Head of Maintenance and Engineering

Job information Head of Maintenance and Engineering from the Company Ealing Council, this latest Head of Maintenance and Engineering job vacancy is located in the city London. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Administration field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job description

The Head of Maintenance and Engineering will provide technical support and advice to the managed office, civic headquarters, and other operational space for the council, supporting some 3500 people including staff, contractors, and tenants to deliver hard facilities management (FM) services through an in-house FM delivery team supported by an approved list of appointed framework contractors.

The post holder will support the Head of Estates Services in planning for the council's future FM services provision and lead the maintenance & engineering team. You will have overall responsibility for the service delivery of Hard FM services and monitor and manage a supply chain of contractors against a defined set SLA's and KPI's.

Experience in having managed large maintenance and engineering teams/projects is essential.

Essential Skills:

1. Knowledge and understanding of Building Services functions, issues, solutions and best practice approaches 2. Strong business awareness/knowledge of operational management issues 3. Experience of commissioning providers, including commercial procurement and contract management 4. Knowledge of coordinating activities of a range of building and property professionals to agreed outcomes across a varied portfolio 5. Ability to plan, manage and deliver building maintenance work programs on time and within budget 6. Ability to demonstrate leadership in emergency situations and to formulate appropriate responses based on sound technical knowledge 7. Experience of managing budgets to agreed outcomes and within a ‘value-for-money' environment 8. Knowledge of maintenance contracts and ability to deliver expectations and outcomes 9. Ability to lead and manage an in-house buildings maintenance/engineering team

In your application, please ensure that you address each of the essential skills above by providing examples of how you meet these.

This role is deemed customer facing and as such you must have a command of spoken English which is sufficient to enable you to effectively perform the role. This requirement relates to Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about this role, please contact Tom Smith .

To apply Please submit your CV along with a Supporting Statement addressing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the role.

Your CV should be tailored and include detail of your education, qualifications, full employment history, and membership of professional bodies.

Please aim to keep your CV and supporting statement to two pages each and include your name at the top of both documents on all pages used. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know about anything that would help you to demonstrate evidence that you meet the essential criteria for the role.

To apply, please email your documents to:

This role is subject to Ealing Council's enhanced vetting process.

Closing date: Thursday 13 June .

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