Engineering Manager

Overview

In this role you will provide technical leadership and strategic direction across a portfolio of properties, ensuring safe and compliant delivery of engineering services. You will work with site teams, clients, and contractors to uphold standards, drive asset performance, and deliver sustainability and efficiency initiatives. You’ll oversee both mechanical and electrical disciplines, shape lifecycle planning, and support building performance optimisation. This is a hands-on, impact-focused leadership role in a complex, safety-critical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across engineering operations to meet contractual obligations, service standards, and KPIs
• Support asset management strategies including CAFM data management and lifecycle planning
• Oversee high and low voltage electrical activities ensuring regulatory compliance
• Lead building performance improvement, energy optimisation, and sustainability initiatives
• Review proposed engineering works for technical suitability and operational impact
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, procedures, and governance frameworks
• Provide technical support and escalation assistance to operational teams, including out-of-hours as needed
• Ensure resources and competencies align with requirements
• Lead investigations and root-cause analysis of significant engineering incidents
• Conduct technical audits and compliance inspections across sites
• Develop Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs), SOPs, and critical environment documentation
• Promote safe systems of work, permit-to-work, LOTO, and critical works management
• Monitor infrastructure resilience and support testing, commissioning, and integrated systems testing
• Produce technical reports, recommendations, and risk assessments
• Review systems and plant performance for continuous improvement
• Ensure compliance with British Standards and statutory regulations

Key requirements

• Senior engineering or technical management experience in hard services, facilities management, building services, or critical environments
• Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical building systems
• Experience leading engineering teams, contractors, and service delivery
• In-depth knowledge of statutory compliance, governance, and risk management
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and report-writing skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership capabilities
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise in fast-paced settings
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• problem-solving
• mechanical and electrical building systems
• CAFM data management
• regulatory compliance and governance

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