Estates Technical Assurance Lead

CBRE Group, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. Brixton, England is seeking an Estates Technical Assurance Manager to provide technical assurance across the University’s estates and engineering portfolio.

Reporting to the Assistant Director, you will review compliance, maintenance records and safe systems of work, acting as a trusted technical resource for the management team. You will identify risks, own investigations, support maintenance heads and deliver concise reports to senior stakeholders, coordinating across live

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in mechanical/electrical/building services engineering or related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assurance across the University’s mechanical, electrical, controls, building fabric and other Estates and Engineering services.
• Review statutory and mandatory compliance arrangements, maintenance records, certification and supporting evidence to confirm that requirements are being met and reported information is accurate.
• Review safe systems of work, permits and operational controls, identifying and escalating material weaknesses or failures.
• Investigate technical failures, recurring defects, service interruptions and performance concerns, establishing the underlying causes and recommending practical corrective action.
• Support the management and assurance of Hard FM contractors and specialist services contracted directly by the University, challenging incomplete, inconsistent or unsupported information.
• Oversee insurance inspections and maintain the statutory inspection register, ensuring inspections, reports and associated remedial actions are recorded, allocated and progressed within the required timescales.
• Analyse maintenance, compliance, asset, defect and performance information to identify gaps, trends, recurring issues and emerging risks.
• Review engineering resilience, critical infrastructure, single points of failure and operational contingency arrangements.
• Use asset condition, maintenance and performance information to support maintenance priorities, lifecycle planning and recommendations for investment.
• Provide technical assurance during project commissioning, handover and operational acceptance, including the transfer of technical records, asset information, training, warranties and maintenance requirements.
• Interface with project teams and Estates and Engineering managers to ensure that business as usual activity and project works are properly scheduled and coordinated within the live estate.
• Maintain and communicate a weekly campus wide activity plan, providing visibility of planned maintenance, project works, shutdowns and other activities that may affect campus operations.
• Take ownership of agreed technical investigations, assurance reviews and improvement activities, ensuring actions have clear owners and timescales and are progressed to an evidenced conclusion.
• Produce clear and concise technical reports, analysis and supporting documentation for senior stakeholders, setting out the current position, principal risks, actions required and decisions needed.
• Provide technical support and constructive challenge to Heads of Maintenance, Engineering Managers, contractors, consultants and project teams.
• Keep up to date with exciting career opportunities and the latest news.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Building services engineering

Facilities management

Statutory compliance

Maintenance management

Asset information

Reporting

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Education

Relevant technical degree (mechanical/electrical/building services or facilities management)

Membership of a relevant professional body

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job description

CBRE Group, Inc. Brixton, England is seeking an Estates Technical Assurance Manager to provide technical assurance across the University’s estates and engineering portfolio.

Reporting to the Assistant Director, you will review compliance, maintenance records and safe systems of work, acting as a trusted technical resource for the management team. You will identify risks, own investigations, support maintenance heads and deliver concise reports to senior stakeholders, coordinating across live