Building Services Manager

Our client are one of the leading Building and Civil Engineering Contractors operating throughout the UK and Ireland.

They are seeking to recruit an experienced Building Services Manager to join their team in the Cambridge area.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be experienced in managing design, delivery and commissioning of Building services in a construction environment.
• Working with tender and pre-construction teams to make sure client requirements are met and proposals reflect their needs and the contract.
• Making sure all Building services needs are met, reflected in the building and fabric with information delivered in good time.
• Managing the Design, Drawings and approvals process in line with programme.
• Making sure projects comply with building regulations, planning conditions, specifications and BREEAM.
• Supporting Planning teams in making sure building services are fully integrated into the delivery programme and execution plans.
• Establishing and managing quality systems to make sure high standards and specifications are met.
• Supporting Site management and Health and safety teams with review of method statements and safe systems of work.
• Monitoring progress against targets and assisting the project management team with making sure specialist contractors resource and approach the project as needed.
• Support the Quantity surveying and commercial teams with review of changes to contract and valuations of the work.
• This includes making sure changes are properly recorded, instructed where necessary and implications fully understood.
• Managing the commissioning process and training to make sure all systems operate as design, design and validation teams are satisfied and building users trained in operation.
• Attending client progress and technical meetings and chairing specialist design, progress and commissioning meetings.

Qualifications

Essential

Technically Qualified

Experience

Preferably with Main Contractor experience, the Building Services Manager will be technically qualified and experienced to include the following core systems.

• Gas, Power, Domestic and Waste water
• Heating, ventilation and Air conditioning
• Power, Lighting and earthing systems
• Passive and active Data systems and AV
• Fire, CCTV and Security Systems Lifts and escalators (vertical transportation)

Candidates should have previous experience as a Building Services Manager or a Technical Services Manager. Ideally, they would have a Mechanical or Building Services bias (multiskilled).