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Job Title: ICT Service Delivery Manager

Business Sector: Data Centre Solutions, Critical Environment

Location: Slough

COMPANY PROFILE

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm. Globally, we employ over 70,000 employees and operate in 48 countries.

Purpose of the Job

• The DCS Service Delivery Manager is responsible for controlling and implementing a Cabling Service on a minor project scale.
• The IT Services Delivery Manager is responsible for liaising with the MS business unit coordinator to ensure delivery of the project within the timescales and budgets are closely monitored.
• It is the DCS Services Delivery Manager's responsibility to liaise closely with their customer and promote a positive image of the company at all times.
• The DCS Services Delivery Manager is responsible for ensuring that the relevant process and procedures are implemented, and adhered to, at all times.
• The operational requirements for customer sites are to ensure that the Service Delivery Manager's team of engineers are covering 24-hour 365 days per year basis.
• The IT Services Delivery Manager is responsible for working with the Contract Manager to ensure that adequate resources are available to deliver the service expected by the Client.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with various IT silos to organise front line support for all minor projects & day to day operations.
• Attend meetings to update IT silos of the progress of projects.
• Attend meetings with IT silos to discuss upcoming day requests.
• Arrange additional labour for weekend or small projects, and for all holidays and cover for sick, sign off additional labour time sheets.
• Ensure that all staff are wearing the correct uniform supplied by the service provider.
• Provide quotes for new/enhanced services as required.
• Provide detailed surveys for existing and new/enhanced services as required.
• Carry out regular staff appraisals.
• Ensure that the DCS engineers training is reviewed on a regular basis and that the training matrix is kept up to date.
• Make sure all health and safety requirements are met, and document any accidents that occur.
• Attend meetings with the Contract manager to discuss any issues, large scale extra works or additional labour requirements.
• Attend meetings with MS operations manager to discuss issues, requests & achievements.
• Review/Complete Method Statements/Risk assessments when required.
• Ensure where possible that all team members are on time & wearing the correct clothing as per the contracts requirements.
• Ensure that all monitoring systems are in place and that all requests are carried out to the clients designated timelines.
• Liaise with business unit front line support staff to ensure that any BU specific I.T. requirements are met and advise accordingly if delays are anticipated.
• Make sure all work is carried out to the standard expected by the client.
• Ensure that stock is ordered as & when required.
• Produce the appropriate reports and present to the client on an agreed basis.
• Provide surveys to CBRE/Client when required.
• Co-ordinate the solving of faults which may occur.
• Monitor infrastructure availability and ensure additional components/labour is available to meet the demand.
• Make sure that all Comms rooms are kept to a standard expected by the client.
• Liaise with electrical department when additional power is or alterations are required.
• Ensure that shift members collect all hardware prior to 5pm from the I.T store or from the relevant store room.
• Notify the shift of any urgent requirements and time prevailing survey requests and prepare labels etc.
• Create quotes and submit to the client for approval as and when necessary.
• Upload all test results associated to infrastructure installations, these may be required for client review or warranty issues.
• Review the DCS related procedures on a regular basis and update/distribute when necessary.
• Ensure that all DCS test equipment is calibrated within the relevant periods.
• Ensure frame schedules/business systems are updated as and when changes are carried out.
• To perform any other duties within your skill set as delegated by your Line Manager.
• To ensure that all IMAC related databases are reviewed and updated, on a regular basis, with the current information.
• To be responsible for the guardianship of all data bearing assets as they go through the decommissioning process until they are destroyed/removed from site.

Accountabilities

• Directly accountable to the Data Centre Manager for all HR/pay/sickness and training requirements.
• The post holder has directly reporting staff.
• This post carries no direct budgetary responsibility but financial awareness is required.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.