Mechanical Engineer

Your new company Hays are recruiting on behalf of a large, complex multi-site organisation in Bristol for an experienced Mechanical Building Services Engineer to join their established Estates Operations & Maintenance team on an interim basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong mechanical building services and maintenance background who is comfortable operating in a technical oversight, contractor management and estates engineering capacity.

This is not a hands-on maintenance position. Physical maintenance is delivered by an FM provider and specialist contractors. Your role will be to provide the mechanical expertise needed to oversee that activity, investigate operational issues, assess the quality of works and provide practical technical advice across the estate.

Your new roleAs the Interim Mechanical Building Services Engineer, you will provide day-to-day technical support and oversight across mechanical building services within a busy operational estate. Working alongside Estates colleagues, the FM provider and specialist contractors, you will coordinate maintenance activity, investigate mechanical issues, inspect plant and completed works and help ensure maintenance is delivered safely, effectively and to the required standard.

You will also provide technical advice and recommendations, assist with developing scopes of work and support maintenance planning, asset management and minor improvement works.

Key responsibilities will include

Overseeing and coordinating planned and reactive mechanical maintenance delivered by contractors. Providing technical advice across mechanical plant and building services. Investigating faults, defects and recurring operational issues.

Inspecting mechanical plant, equipment and contractor works to assess quality, condition and compliance. Monitoring contractor performance, progress and outstanding actions. Supporting the operation and maintenance of HVAC, ventilation, LPHW, domestic water, pumps, valves, controls and BMS-associated systems.

Reviewing RAMS, quotations, technical proposals and completion documentation. Assisting with the development of scopes of work and technical requirements. Supporting statutory maintenance, water hygiene and wider mechanical compliance activities.

Undertaking plant inspections, asset verification and condition assessments. Supporting asset management, lifecycle planning and maintenance prioritisation. Producing technical reports, inspection findings and practical recommendations.

Supporting small to medium maintenance and improvement works. Monitoring site delivery, snagging, commissioning and handover activities. Supporting quotation reviews, expenditure monitoring and value-for-money assessments.

Working collaboratively with wider Estates, electrical, fabric, controls, energy, compliance and project teams. What you'll need to succeedYou will have a sound mechanical building services and maintenance...

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