Mechanical, Electrical and Heating Manager

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.

Job description
Permanent, Full Time working 37 hours per week. Your working days will be Monday to Friday 8.00- 16.00.We are looking for the right person to join our service, to manage a fast-paced critical service, the M&E and heating team.

What will I be doing?You will take responsibility for the delivery of multiple workstreams, giving support and guidance where necessary, to ensure safe and high-quality maintenance programmes and installations are carried out to the communal and other facilities with the city council housing stock. You will have a key role to play in Bristol City Council's journey of becoming a leader within the sector for compliance and the consumer standards.

You will be managing a team of technical and non-technical staff delivering compliance and other programmes of works.

You will be required to forecast maintenance and improvements to the stock reporting these requirements to line managers to formulate future investment. You will also be required to produce regular forecasts against spend.

You will manage and be accountable for projects to ensure that all relevant Health and Safety, CDM regs responsibilities are adhered to by in house and external contractors. The successful applicant will be working alongside another M&E manager due to the expansion of the teams but support will be in place to enable you to take on and own your own teams moving forward.

What do I need to have?

You will need a vocational qualification or HNC/HND or equivalent, or extensive practical relevant experience. You will have practical experience in running M&E related contracts. You should have the drive to take the initiative to introduce innovations to keep continually improving the service we offer to our residents.

You must be able to be comfortable in uncertainty and be able to apply an analytical approach to problem solving.

Experience in contract administration and project management is essential as you will be responsible for the supervision of vital services to our customers and stakeholders including the delivery of new capital projects across the housing stock. The role will require monitoring of contracts to ensure consistent high standards and best value for money is achieved.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you'll receive a generous rewards package including flexible working and flexi-time, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you'll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

Shortlisting will take place on 25 th of June.

Interviews are expected to take the week of the 8 th of July.

If you would like any more information after reading the job advert along with the attached Job Description and Person Specification then please contact Craig Cook, on Craig.Cook@bristol.gov.uk or Tom Nipper Tom.Nipper@bristol.gov.uk (07919303048)

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, Disabled and Female candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.