Engineering Manager

CBW Staffing Solutions; Slough; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

CBW Staffing Solutions is seeking a Facilities Engineering / Technical Manager for a leading data centre in Slough. This client-side, in-house role offers day-to-day operation oversight, contractor management, and strategic planning within a critical environment.

The ideal candidate will be electrically qualified with proven data centre experience, strong leadership, and the ability to manage budgets, procurement, outages, and incident reporting while ensuring compliance with HV/LV and industry

Qualifications

• Electrical qualification with a proven track record in data centres or critical environments.
• Experience in facilities operation and incident management within data centre settings.
• Ability to manage budgets, procurement and contractor performance.
• Strong leadership and communication skills; HV/LV experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operation including repair and maintenance, security, change control, procurement, budgeting.
• Coordinate subcontractors and plan contractor site visits/PPMs for 12 months ahead.
• Lead data centre expansion, modification, maintenance or move-in projects.
• Prepare maintenance contracts and tender documents.
• Liaise with vendors and respond to issues with regular communications.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder comms

Vendor management

Incident management

Data Centre ops

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Budgeting

Education

City & Guilds Level 2/3

AM2

18th Edition IEE Regulations

Tools

BMS

PMS

SMS

Job description

Facilities Engineering / Technical Manager - Client Direct / In-house - Data Centre - Slough - Up to £70,000 per annum

Are you looking for a role Client side / In-house?

Are you looking to come off Shift?

Are you looking for a role in Slough and have Data Centre experience?

Fantastic opportunity to work as part of the In-house maintenance team for an established Data Centre provider. CBW are currently recruiting for a Facilities Engineering / Technical Manager to be based on a critical data centre in Slough. The successful candidate will be electrically qualified with a proven track record in critical environments (Ideally a Data Centre).

Hours of work

• Monday to Friday - 08:00am to 17:00pm
• Flexible approach to working hours (Out of hours work)

Key duties & Responsibilities

• Manage day to day operation including repair and maintenance, Security, change control process, procurement, accounting & budgeting related issue
• Manage subcontractors and provide a 12 month planner of contractor site visits/ PPMs
• Manage/execute Data Centre's expansion, modification, maintenance or new customer move- in projects.
• Preparation of maintenance contract & tender document.
• Supervise and liaise with external vendors in respect of regular communications and ad-hoc work and respond to issues that arise.
• Manages specifications, problems, issues, performance, and administration.
• Prepare Management report, Power point presentation, SOP/EOP, Critical activities planning such as Power down & Pull-the-Plug test, Emergency / Disaster Recovery plans / Business Continuity Plans, Data Centre customers' report
• As an incident manager to manage all incidents and prepare incident reports.
• Engages with internal stakeholders to gain feedback on customers' enquiry.
• Intervenes, analyses, manages and resolves business conflicts between the company and the vendors / suppliers.
• Implementing procedures of safety system and performance measurement like scorecard to ensure quality and reliability of services meeting client's requirements.
• Provide superior customer service to clients through all Facility functions.
• Routinely inspect all areas to ensure performance measures are being maintained and proactively self- reporting the problems of facilities.
• Able to track and update on the financial budget.
• Liaise with MEP, IDC, Security and Office Manager and produce datacentre operation report on a weekly basis.
• Responsible for Data Centre Facility Management operations.
• Establish engineering and operation procedures and roll out for site staff.
• Ensure compliance with all local statutory regulations.
• Managing all vendors to carry out maintenance for all installations during weekend and review maintenance reports.
• Provide solutions for technical issues
• Participate in Disaster Recovery Plan per the Client's requirement.
• Manage and Monitor the Data Centre Infrastructure Management System and all sub systems including but not limited to BMS, PMS, and SMS. Update technical drawing regularly / Inventory list / Asset list
• Audit FM shift handover/performance/work/Procedure monthly and CMI own the right to audit internally.

Requirements

• City & Guilds Level 2&3 and AM2 or equivalent
• City & Guilds 18th Edition IEE Regulations
• Proven track record of handling Uptime Certification is a must.
• HV & LV Authorised Person (Highly desirable / Not essential)
• Experience in facilities operation in Data Centre, Telecommunications industry.
• Able to coordinate with utility company and deal with High Voltage.
• Knowledge of critical facilities including Chiller, CRAC, UPS, STS
• Strong leadership, people, and communication skills
• Strong PC literacy and proven ability to manage daily activities using various systems including MS excel and PowerPoint