Lead Multi Skilled Engineer

CBRE; Havant; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, is recruiting a Lead Engineer to join the team in Havant. The role focuses on managing maintenance costs, ensuring SLAs, and supporting critical environments.

You will oversee change control, prepare management reports, provide emergency response, and ensure statutory compliance. Strong communication and contractor management skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Qualified electrician with apprenticeship or equivalent.
• 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations mandatory.
• Experience in data centres/critical environments desirable.
• IOSH or equivalent H&S training.
• Proficient in MS Office and reporting.
• Strong contract/supplier management and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage cost of maintenance activities and ensure SLAs are met.
• Ensure client services, data rooms and critical environments meet requirements.
• Operate change control, and provide management reports as required.
• Provide emergency response standby and incident support.
• Plan statutory maintenance and report statutory compliance audits.
• Maintain critical environment documentation and records.
• Monitor environmental conditions and equipment loads regularly.

Skills

Contract management

Supplier management

Communication

Proactive / self-motivated

Decision making

MS Office

Water hygiene knowledge

Education

Electrician qualifications

18th Edition Wiring Regulations

Job description

Job Title: LeadEngineer

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, are recruiting a Lead Engineer to join the team located in Kenwood.

Role Summary

• Able to manage cost related to delivery of maintenance activities (specialist and self-perform)
• Ensuring all client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue earning services meet client requirements or appropriate SLAs
• Operate dilapidation and update plans relating to critical environments
• Operate change control process covering business critical areas
• Provide technical management reports as required
• Provide emergency response standby/call-out
• Monitor utilities management and environmental programmes
• Support critical environment related technical audits
• Support cost-effective procurement of engineering maintenance services.
• Operate within annual engineering budgets for the maintenance and repair of the services
• Responsibility for ensuring all critical related engineering maintenance documentation/records are kept in clearly identified and retrievable systems
• Advise the Facilities Management Team of changes in critical environment requirements
• Plan Statutory Compliance Maintenance and Testing and report as required the Statutory Compliance Audit Report to the Technical Services Manager
• Ensure all PPM’s and Critical Facility PPM’s are carried out to schedule
• Monitor and analyse environmental conditions, review the loading and working conditions of critical equipment regularly
• Liaise with the CBRE EHS specialist to ensure audit compliance at all times
• Ensure maintenance is carried out in line with CBRE H&S procedures, using the permit to work system where applicable and action improvements identified during the building and workplace inspections and reviews
• Escalate urgent issues identified through to the Technical Services Manager

Experience Required

• Electrician with recognised qualifications (apprenticeship, HND, C&G)
• 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations - essential
• Previous experience in operating data centres/critical environments - desirable
• Knowledge of emergency response/standby/call out activities and protocols
• Understand the monitoring of utilities and environmental programmes
• IOSH or equivalent H&S training
• Excellent contract/supplier management skills
• Excellent facilitation, communication skills at all levels
• Self-motivated, resourceful and pro-active
• Confident decision maker
• Understanding of water hygiene (L8) - desirable
• BMS Controls experience / HVAC experience - desirable
• Operational experience of UPS, Standby Power and Critical Environment Cooling
• Operational experience of managing Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Systems
• PC and MS office skills