Mechanical Manager

Equans is looking for a Mechanical Manager to join our team in Edinburgh on a permanent basis. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary, bonus and benefits package.

The role holder will report to the Senior Technical Manager. The Mechanical Manager is part of a larger site-based team and has overall responsibility for leading the mechanical service delivery of ventilation including local exhaust ventilation, fire dampers & motorised fire & smoke dampers, air conditioning, refrigeration, chiller plant, water, MTHW, LTHW boiler and generator services, and all associated equipment throughout the site.

Working with a team of dedicated supervisors, engineers and service partners, the Mechanical Manager ensures the safe and continued operation of the plant and related equipment within the hospital and university buildings. This position has overall responsibility to ensure the plant and team operate in such a way to ensure compliance with the company, contract and local operating procedures, ensuring a standardized approach to the EQUANS service delivery model.

• Responsibility for all pre-planned maintenance tasks ensuring they are completed timeously to the relevant Service Level Agreements, Key Performance Indicators and the relevant standards appropriate to the assets.
• Overall responsibility for all ongoing reactive and associated works ensuring they are completed timeously to the relevant Service Level Agreements, Key Performance Indicators and the relevant standards appropriate to the assets.
• Overall responsibility for the health and safety of the supervisors, engineering team and service partners, including delivery of toolbox talks and any relevant updates.
• First point of contact for any escalations.
• Establishing and maintaining effective business relationships with all key stakeholders.
• Compliance with all statutory requirements in relation to safe working practices and safe operation of plant, equipment and services and all activities essential to meet all relevant (Scottish) Health Technical Memoranda (SHTM) and quality assurance requirements.
• Advising the project team with any technical input on the assets within the mechanical manager's remit.
• Advise and update on an ongoing basis the lifecycle requirements of any assets within the mechanical manager's remit.
• Ensuring a collaborative approach between the helpdesk, supervisors and engineering team.

• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• Life cover equivalent to 2x times annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes
• Attractive employee referral rewards scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including Access Ability (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme and access to mental wellbeing app

• An apprenticeship in HVAC systems or comparable training, experience and a working knowledge of these systems is essential.
• A relevant formal technical & management qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in a previous management or supervisor position.
• Previous experience within a healthcare environment would be greatly advantageous.
• Holds or has held a relevant appointed persons status. This position requires the holder to obtain AP (Vent).
• Working knowledge of the appropriate standards including Scottish Health Technical Memoranda.
• City & Guilds 2079 would be advantageous.
• Experience in fire damper testing.
• Membership of an appropriate governing body or institute, i.e. IHEEM.
• A relevant health & safety qualification, i.e. IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH general certificate, CDM, SMSTS.

Equans is a world leader in energy…