Hull City Council
Technical Officer Mechanical Engineer
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Job Description
Pay Range
Grade 10 - £46,579 to £49,817
Hiring Manager
Michael Norton
Contact Number
01482 816200
Job Description Summary
This is a Full Time, Permanent position. The role involves providing a professional building technical service, responsible for the design, specification, and project management of building construction and/or building services installations for new build, maintenance, and/or refurbishment programmes.
Role & Purpose
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Monitoring, delivering, and reporting on planned maintenance programmes.
- Managing specialist statutory servicing contracts and contractors.
- Overseeing day-to-day reactive maintenance activities.
- Undertaking condition surveys.
- Providing technical advice in accordance with current legislation, regulations, and industry best practice.
- Leading on minor mechanical design, refurbishment, and improvement projects.
Candidates must have:
- A proven and extensive background in mechanical building services engineering and the maintenance, inspection, testing, and statutory compliance of building mechanical systems.
- A comprehensive understanding of relevant legislation, standards, and compliance requirements.
- Appropriate technical and professional qualifications.
Principal Accountabilities
- Strategy
- Provide building construction design and maintenance aspects for specific projects.
- Develop, procure, control, and manage variations for specific contracts.
- Promote services to develop partnerships, tender bids, and secure contract opportunities.
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Customer Focus
- Provide technical reports, drawings, and project status information.
- Deliver consultation and support services.
- Act as an expert witness or support to the legal team.
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Performance Management
- Project manage specific building construction and maintenance feasibility studies.
- Be an effective member of the Technical services and maintenance team.
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Leadership
- Demonstrate and develop a high level of competence, technical, and specialist knowledge.
- Act as a champion for key schemes.
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Statutory Obligations
- Carry out operational activities within the parameters of the service delivery plan.
- Undertake building condition surveys and statutory building insurance inspections.
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Financial Responsibility
- Implement and monitor the capital and revenue budgets for building construction and maintenance feasibility studies.
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Process Responsibility
- Deliver consultation and support services.
- Carry out duties of a CDM Advisor on appropriate building construction and maintenance projects.
Benefits of Working at Hull City Council
- A competitive salary.
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service, plus eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off.
- Career development and learning experiences.
- Supportive and forward-thinking culture.
- Great career development opportunities.
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Application Process
Ensure your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description. The closing date for applications is midnight prior to the closing date.
We are committed to increasing diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.
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