Senior Electrical Engineer ( Maintenance Engineer)

Job Introduction

We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibility

• Ensuring all mandatory and statutory paperwork is present and compliant
• Managing contractors effectively to ensure planned maintenance is completed and recorded correctly
• Assisting the General Services Manager in preparation and delivery of the maintenance plan and annual maintenance plan
• The day to day management of all maintenance activities within the engineering team
• Supervision, planning and distribution of the electrical workload and projects for the respective Site Engineer, ensuring that work is completed to schedule, all the systems and the compliance documentation are updated accordingly as per industry standards
• Ensuring efficient use of human & other resources to ensure value for money
• Carry out diagnostic work
• Control and Supervision of all Specialist Sub Contractors on site
• Allocation of work for both planned and reactive maintenance
• Ensure all relevant records are kept up to date
• Ensure good communication channel with the management team
• To advise the General Services Manager on the effectiveness of PPM – additions, deletions or alterations etc.
• To assist the Management Team with ordering of day to day replacement stock items and ordering of specialist materials.
• Management of workshop operation and activities for the mechanical and electrical craftsmen
• Monitoring contractual response and rectification times to ensure compliance and avoidance of service failure and penalties.
• Ability to effect fault diagnosis on plant and equipment of a more complex nature
• Be abreast of and adaptable to the introduction of new technology
• Attend training courses as required
• Responsibility for ensuring compliance with all relevant Health & Safety Legislation and site-specific Health, Safety and welfare policies
• Develop good working relationships with staff at all levels
• Maintain high level standards for building fabric by conducting weekly checks, proactive and reactive maintenance.
• Use of IT systems to provide / monitor data within the Maximo and other management reporting systems
• Delivery of service specific on the job training for employees within a working group
• Ability to affect a hands-on approach when required
• Promote co-operation and versatility among departments
• Ability to promote effective team working.
• Participation in the emergency on call rota.
• Weekend Contractor Management and Maintenance duties where required

The Ideal Candidate

About the Company

Sodexo is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland (Scotland).

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors.

With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.