Building Services Engineer

We are currently looking for a Building Services Engineer to join our successful and dynamic Trade Services Team.

Working within the existing Trade Services team, you will be responsible for managing a small team who will deliver the completion of Water Hygiene, Passenger Lifts, Stair Lifts, Auto Doors, PATs, and drainage systems, Statutory compliance and specialist servicing maintenance visits, within Housing, Corporate and Operational buildings, via specialist sub-contractors

Your next role

As part of your duties you will be asked to review the existing service delivery, with the aim to implement new strategies to ensure that Swindon Borough Council assets are maintained to a high standard within available resources.

You will also be asked to work with both residents, tenants, Councillors and the Health and Safety Executive both face to face and at meetings, reporting findings and delivering presentations in relation to Fire Safety.

As the Building Services Engineer, we require you to have the following qualifications and experience;

Qualifications

• Construction or Social Housing experience essential
• SMSTS or equivalent
• Electrical or Mechanical engineering professional
• Current driving licence

Experience

• Good working knowledge of the Health & Safety at Work Act
• Experience of writing specifications for servicing and maintenance contracts
• Experience of procuring servicing and maintenance contracts
• Experience of administrating servicing and maintenance contracts
• Experience as a Lead Auditor
• Competent Risk Assessor (RAMS)
• Good Working knowledge of building construction, including non-traditional built properties 
• Proficient policy writer and reviewer
• Knowledge of standing orders and procurement regulations
• IT literate with advanced excel capability (pivots/graphs/formulae etc.)
• Extensive experience of managing a small team of surveyors
• Extensive contractor management experience CDM/non-CDM and project management
• Experience in delivering presentations to senior management team.

The ability to travel throughout the Borough will be required and access to a car.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details and our new Swindon Plan.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

For further information about the role please contact Keith Hooker on khooker@swindon.gov.uk

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk