Lead Mechanical Engineer

Job Title: Mechanical Lead

My client is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, are recruiting a Mechanical Lead, to join the team located in Kings Cross, to work for an established blue-chip contract. The contract is for one of the largest, well know tech companies globally and they are looking for a Mechanical Lead to look after the building maintenance of their headquarters.

As the Mechanical Lead, you will assist with the management of the team responsible for all mechanical operations, maintenance, communications, energy management, and workforce development programs for a facility, campus, or portfolio of buildings. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

Responsibilities:

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities.
• Manage operations and maintenance for assigned facilities. Assist in the development of operating and capital budgets.
• Ensure that routine maintenance is carried out to all Heating & Air-conditioning plant to meet and exceed expectations and agreed service level agreements.
• Ensure that Evaporative Cooling Systems and Domestic water systems are maintained to comply with the requirements of the L8 standard.
• Implement improvements for preventive maintenance programs on an ongoing basis. Maintain effective building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.
• Coordinate maintenance efforts with outside contractors, tenant finish personnel, and technicians.
• Oversee all building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues. Must remain current with the latest technology trends.
• Guide ongoing communication with tenants, clients, owners, facility management team, and vendors.
• Facilitate the acquisition of new management contracts and maintain as-built drawings.
• Respond to emergency situations and customer concerns.
• Lead by example and model behaviours that are consistent with the clients values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

Person Specification:

• Mechanical qualifications from a recognised institution

• Experience working in FM / similar role
• Strong technical knowledge within mechanical building services
• Experience of maintaining Pumps, Motors and Valves
• Experience of operating Cooling Towers
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.