Mechanical Engineer in Bristol, Gloucestershire

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Hays are recruiting on behalf of a large, complex multi-site organisation in Bristol for an experienced Mechanical Building Services Engineer to join their established Estates Operations & Maintenance team on an interim basis.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong mechanical building services and maintenance background who is comfortable operating in a technical oversight, contractor management and estates engineering capacity. This is not a hands-on maintenance position. Physical maintenance is delivered by an FM provider and specialist contractors. Your role will be to provide the mechanical expertise needed to oversee that activity, investigate operational issues, assess the quality of works and provide practical technical advice across the estate.
Your new roleAs the Interim Mechanical Building Services Engineer, you will provide day-to-day technical support and oversight across mechanical building services within a busy operational estate. Working alongside Estates colleagues, the FM provider and specialist contractors, you will coordinate maintenance activity, investigate mechanical issues, inspect plant and completed works and help ensure maintenance is delivered safely, effectively and to the required standard.You will also provide technical advice and recommendations, assist with developing scopes of work and support maintenance planning, asset management and minor improvement works.
Key responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing and coordinating planned and reactive mechanical maintenance delivered by contractors.
• Providing technical advice across mechanical plant and building services.
• Investigating faults, defects and recurring operational issues.
• Inspecting mechanical plant, equipment and contractor works to assess quality, condition and compliance.
• Monitoring contractor performance, progress and outstanding actions.
• Supporting the operation and maintenance of HVAC, ventilation, LPHW, domestic water, pumps, valves, controls and BMS-associated systems.
• Reviewing RAMS, quotations, technical proposals and completion documentation.
• Assisting with the development of scopes of work and technical requirements.
• Supporting statutory maintenance, water hygiene and wider mechanical compliance activities.
• Undertaking plant inspections, asset verification and condition assessments.
• Supporting asset management, lifecycle planning and maintenance prioritisation.
• Producing technical reports, inspection findings and practical recommendations.
• Supporting small to medium maintenance and improvement works.
• Monitoring site delivery, snagging, commissioning and handover activities.
• Supporting quotation reviews, expenditure monitoring and value-for-money assessments.
• Working collaboratively with wider Estates, electrical, fabric, controls, energy, compliance and project teams.

What you'll need to succeedYou will have a sound mechanical building services and maintenance/O&M background, giving you the practical technical knowledge required to confidently oversee contractors, assess mechanical systems and investigate operational issues.You do not need to be carrying out maintenance yourself. However, you will need sufficient mechanical knowledge and experience to understand how systems should operate, identify potential issues, challenge contractors where appropriate and make informed technical recommendations.You could come from an Estates, Facilities Management, healthcare, higher education, local authority, commercial property, manufacturing, utilities, defence or similar building services environment.
Previous Higher Education experience would be advantageous but is not essential, and support can be provided around organisation-specific systems and processes.You should be able to demonstrate:

• Experience within mechanical building services, estates engineering, Facilities Management or mechanical maintenance.
• A good practical understanding of mechanical plant and building services O&M.
• Experience overseeing or coordinating contractors and maintenance providers.
• The ability to inspect plant and completed works and identify defects or further actions.
• Confidence investigating faults, recurring problems and operational issues.
• The ability to provide practical technical advice and recommendations.
• Experience contributing to scopes of work or technical specifications.
• A good understanding of health & safety, contractor control and safe systems of work.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• The ability to organise workloads, maintain records and follow actions through to completion.
• Confidence working within a busy operational and multi-site environment.

This role would particularly suit someone with a strong mechanical O&M background who has progressed into technical oversight, estates engineering, contractor management or technical FM.
QualificationsIdeally, you will hold a relevant mechanical or building services qualification, which could include:

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent mechanical qualification.
• HNC/HND in Mechanical or Building Services Engineering.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering.

Candidates with substantial relevant practical mechanical building services and O&M experience will also be considered.
Experience in any of the following would be advantageous, although you are not expected to have experience across every area:

• HVAC and ventilation systems.
• LPHW or district heating systems.
• Domestic water services.
• Pumps, valves, pressure systems and mechanical plant.
• BMS and controls.
• Water hygiene, ACOP L8 or HSG274.
• SFG20 maintenance standards.
• Condition surveys and lifecycle planning.
• Asset management and CAFM systems.
• Contractor performance monitoring.
• Development of scopes of work.
• Minor works and maintenance-led projects.
• Commissioning, handover and O&M documentation.
• Budget monitoring and quotation reviews.
• NEC3/NEC4 contracts or CEMAR.
• IOSH, NEBOSH, CIBSE or IMechE membership.

What you'll get in return

• Initial six-month interim contract.
• Competitive daily rate.
• 37-hour working week.
• Immediate start available.
• Opportunity to work across a large and technically varied multi-site estate.
• Broad exposure to mechanical building services, contractor management and estates operations.
• Support from an established Estates and technical team.
• Opportunity to further develop experience across compliance, asset management, contractor oversight and maintenance-led projects.

What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'Apply Now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or contact us for a confidential discussion.If you have a strong mechanical building services or O&M background but don't meet every desirable requirement listed above, we would still be keen to hear from you.

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