Middle East Jobs: Maintenance engineer

Job PurposeTo manage the buildings maintenance function, ensuring that the buildings, engineering systems are safe, well maintained, fit for purpose, available for their intended use within budget.Provide leadership and management for the office team providing a high quality and responsive maintenance and to develop and manage long-term planned maintenance. Act as project manager for minor building related projects

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

m Main Activities: Manage, monitor and co-ordinate all maintenance activities (building and engineering) with appropriate arrangements in place for the delivery of responsive and effective buildings services including ‘out of hours’ on-call and emergency contingency plans.The management of office staff and specialist contractors staff. Ensuring that maintenance and minor works meet safety standards, statutory compliance and that activities are carried out in the most cost effective and efficient way through external contracts and to ensure that budgets are not exceeded. Act as an “On Call” Engineer on a rota with other staff and monitor all calls investigating problem areas implementing remedial measures where appropriate to reduce unnecessary calls, risk to business continuity or health and safety risks.

General:• Plan and implement annual and short term cyclical maintenance of all buildings and services assets to a timely and high quality standard, so as to maintain and preserve assets. • Identify and implement long term planned maintenance for all buildings and plant and develop budgets for forward planning. • To work with Management in developing strategies for the effective management of the Buildings.• Carry out servicing and maintenance of all services installations including specialist heating, ventilation and air conditioning, hot and cold water services (H/C WS) and fire/security systems. • Ensure full compliance with statutory testing including the specification, tendering and awarding of contracts. • Monitor the condition of the Buildings on an on-going basis and advise on methods and timescales for identified repairs. Updating condition surveys as appropriate. • Maintain electronic systems to ensure the retention and availability of all statutory compliance.

 Building Management System, (BMS):

• Ensure the BMS is used in a pro-active manner to maintain comfort levels in all buildings thus ensuring optimum performance of all plant and equipment under BMS control. • Carry out daily review of and investigate fault reports on a priority basis.• Take a lead role in further improving energy conservation measures and reporting.• Train Building team in the effective use of the BMS, authorise access levels.

 Project management - minor works:• Participate in office/space planning and other projects. • To identify and implement building and building services minor works / projects from writing specifications to tendering and/or negotiation with relevant contractors.• Support Project Managers and or consultants when appointed to deliver minor and capital projects.• Liaise with Capital Project Manager and or external consultants in connection with capital schemes, to give advice on the capacity and capability of the site infrastructure services to support new developments and to ensure compatibility is maintained with the existing engineering plant, systems and infrastructure.

 Health and safety:• Ensure all activities and practices are conducted in compliance with all relevant Health & Safety legislation.

Job Details

Date Posted:	2014-10-31
Job Location:	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Role:	Engineering
Company Industry:	Real Estate

Preferred Candidate

Career Level:	Mid Career
Gender:	Male
Nationality:	Australia; Canada; Great Britain (UK); Ireland; New Zealand; United Kingdom; United States
Degree:	Bachelor's degree / higher diploma

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Date Posted: October 31, 2014 at 12:15PM