monthly one-to-ones, annual reviews, and objectives.
• Manage all planned maintenance tasks within contract, manage reactive calls and breakdowns, report monthly SLAs to support FM team with reports and weekly SLA calls.
• Manage your team of Technicians to support agreed SLA & KPI.
• Ensure team uses JLL CAFM system to accurately record PPM and reactive tasks.
• Timely completion of ECAP or other client system approval systems.
• Manage the Control of Contractors on site, review risk assessments, method statements, and support the issue of permits to work; ensure site Inductions for Engineering staff and 3rd party vendors.
• Manage and implement JLL health and safety policies, updating risk assessments and method statements ensuring up-to-date records kept of reviews and communication to team.
• Maintain JLL H+S log books, ensuring all records are kept up to date.
• Carry out regular toolbox talks, record and monitor attendance of team.
• Ensure team carries out monthly mandatory Workday online training.
• Carry out monthly review of JLL Water log book, record and escalate any parameters out of tolerance. Ensure team keeps accurate records.
• Supervision of all water treatment and testing procedures.
• Provide security and Engineers with monthly on-call rota, manage Engineers' overtime and call-out payments.
• Assist Facility Manager with monthly billing tracker, control budget cost for M+E invoicing.
• Maintain Statutory Compliance log books on site and records with support to Facility Manager ensuring statutory compliance reports are received in a timely manner.
• Support Facility Manager with Energy saving objectives.
• Hold regular meetings with all site staff (FM's, Techs, etc.) to hold brainstorming sessions to create new initiatives and maintain good communication with team.
• Ensure 6 monthly and annual review of team performance via JLL IPMP process.
• Support refurbishment/upgrade projects to ensure all information is supplied as requested and has limited impact on site operations.
• Manage the client’s IT Change Management process acting as the single point of contact for site.
• Complete Electrical AP duties in accordance with the buildings planned and reactive schedules.

NOTE:

All details are provided for guidance only and do not necessarily limit the responsibilities and accountabilities of the role.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in Critical Environments such as Corporate Banking/Data Centres or Similar.
• HV Authorised Person - Current HV/AP with a minimum of 5 years’ experience is essential.
• Electrical Engineering HNC/HND/NVQ (Successfully completed apprenticeship in either).
• C&G Pts. 1 & 2, equivalent or exceeds.
• 17th Edition IEE: Wiring and Installation (Ability to attain 18th Edition through additional training).
• IOSH Working Safely (Or NEBOSH equivalent).
• IPAF (Combined).
• L8 Awareness Training.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deal with all levels of staff/management/customers.
• Ability to lead, motivate and direct a small team of engineers.
• Enthusiasm and Proactive in achieving the highest standard of operation.
• Have good IT and report writing skills (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Sound knowledge and understanding of working in the M&E, FM, and TFM environments.
• Permit to Work, Risk Assessment and Method Statement training or experience.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.).
• Auditing Training or previous experience.
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory, legislative requirements and British Standards as applicable.
• An autonomous self-starter, self-motivated and well-disciplined.
• Adaptable and flexible approach to work requirements, willing to accept change.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to manage diverse range of service providers, client representatives and stakeholders.
• Able to make effective decisions quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deliverables daily.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise work within tight deadlines.
• Ability to remain calm and control own emotions to find appropriate resolution when handling conflict.