Retail Engineering Manager

Barclays UK; Northampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Retail Engineering Manager to enhance their retail banking operations. In this pivotal role, you will oversee capital projects, ensuring compliance with regulations while driving operational efficiency. Your expertise in facilities management and stakeholder engagement will be crucial as you balance strategic transformation goals with daily operational needs. Join a forward-thinking team where your contributions will significantly impact the delivery of high-quality services and innovative solutions, all while fostering a culture of respect, integrity, and excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in hard services facilities management and building services compliance.
• Strong knowledge of building regulations and health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute building and real estate projects aligned with bank needs.
• Identify risks and develop management strategies to mitigate them.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Problem-solving

Strategic Thinking

Supply Chain Management

Education

Qualified Engineer

Job description

Join us as a Retail Engineering Manager, where you will help Barclays with their commitment to maintaining a world-class real estate & engineering facilities that support our retail banking operations. As a Retail Engineering Manager, you will be supporting the Corporate Real Estate Management Team by playing a key role in ensuring that Barclay's retail buildings are fully compliant with regulatory standards, operationally efficient and aligned with our transformation agenda.

To be successful as a Retail Engineering Manager, you should have:

• Qualified Engineer with experience in hard services facilities management, building services technical compliance, or real estate operations in a retail or banking capacity.
• Demonstrable risk and control mindset, with a strong knowledge of building regulations, health and safety standards and risk control frameworks.
• Experience managing multiple projects, balancing operational needs with strategic transformation goals.
• Confidence in dealing with internal and external stakeholders, including real estate teams, contractors and regulators.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to proactively address issues and drive improvements.
• Ability to think & lead strategically.
• Experience in Supply Chain Management.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Northampton.

Purpose of the role

To manage and develop capital project proposals and operations aligned to the needs of the bank.

Accountabilities

• Management, development and execution of building, real estate and physical asset security projects and proposals, including workspace, engineering, and facility upgrades.
• Management of planning, design, procurement, resourcing, reporting and construction processes to ensure deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
• Identification of potential risks and issues associated to capital projects and development of risk management strategies to mitigate them by monitoring risk exposure and taking corrective action.
• Management of project budget for real estate and physical security projects by tracking expenses, forecasting costs and identifying cost saving opportunities.
• Management of stakeholder relations including project sponsors, vendors, regulatory agencies, and the facilities management team to align capital project operations with the bank's objectives.
• Identification of opportunities to improve the delivery processes for capital projects and implement best practices to enhance project performance.
• Execution of capital projects that meet agreed quality standards, and are compliant with relevant laws, regulation, and policies.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead specialists to influence the operations of a department, balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• For an individual contributor, be a subject matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction. Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.