Senior FM Engineer

Cambridgeshire County Council; Alconbury; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

Additional annual leave (4 weeks, pro‑

Flexible bank holidays

Pension AVCs

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

Peer support groups

Employee Recognition Awards

Our Cambs Rewards discounts

Car Lease

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an experienced Senior FM Engineer to maintain, improve and future-proof its operational property estate. You will act as the technical lead for building engineering and fabric matters, overseeing planned, reactive and capital maintenance across a diverse portfolio of corporate buildings.

You will manage maintenance projects, advise on M&E and fabric issues, lead contractor relationships and help drive sustainability and decarbonisation across the estate.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing building fabric, M&E assets within a complex portfolio.
• Strong understanding of PPM, lifecycle replacement and asset management principles.
• Experience procuring, managing and monitoring contractors to ensure safe, compliant delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, procurement and delivery of PPM, lifecycle replacement and reactive maintenance across a diverse estate.
• Provide expert advice on mechanical, electrical and fabric matters to colleagues and senior leaders.
• Manage projects from inception to completion, ensuring safety, budget and quality standards.

Skills

Building services engineering

Facilities management

Stakeholder management

Project management

Contractor management

Asset management

Education

Professional qualification in building services/related discipline

Membership of professional body (desirable)

Tools

Asset management systems

Job description

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We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About the role

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an experienced and technically astute Senior FM Engineer to play a key role in maintaining, improving and future-proofing our operational property estate.

Working within Property Services, you will act as the Council's technical lead for building engineering and fabric matters, providing expert advice across a diverse portfolio of corporate buildings. You will oversee the delivery of planned, reactive and capital maintenance works, ensuring that assets remain safe, compliant, efficient and fit for purpose. Projects typically range from £10,000 to £0.5 million, alongside the ongoing management of day-to-day maintenance activities.

This is a varied and influential role that combines technical expertise, contractor management, asset management and project delivery. You will work closely with Facilities Management, Strategic Assets, contractors and stakeholders across the organisation, helping to shape investment decisions, manage compliance risks and improve the performance and resilience of the estate.

The role offers the opportunity to contribute to the Council's wider ambitions around sustainability and decarbonisation, ensuring that maintenance and capital investment programmes support our journey towards a lower-carbon estate while delivering value for money and operational excellence.

This position is ideal for a building services, mechanical, electrical or estates professional who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, influencing decision-making and making a tangible impact across a large and varied public sector property portfolio.

What you’ll bring

You will bring strong technical knowledge of building services engineering and/or building fabric, experience of managing contractors and maintenance programmes, and the ability to translate technical information into practical solutions. Most importantly, you'll have a proactive approach, strong stakeholder management skills and a commitment to delivering safe, compliant and customer-focused property services.

As Senior FM Engineer, you will lead the technical management of building fabric and engineering assets across the Council's property portfolio, ensuring buildings remain safe, compliant, efficient and fit for purpose.

You will:

• Lead the planning, procurement and delivery of planned preventative maintenance, lifecycle replacement and reactive maintenance programmes across a diverse operational estate.
• Provide expert professional advice on mechanical, electrical and building fabric matters to colleagues, stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Manage maintenance and improvement projects from inception through to completion, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.
• Oversee specialist contractors and consultants, monitoring performance, compliance and value for money while ensuring contractual obligations are met.
• Support the development and implementation of long-term asset management and investment strategies, helping to maximise asset life and improve building performance.
• Identify, manage and mitigate building-related risks, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, regulations and industry best practice.
• Undertake condition assessments and technical inspections, using data and professional judgement to prioritise maintenance and investment needs.
• Act as a key stakeholder in the delivery of capital works, refurbishment projects and estate improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the Council's sustainability and carbon reduction ambitions by identifying opportunities to improve energy efficiency and building performance.
• Work collaboratively with Facilities Management, Strategic Assets and service users to ensure property-related issues are resolved effectively and customer needs are met.
• Support budget planning and financial monitoring, providing accurate technical information to inform investment decisions.
• Maintain accurate records, reports and asset information to support compliance, governance and strategic decision-making.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence how a large and varied public sector estate is maintained and developed, directly contributing to the delivery of high-quality services across Cambridgeshire.

About you

We're looking for a highly motivated and technically capable property professional with a strong background in building services engineering, facilities management, estates maintenance or construction-related disciplines.

You will be someone who combines sound technical knowledge with a practical, solutions-focused approach, capable of managing a varied workload while building effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

You will bring:

• Proven experience in the management of building fabric, mechanical and electrical assets within a complex property portfolio.
• A strong understanding of planned preventative maintenance, lifecycle replacement and asset management principles.
• Experience of procuring, managing and monitoring contractors and consultants, ensuring safe and compliant delivery of services and projects.
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety, building compliance and statutory maintenance requirements.
• The ability to analyse technical information, identify risks and develop practical solutions to complex property-related challenges.
• Experience of managing projects and budgets, ensuring resources are used efficiently and deliver value for money.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain technical matters clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced environment.
• A collaborative approach, with a commitment to delivering high-quality customer-focused services.
• A proactive mindset, taking ownership of issues and driving continuous improvement across the estate.

Ideally, you will hold a relevant professional qualification in a building services, engineering, construction or property-related discipline and be working towards, or already hold, membership of an appropriate professional body.

Most importantly, you'll be passionate about maintaining and improving public buildings, ensuring they remain safe, compliant and fit for the vital services they support, while contributing to the Council's wider ambitions for sustainability, efficiency and service excellence.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

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