Engineering Manager, 24/7 Plant Operations

JLL; Bradley (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching company

Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave

Paid Time Off

Daily Pay

Job summary

Bradley, IL-based Engineering Manager role at JLL oversees day-to-day maintenance and operations for a large campus, leading a multi-skilled engineering team and supervising external contractors. You will drive performance, safety, and compliance while coordinating scheduled maintenance and reactive breakdowns in a 24/7 environment.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in a similar critical-facility role, strong HSE training, and a track record of managing large teams and complex projects.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple salaried or union employees over a 400,000+ sq. ft. campus with utilities (chiller, boiler, etc.) and facilities (MEP, HVAC).
• Familiarity with Planned Preventative and Reactive maintenance regime.
• NEBOSH/IOSH or other recognized H+S training; proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Bachelor of Science degree preferred; or 10+ years of experience in Utilities/Facilities.
• 3+ years of experience in a similar role, ideally within a critical facility managing teams of multi-skilled engineers and third-party contractors.

Responsibilities

• Provides daily leadership to supervisors, conducting monthly one-to-ones, annual performance reviews, and setting clear objectives for team development.
• Ensure team members complete mandatory MyDevelopment online training monthly and conduct regular tool box talks with attendance tracking
• Driving supervisors excellence through regular review, coaching, and participation in provided training.
• Managing all planned maintenance tasks within contract scope, you will coordinate reactive calls and breakdowns while reporting monthly SLAs to support the FM team with comprehensive reports and weekly SLA calls.
• Manage your team of Technicians to support agreed SLAs and KPIs, ensuring timely completion of eCAP or other client system approval processes.
• Maintaining 100% statutory compliance through accurate log book management, timely receipt of statutory compliance reports with Facility Manager support, and acting as Deputy Responsible for Site Operations.
• Support and implement JLL health and safety policies, continuously updating risk assessments and method statements while maintaining up-to-date records and communicating these to your team.
• Support the management and control of contractors onsite, reviewing risk assessments and method statements, supporting permit-to-work issuance, and ensuring site inductions for both engineering staff and third-party vendors
• Take on potential facilities projects from concept through completion, including HVAC upgrades, electrical system improvements, and building envelope repairs. They develop project scopes, budgets, and schedules while ensuring compliance with building codes, safety regulations, and sustainability standards.
• Supporting the Site Director with monthly billing trackers, you will help control budget costs for M+E invoicing, identify and flag all billable activity, and conduct financial reviews of spending across your area, taking action on exceptions. You will manage security and engineering on-call rotation schedules, oversee engineer overtime and call-out payments, and provide pricing for M+E works on minor projects and maintenance as applicable.

Skills

Facilities management

Team leadership

Maintenance management

Contract management

Education

Bachelor of Science degree preferred

10+ years of experience in Utilities/Facilities

NEBOSH/IOSH HSE training

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bradley, IL-based Engineering Manager role at JLL oversees day-to-day maintenance and operations for a large campus, leading a multi-skilled engineering team and supervising external contractors. You will drive performance, safety, and compliance while coordinating scheduled maintenance and reactive breakdowns in a 24/7 environment.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in a similar critical-facility role, strong HSE training, and a track record of managing large teams and complex projects.