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Senior Electrical Engineer
Loughborough
£50,000 - £55,000

Job Purpose:

To be responsible for site wide electrical maintenance, infrastructure and minor projects required to maintain the Electrical assets of the Estate to an agreed standard. To maintain and manage the condition survey of the Electrical assets liaising within Engineering to agree aspects of maintenance that are routinely undertaken by the department. To act as responsible person for selected Electrical compliance elements as deemed appropriate.

Job Duties Technical
- To design Electrical requirements and check external consultants/contractor design of Electrical specifications.
- To prepare specifications and tender documents for the Maintenance Programmes, appoint competent Contractors, inspect and control their works, and certify accounts as necessary.
- To provide Engineering and Capital Projects with technical advice as necessary.
- To advise the Head of Engineering of changes in legislation that may affect the maintenance and management of the building services.
- To comment upon design proposals for minor and major alterations including Capital Projects, regarding matters affecting future maintenance of the estate.
- To act as Responsible Person for selected electrical systems for which you are deemed competent.
- To review the Electrical Condition Survey data, ensure timely updates and inclusion into the maintenance Programmes.

General

- To be responsible for the delivery of Electrical related elements of the maintenance Programmes as required in line with maintenance and project delivery procedures.
- To prepare, progress, coordinate and financially report upon electrically related elements of the maintenance Programme
- To coordinate Project maintenance activities within Engineering to deliver an effective value for money service.
- To manage and execute both revenue and capital expenditure planned maintenance activities.
- To raise purchase orders for works and authorise payment within limits set by governance.
- To inspect the estate to ascertain maintenance requirements in connection with planned and preventative maintenance work.
- To ensure all work carried out by contractors under the control of the Engineering Team conforms to current H&S legislation and Technical standards.
- To carry out regular quality and Health and Safety audits on your section's work in conjunction with Safe Systems of Work and agreed working processes.
- To understand and implement Health and Safety policies and requirements for yourself and others, commensurate with your level of responsibility within the Department to enable you to discharge your duties and responsibilities safely.

Staff

- Organise and manage work allocation for direct reports.
- To conduct staff appraisals on a twelve monthly and bi-annual basis.
- To continually update personal development to extend all management and technical skills in line with the FM Personal Development plan.
- Continually improve upon attributed and competences related to the above.

Communication

- Communicate with other FM colleagues to coordinate all maintenance work and associated minor/capital projects as required.
- To liaise with Project Managers of refurbishment and new build capital projects regarding future maintenance and revenue requirements.

Training

- To promote the development of skills and qualifications of direct report staff.

Authority

- To carry out Line Manager Responsibilities in accordance with the departmental structure.
- To authorise expenditure within agreed limits.

Functional Contacts

- All staff within Engineering, Campus Living and other related Professional Services as required
- All Line Managers within FM Department and Corporate Services including Health, Safety and Risk.
- School and Departmental Administrators/Operations Managers.
- Represent the Department on such Committees or working groups as required.

Standards of Performance

To ensure that:

- approved planned maintenance projects and reactive maintenance is scheduled and implemented as agreed within budget.
- works are carried out diligently and to the satisfaction of clients.
- electrical staff within the team are aware of their responsibilities, have clear targets and guidelines and are motivated.
- satisfactory customer feedback is received.
- Specifications and company standards are being complied with

- Areas of compliance are being monitored and achieved

Personal Attributes

- Team worker
- Flexible
- Good listening skills
- Good presentation skills
- Good communicator
- Good IT skills
- Ability to problem solve

Organisational Responsibility

Reports to the Head of Engineering