Location: London
Duration: Permanent
Start Date: Immediately
Salary: Negotiable D.O.E
Job Description:
We seek a service manager from a contracting background—ideally with good design and build experience and a good all-around understanding of all aspects of building services, i.e., lifts, voice and data, sprinklers, AV, Security, mechanical, and electrical services.
• Be aware and appreciative of the interaction between services and other associated disciplines.
• Attend tender walkarounds, gather tender information, documentation, and pricing, and help prepare and present our proposals and costs to the client’s team.
• Manage the stage-by-stage signoff of information, drawings, and design while maintaining a weekly meeting/record of progress up to the final signoff with works commencing on site.
• Ability to coordinate all building services activities from a spatial awareness perspective and programming/logistical approach in conjunction with building activities. Experience with CAD software, including 3D, may be helpful here.
• Be technically aware and able to identify compliant alternatives to those specified that will offer cost savings to the client and/or improve programme availability.
• Be financially aware and look for financial opportunities both from a cost and value viewpoint (poacher turned gamekeeper!!).
• Monitor and control the subcontractor’s accounts, applications, and variations to prompt settlement upon project completion.
• Produce detailed cost advice to Parkeray Commercial Managers for incorporation into internal and external financial control documents.
• Ability to review RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements) from both an initial H&S and technical appraisal point of view.
• Be able to undertake detailed snagging (defects inspection) of all installed services, ensuring quality and technical specification compliance are always adhered to.
• Produce detailed snagging reports to subcontractors and oversee the process of clearing all snags and final sign-off, including O&M Manuals, maintenance, and client training.
• Monitor and control the subcontractor’s accounts, applications, and variations to prompt settlement upon project completion.
• Produce detailed cost advice to Parkeray Commercial Managers for incorporation into internal and external financial control documents.
• Attend client meetings and be positive in all dealings with the client and/or client’s representative.
• Being aware that most of our work is multiple fast-track fit-outs with works completed within a 6 -18-week time frame. We have longer and larger projects, but they are an exception to your day-to-day workload.
• Be aware that the SM role does require the management and witnessing of activities that can only be carried out during out-of-hours, such as crane lifts, building shutdowns, life safety, and critical systems testing.
• The Services Manager role is not seen as remote and is mostly site-based, with no planned working-from-home period during the week.
• Be enthusiastic, energetic, and committed to the company ethos of delivering a quality product on time and to everybody’s satisfaction
Qualification / Cards:
- Background in Mechanical, Electrical, Sprinkler and security
Contact:
For more information or to apply for this vacancy, contact Daniel Davey at 01256 817878, email ddavey@roberthurstltd.co.uk, or complete the application form below.
Job Features
Job Category | Permanent |
Start Date | Asap |
Duration | Permanent |
Salary | Negotiable D.O.E |
Contact | Daniel Davey |