Overview
Reference: REQ7677
Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent. Join us in achieving our goal of providing well maintained, compliant buildings. With a strong background in construction and/or maintenance of Commercial Mechanical heating, ventilation and BMS Systems, you’ll play a key role in managing the delivery of projects, primarily within commercial properties. Our Estates and Building Service are a professional, multi-disciplinary team, offering a varied workload and an array of opportunities. We have a large and diverse portfolio of property including listed buildings & scheduled monuments, educational buildings, and leisure facilities, to name a few.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist advice & support across the property portfolio, specifying or coordinating the design of mechanical and Gas systems including maintenance and testing requirements.
- Manage the delivery of a variety of projects with a bias towards mechanical and Gas systems, whilst working within agreed budgets and timescales.
- Engage with stakeholders including internal colleagues, clients, contractors as well as regulatory bodies with strong people skills.
- Identify opportunities for modern technology solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of the estate and help address the climate emergency.
- Use analytical skills and detailed technical knowledge of building systems compliance to review costings and deliver best practice.
Qualifications
- Hold relevant Gas qualifications and the MIWFM or demonstrate extensive experience and qualifications within a discipline relevant to the role.
- Essential: full UK driving licence and ability to travel frequently between locations.
Location, hours and travel
Full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. Based at City Hall, with the flexibility to work from home or on-site and travel to construction locations in and around Leicester. Hybrid working – Home and Leicester City Offices.
Salary and package
Salary: GBP 42,839 – GBP 46,142 per year
Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP 62,918
Contractual hours: 37
Benefits
- Bank holidays, plus 5 weeks paid holiday entitlement per year.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Option of flexible working.
- A variety of training and development opportunities.
- Staff discounts for shopping and gym memberships.
- Flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains.
How to apply
If you feel you are the right candidate who wants to come on this journey with us, we would like to hear from you. For a chat about this post, please contact Darren Chapman at Darren.chapman@leicester.gov.uk
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Reference: REQ7677
Description: Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent. Join us in achieving our goal of providing well maintained, compliant buildings. With a strong background in construction and/or maintenance of Commercial Mechanical heating, ventilation and BMS Systems, you’ll play a key role in managing the delivery of projects, primarily within commercial properties. Our Estates and Building Service are a professional, multi-disciplinary team, offering a varied workload and an array of opportunities. We have a large and diverse portfolio of property including listed buildings & scheduled monuments, educational buildings, and leisure facilities, to name a few.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist advice & support across the property portfolio, specifying or coordinating the design of mechanical and Gas systems including maintenance and testing requirements.
- Manage the delivery of a variety of projects with a bias towards mechanical and Gas systems, whilst working within agreed budgets and timescales.
- Engage with stakeholders including internal colleagues, clients, contractors as well as regulatory bodies with strong people skills.
- Identify opportunities for modern technology solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of the estate and help address the climate emergency.
- Use analytical skills and detailed technical knowledge of building systems compliance to review costings and deliver best practice.
Qualifications
- Hold relevant Gas qualifications and the MIWFM or demonstrate extensive experience and qualifications within a discipline relevant to the role.
- Essential: full UK driving licence and ability to travel frequently between locations.
Location, hours and travel
Full-time, permanent post working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. Based at City Hall, with the flexibility to work from home or on-site and travel to construction locations in and around Leicester. Hybrid working – Home and Leicester City Offices.
Salary and package
Salary: GBP 42,839 – GBP 46,142 per year
Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP 62,918
Contractual hours: 37
Benefits
- Bank holidays, plus 5 weeks paid holiday entitlement per year.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Option of flexible working.
- A variety of training and development opportunities.
- Staff discounts for shopping and gym memberships.
- Flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains.
How to apply
If you feel you are the right candidate who wants to come on this journey with us, we would like to hear from you. For a chat about this post, please contact Darren Chapman at Darren.chapman@leicester.gov.uk
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