Mechanical Group Manager

1 week ago

Islington, United Kingdom Spencer Clarke Group Full time

Spencer Clarke Group are working alongside a local authority based in Islington to appoint a talented **Mechanical Group Manager** on a contract basis.

As a **Mechanical Group Manager**, you will have overall responsibility for a team of up to 20 members of staff carrying out mechanical work to the value of circa £15m per annum. The role is to ensure the council complies with its statutoryrequirements for maintaining mechanical engineering plant. The work undertaken by the team includes scoping up and managing retrofit and new build and low carbon mechanical installations, specification writing, designing mechanical installations, procuringwork, contract and project management to ensure engineering projects are delivered on time and to budget. The role also includes the overall responsibility for the day to day maintenance and responsive repairs of the council's communal heating services whichprovides heating and hot water to approximately 4700 homes

**About the role:
- Take responsibility for the overall management and leadership of the section which undertakes the specification and delivery of technical projects and responsibility for mechanical engineers and mechanical inspectors and other technical staff for the purposesof performance management, absence management, discipline, grievance, change and professional development of staff within the team.
- Oversee and take responsibility for the project management and delivery of all mechanical engineering schemes to the value of circa £15m per annum. This may include directly assisting on works for which the section is responsible for. It will include aneed to overcome challenges which could pose a risk to the delivery process and a requirement to solve technical and contractual challenges encountered by staff during the procurement and delivery process.
- The post holder will be required to consider project options using knowledge experience and commercial understanding to determine the best course of action to adopt.
- Responsibility for coordinating the effective delivery of projects within the section using established programme management principles and practices.
- Contribute to the overall effective and efficient delivery of the wider Cyclical Improvement Programme.
- To ensure all work undertaken by the section is supported by robust substantiation into the reasons and need for work in the form of detailed technical reports.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with external organisations including building contractors.
- Implement and monitor the councils time management system which records officer time allocation and to understand whether the section has made a profit or loss from the fees generated by the team.
- Ensure all budget allocation for the section is effectively managed and to ensure that appropriate warnings are provided when these budgets are likely to be under or over spent.
- Ability to take corrective measures, as required to ensure that individuals within the group work to their time and fee allocations.
- Oversee the procurement of contractors for all projects undertaken by the section. 12. Participate, contribute and assist with the procurement of larger contracts, in particular larger contracts which can have a value up to £300m.
- Check and oversee the preparation of lifecycle costing exercises conducted by the team, to ensure projects are commercially viable and where they are not to ensure appropriate justification for progressing the work is in place.
- Take responsibility for managing the professional development of the team into an effective, professional and accountable service and to maintain the highest possible standards, including, multi-disciplinary working, quality management, performance managementand best value to ensure projects and programmes are delivered on time, and to budget. 1
- Establish and maintain effective communication with external partnering organisations, residents and colleagues across Islington Council.
- Take ultimate responsibility for investigating and resolving all customer complaints generated by the work of the team.
- Establish standards for effective working practices where works are on site and in conjunction with Islington's Health and Safety team ensure strict compliance with the councils Health and Safety requirements including Health and Safety legislation andpolicy.
- Where contractual or leasehold disputes arise, provide support to assist with case resolution and where required attend case hearings and provide evidence or advice and information to colleagues across the council who may be involved in the case

**About you:
- Qualified as a Chartered Engineer or full member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers, with substantial relevant post qualification experience including 3 years leading on major or moderately complex projects and maintenance programmersand 5 years recent experience, planning, organizing and managing engineering staff. and / or requirements of E2
- Hold a degree or Higher National Diploma in Building Services Engineering or other relevant qualification with a minimum of 10 years post qualification experience working on moderately complex building services projects and 6 years recent experience planning,organizing and managing engineering staff.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of mechanical system design, communal heating systems and heat networks, low carbon solutions, project management, planned maintenance and responsive repairs for mechanical engineering services in public sector housing,and/or other public buildings
- Ability to write clear concise reports on technical issues for senior management team, elected members, resident groups
- Ability to lead and develop innovative solutions for mechanical engineering design and maintenance related technical problems
- Ability to plan, deliver and design mechanical projects and maintenance schemes

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