Mechanical Field Manager – UoP

Corrigenda Group Limited; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Vehicle + Fuel Card

Employee Assistance Programme

Bupa Cashplan

Refer a friend reward scheme

Job summary

Corrigenda Group Limited in Portsmouth is seeking a Mechanical Field Manager to oversee day-to-day mechanical service delivery across a large higher education estate. You will manage a small team of engineers and coordinate subcontractors to deliver planned, reactive, remedial and quoted works.

This role focuses on technical support, subcontractor management and progressing works from initial diagnosis through quotation to completion, with strong emphasis on safety, quality and customer service.

Qualifications

• Relevant mechanical building services qualification or demonstrable equivalent industry experience.
• Strong knowledge of planned and reactive mechanical building services maintenance.
• Experience supervising or managing engineers and specialist subcontractors.
• Ability to diagnose technical issues, develop practical solutions and review technical scopes and quotations.
• Good commercial awareness of maintenance, remedial works and subcontractor costs.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety requirements, RAMS and managing contractors onsite.
• Sound understanding of FM hard service delivery and customer service.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive actions to completion.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with clients, engineers and specialist subcontractors.
• IT literate, with the ability to use CAFM and other business systems.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to satisfy required DBS checks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day delivery of the relevant technical service across the contract, including PPM, reactive, remedial and quoted works.
• Manage and provide technical support to directly employed engineers, ensuring work is effectively allocated, progressed and completed.
• Coordinate and manage specialist subcontractors, monitoring performance, quality, compliance and responsiveness.
• Review engineer and subcontractor findings, providing technical challenge and ensuring appropriate solutions and follow-on actions.
• Maintain oversight of open works, proactively progressing aged jobs, technical dependencies and approved works through to completion.
• Work closely with the Account Manager, Helpdesk and Scheduler to coordinate resources, access, materials and subcontractors.
• Work closely with client technical counterparts on day-to-day service delivery, technical issues, outstanding works and proposed solutions.
• Attend site, supplier and client meetings as required and maintain effective relationships with client stakeholders.
• Identify recurring faults, asset issues and opportunities to improve service delivery, reliability and value for money.

Skills

Mechanical building services

Building services knowledge

Engineering supervision

Troubleshooting

Commercial awareness

RAMS & Safety

FM hard services

Time management

Stakeholder management

CAFM software

Driving licence

DBS checks

Job description

Mechanical Field Manager - University of Portsmouth

Mechanical Field Manager – UoP

FULL TIME – 40 hours per week

Salary: Competitive (Subject to knowledge and experience)

Location: Halpern House

Job Summary

This role involves overseeing the day-to-day mechanical service delivery across a large higher education estate in Portsmouth. Working closely with the Account Manager, Electrical Field Manager and Technical Service Managers, you will manage a small team of directly employed engineers and coordinate specialist subcontractors to deliver planned, reactive, remedial and quoted works.

The role has a strong focus on technical support, subcontractor management and progressing works from initial diagnosis through quotation to completion.

Key Responsibilities Include
(but not limited to):

Operational

• Oversee day-to-day delivery of the relevant technical service across the contract, including PPM, reactive, remedial and quoted works.
• Manage and provide technical support to directly employed engineers, ensuring work is effectively allocated, progressed and completed.
• Coordinate and manage specialist subcontractors, monitoring performance, quality, compliance and responsiveness.
• Review engineer and subcontractor findings, providing technical challenge and ensuring appropriate solutions and follow-on actions are progressed.
• Maintain oversight of open works, proactively progressing aged jobs, technical dependencies and approved works through to completion.
• Work closely with the Account Manager, Helpdesk and Scheduler to coordinate resources, access, materials and subcontractors.
• Work closely with client technical counterparts on day-to-day service delivery, technical issues, outstanding works and proposed solutions.
• Attend site, supplier and client meetings as required and maintain effective relationships with client stakeholders.
• Identify recurring faults, asset issues and opportunities to improve service delivery, reliability and value for money.

Commercial, Quotations and WIP

• Take ownership of progressing quotations from initial findings through technical review and client submission, ensuring they are accurate, sufficiently detailed and completed within required timescales.
• Develop and review scopes of work, challenging subcontractor solutions and costs to ensure value for money and appropriate job profitability.
• Maintain oversight of outstanding quotations and operational WIP, ensuring actions and dependencies are actively progressed through to delivery and completion.
• Support purchase order, supplier invoice and other cost queries relating to the service stream.
• Support the Account Manager with WIP, forecasting and commercial information as required.

Health and Safety

• Maintain a safe working environment for employees, subcontractors, clients and building users.
• Review RAMS and ensure works are appropriately planned and undertaken in accordance with relevant safety and technical requirements.
• Undertake site inspections, compliance checks and permit-to-work activities as required.
• Monitor subcontractor H&S performance and address or escalation concerns.
• Work with the relevant Technical Service Manager on technical compliance, safe systems of work and significant H&S matters.

People

• Manage, support and develop the directly employed engineers assigned to the contract.
• Provide technical guidance and set clear expectations for quality, productivity, customer service and safe working.
• Monitor performance, undertake development discussions and identify training requirements.
• Manage day-to-day people matters in accordance with company procedures.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills:

Essential

• Relevant mechanical building services qualification or demonstrable equivalent industry experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of planned and reactive mechanical building services maintenance.
• Experience of supervising or managing engineers and specialist subcontractors.
• Ability to diagnose technical issues, develop practical solutions and review technical scopes and quotations.
• Good commercial awareness of maintenance, remedial works and subcontractor costs.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety requirements, including reviewing RAMS and managing contractors safely onsite.
• Sound understanding of FM hard service delivery and customer service.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive actions through to completion.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with clients, engineers and specialist subcontractors.
• IT literate, with the ability to use CAFM and other business systems.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to satisfy required DBS checks.

Desirable

• Experience within higher education, public sector or similarly complex estates.
• Recognised Health & Safety qualification.
• Experience managing operational WIP and progressing technical quotations.

Package:

• Annual Salary Review.
• Company Vehicle + Fuel Card.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering guidance and advice on Personal, Health, Legal and Financial queries.
• Bupa Cashplan, benefits covered include dental, optical, physiotherapy and health & wellbeing.
• Refer a friend reward scheme worth £750 per referral.

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