Building Services Supervisor

This successful & expanding building services company is urgently seeking an experienced, hands-on M&E Supervisor for a small number of long term energy supply contracts in Central London. These contracts involve the supply of heat, steam and electricity to a range of consumers including university colleges and private/social dwellings from a combination of gas fired CHP [60-1,500KW] and boiler plant.

The candidate will have previous hands-on experience in this field and the relevant industry qualifications. A good understanding of pro-active operations and maintenance, CHP systems/boiler plant and distribution systems on a commercial/industrial level is required as is experience of managing service engineers.

Duties & responsibilities:

* Supervise team on site.
* Maintain plant and equipment to agreed specifications and operation. This is a working supervisory position and it is expected that a minimum of 50% of working time will be spent in hands-on maintenance.
* Develop in depth knowledge of the relevant individual contracts.
* Ensure work is allocated to the engineers based upon their skill, training and work-load.
* Manage planned maintenance system.
* Ensure paperwork is up to date and correctly completed.
* Ensure all jobs are closed down promptly.
* Ensure all Engineers are working designated hours and taking regulatory breaks.
* Ensure Engineers completion of sickness and holiday forms and that cover is in place for all holiday requests.
* Maintain and monitor call out rota with associated pool vehicle.
* Sign off timesheets and pass to Contracts Manager for authorisation.
* Support, where necessary, the Contracts Manager in relationships with the Client and attend meetings as directed by the Contracts Manager.
* Arrange for Engineers to work overtime when pre-authorised by the Contracts Manager.

Qualifications, skills & experience:


* Appropriate technical qualifications: e.g City + Guilds mechanical or electrical or equivalent, ACS
* Experience of and familiarity with large scale boiler/heating systems both from a mechanical and electrical perspective.
* Understanding of CHP systems is an advantage.
* Previous experience of supervising staff
* Previous experience acting as an effective line manager who can monitor workload, work rate etc. of subordinates and apply corrective action where necessary.
* Previous experience of organisation and prioritisation
Previous experience of demonstrating leadership and team management skills
* Appropriate HVAC technical qualification would be considered advantageous
* HV authorisation qualification would be considered advantageous

Salary: Up to £32,000 after probationary period + O/t, callout and generous benefits package

If this isn't quite the job you are looking for please visit our website to view all of our current engineering and technical job vacancies. Alternatively please feel free to email your CV or just call us to discuss your options - we look forward to hearing from you.

Red River Resourcing Ltd operates as an employment agency for engineering, technical and professional vacancies.

Agency/Employer: Red River Resourcing Ltd
Town or City: London
Location: Central/West End
Sector: Building,Energy,Engineering
Related Job Titles: Contracts Administrator,Contracts Coordinator,Engineering Maintenance Manager,Senior Contracts Administrator,Sr Contracts Administrator
Permanent/Contract: Permanent, Full time
Experience: 2 years
Date: 24-07-2008
Salary: 32000 British Pound / Year

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