Engineering Services Manager

Riseup Management; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level or diploma in electrical, mechanical, or building services engineering.
• Minimum 5 years experience in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Minimum 3 years experience in facilities management.
• Certified data centre professional (advantageous).
• Solid knowledge of building services, plant and equipment.
• Experience with planned and reactive maintenance, root cause analysis and work order management.
• Ability to write technical specifications and evaluate proposals for new plant and equipment.
• Valid driver's licence (Code B).

Responsibilities

• Maintain infrastructure services to meet defined service standards.
• Keep assets and buildings available according to standards.
• Support planned maintenance to ensure business continuity with minimal downtime.
• Identify potential equipment failures through proactive maintenance.
• Flag assets at end-of-life for capital investment consideration.
• Investigate plant failures to determine root cause and suggest fixes.
• Provide oversight for reactive maintenance per work order/specification and quality standards.
• Approve proposals for new plant/equipment and supply installation specifications.

Skills

Electrical & mechanical engineering

Facilities maintenance

Root cause analysis

Work order management

Technical specifications

Driver's license

Education

National diploma / degree in electrical, mechanical or building services engineering

Job description

Minimum requirements

• National diploma / degree in electrical, mechanical or building services engineering.
• Minimum 5 years experience in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Minimum 3 years experience in facilities management.
• Certified data centre professional (advantageous).
• Solid technical knowledge of building services, plant and equipment.
• Experience with planned and reactive maintenance, root cause analysis and work order management.
• Ability to write technical specifications and evaluate proposals for new plant and equipment.
• Valid driver's licence (Code B Drivers License).

Key responsibilities

• Ensure infrastructure services are maintained and operational to the specified service standards.
• Maintain the availability of assets and buildings in line with specified standards.
• Support the planned maintenance programme so that business continuity is maintained with minimum downtime.
• Proactively manage the maintenance process and identify potential equipment or asset failures before they occur.
• Identify assets that are at end of life or need upgrading, for consideration in capital investment plans.
• Investigate plant and equipment failures to establish the root cause and recommend corrective actions.
• Provide recommendations and, where necessary, oversight of reactive maintenance work, ensuring it is carried out as per the work order or specification and to the required quality standard.
• Approve proposals for new plant and equipment, and provide specifications for their supply and installation in line with the client's standards and good engineering practice, especially where no standard exists.
• Provide specialist technical knowledge and expertise to facilities and project Managers, including supervision of works where necessary.
• Lead, supervise and develop the technicians, junior technicians and handymen.