Trade Captain

Jardine Engineering Corporation; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary and fringe benefits

Job summary

Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC) is seeking a Trade Captain to develop and execute sourcing and centralisation strategies for assigned subcontracting trades, working with project teams and business units to understand needs and drive procurement efficiency.

Depending on experience, the role may be appointed as Manager or Assistant Manager, overseeing labour rate benchmarking, panel management, and negotiations to deliver value across E&M projects in Asia.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• Professional qualification such as HKIE, RICS/HKIS, CPSM, or CPSM would be an advantage.
• 8–10 years of relevant experience in E&M trades, with subcontracting knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sourcing and centralisation strategies for assigned subcontracting trades (e.g., MVAC, FCU / VAV / CAV, AHU / PHU, Electrical, ELV / BMS / PQM, Genset).
• Establish and maintain preferred subcontractor panels, including market screening, pre-qualification, scorecard evaluation, onboarding, and phasing out under-performers.
• Establish and maintain standard labour rate cards and frame agreements, adjusting for market movement and site conditions.
• Lead central subletting for assigned trades, including tender docs, RFQ, quotation leveling, negotiation, and savings tracking.
• Work with project teams to understand needs, provide early procurement involvement, and input on labour rates and invites lists.
• Manage subcontractor relationships and performance, conduct reviews, and mitigate risks.
• Identify alternative subcontractors to increase competition and value while protecting quality and delivery.
• Own the subcontract commercial and governance process, ensuring terms, rate-card compliance, service levels, and safety.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Communication

English and Chinese

Education

Bachelor's degree in Building Services / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Supply Chain / Procurement

HKIE / RICS / HKIS / CPSM (advantage)

Tools

ERP

Procurement system

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Job description

Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC) is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group. Established in Shanghai in 1923, JEC is now headquartered in Hong Kong and operates throughout Asia. We are a leading provider of engineering products and services for sectors including buildings, environmental infrastructure and transportation and logistics. JEC delivers E&M contracting works, operation and maintenance services which help clients to operate facilities to a world-class standard.

To support our business expansion in Hong Kong as well as in other countries across the Asia Pacific.

About The Role

The Trade Captain will play a key role in developing and executing sourcing and centralisation strategies for assigned subcontracting trades, working closely with project teams, commercial teams and business units to understand current and future subcontracting needs, lead central subletting, and improve subcontracting effectiveness. The role requires a strong combination of E&M trade knowledge, commercial judgement, supplier-market insight, stakeholder management, and practical execution in an engineering, contracting, products, and services environment.

Depending on experience, the position may be appointed as Manager or Assistant Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sourcing and centralisation strategies for assigned subcontracting trades (e.g., MVAC, FCU / VAV / CAV, AHU / PHU, Electrical, ELV / BMS / PQM, Genset etc), considering project pipeline, trade-specific cost drivers, labour and material split, market conditions, subcontractor landscape, quality, safety and risk.
• Establish and maintain preferred subcontractor panels for assigned trades, including market screening, pre-qualification, scorecard evaluation, panel onboarding, and phasing out of under-performing subcontractors.
• Establish and maintain standard labour rate cards and frame agreements, adjusting for market movement, labour inflation, trade shortage, project location and site conditions, and verify with Commercial and Finance.
• Lead central subletting for assigned trades, including work‑scope clarification, tender documentation, RFQ issuance to on‑panel subcontractors, quotation levelling with labour man‑day and material breakdown, negotiation, award recommendation, baseline setting and savings tracking.
• Work closely with project teams, engineers, commercial and estimating teams to understand current and future subcontracting needs, provide early procurement involvement in project planning, budgeting, and input on reasonable labour rates and subcontractor invitation lists.
• Manage subcontractor relationships and performance for assigned trades, including segmentation, performance review (quality, safety, responsiveness, commercial competitiveness), business reviews, issue resolution and risk mitigation.
• Identify and develop capable and alternative subcontractors, including new entrants and cross‑BU sharing opportunities, to increase competition, resilience and value while protecting quality and delivery.
• Own the subcontract commercial and governance process for assigned trades, ensuring commercial terms, rate‑card compliance, service levels, safety and quality requirements, and compliance are properly managed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Building Services / Mechanical / Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Supply Chain / Procurement, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as HKIE, RICS / HKIS, CIPS or CPSM, or equivalent would be an advantage.
• Minimum 8–10 years of relevant experience, ideally quantity surveying or commercial / procurement experience within the respective E&M trades, with a strong understanding of the subcontractor supply landscape and best practice.
• Hands‑on experience in subcontracting, central subletting, labour rate benchmarking, tendering and commercial negotiation in an E&M, construction, building services or maintenance environment.
• Solid understanding of subcontract sourcing, RFQ / tendering, subcontractor selection, rate-card and frame-contract management, subcontractor performance management, procurement governance and compliance.
• Strong analytical and commercial capability, with the ability to interpret labour / material cost breakdowns, rate data, spend data, market information and procurement KPIs to develop practical sourcing recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to work effectively with project teams, engineers, commercial teams, technical users and subcontractors.
• Good command of English and Chinese, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and experience with ERP, Procurement system, Power BI or similar tools preferred.

About JEC

Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC) is a leading provider of engineering services, sourcing & contracting expertise, delivering engineering excellence for over a century.

JEC enables customers to operate their facilities at world‑class standards by providing the contracting expertise to design, supply and install building and specialised processes; facility operation and management; asset enhancement and energy management; and the sourcing of electrical and mechanical equipment and architectural fixtures.

JEC is headquartered in Hong Kong and operates throughout Asia. JEC operates joint venture businesses in Hong Kong and Thailand with Trane, one of the world leaders in air‑conditioning systems, services and solutions. JEC is a member of Jardine Matheson.

About Services

JEC provides specialised operations, maintenance and renovation, ensuring clients’ properties perform to world‑class standards.

With one of the largest operations and maintenance technical workforces in Hong Kong, we serve clients ranging from property developers, financial institution and public utilities to the aviation industry. We maintain commercial and other facilities to the best‑in‑class standards including electrical, heating, ventilation and air‑conditioning systems, fire protection, security, building management and plumbing systems. Our Jardine Engineering Digital Insights (JEDI) smart platform helps clients optimise building energy management.

Benefits

We offer attractive salary and fringe benefits package to the successful candidate.

Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with the company's personal data policies, a copy of which will be provided immediately upon request.

For more information about our company, please visit our website: www.jec.com