Lead Multi Skilled Engineer

CBRE Local UK; Havant; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions in Kenwood, UK, is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the team. The role focuses on cost control for maintenance activities, ensuring client services meet SLAs across critical environments, and delivering technical management reports.

You will manage statutory maintenance planning, change control, and budget adherence while coordinating with the Facilities Management Team and CBRE EHS for audit compliance and safe operations.

Qualifications

• Electrician with recognised qualifications (apprenticeship, HND, C&G).
• 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations - essential.
• Experience operating data centres/critical environments - desirable.
• IOSH or equivalent H&S training beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Manage costs related to maintenance activities (specialist and self-perform).
• Ensure services meet client requirements or SLAs across client sites and critical environments.
• Lead on statutory maintenance planning and testing, and report compliance to the Technical Services Manager.
• Provide emergency response standby/call-out and technical management reports.
• Maintain, monitor and improve environmental, health & safety and quality systems.

Skills

Electrician qualifications

18th Edition Regulations

Data centre experience

Health & Safety

Supplier management

Decision making

Job description

Job Title: Lead Engineer

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