HVAC Engineer

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting for a HVAC Technician CBRE is looking for an experienced HVAC Engineer /Contract Liaison to work on behalf of Exxon Mobil at a major refinery site. This role is focused on overseeing HVAC and associated mechanical works delivered by an incumbent contractor. You will act as thekey liaison between CBRE, Exxon Mobil and the contractor, ensuring that worksare carefully planned, correctly specified, delivered to the required standard and fully compliant with the agreed contract.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical HVACknowledge with commercial awareness and contract management skills. You will verify, that works completed by the contractor are correct, necessary,appropriately valued and within the agreed scope of contract.

• Act as the primary engineering liaison between CBRE,Exxon Mobil and the incumbent HVAC contractor.
• Review planned and reactive HVAC works to ensure they aretechnically appropriate and necessary.
• Verify that contractor works are completed in accordance with the agreed scope, specification and contract requirements.
• Inspect completed works and confirm that the quality and standard of workmanship meet Exxon Mobil and CBRE requirements.
• Review contractor quotations, estimates, variations and applications for payment.
• Validate that costs and valuations accurately reflect theworks completed.
• Identify and challenge any works, costs or variations thatfall outside the agreed contract scope.
• Ensure additional works are appropriately justified,authorised, and commercially agreed before proceeding.
• Monitor contractor performance against agreed KPIs, SLAsand contractual obligations.
• Review job reports, completion records, timesheets,materials, and supporting documentation.
• Ensure planned maintenance and reactive works are correctlyrecorded and closed out.
• Attend site meetings and contractor progress meetings asneeded.
• Provide technical advice and support to Exxon Mobil and CBREfacilities management teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve contractor performance,reliability, and value for money.
• Ensure all works follow relevant health, safety,environmental and site-specific requirements.
• Support audits and provide clear documentationdemonstrating that contractor works and expenditure have been carefullyreviewed and controlled.

A key part of the role will be ensuring that CBRE and Exxon Mobil receive value for money and contractual compliance from the incumbent contractor.

• Understand the contractor’s agreed scope of services and contractual responsibilities.
• Distinguish between works included within the existingcontract and genuine additional works.
• Challenge inappropriate, unnecessary, or unsupportedvariations.
• Check that quoted costs are reasonable and supported by appropriate information.
• Validate labour, materials, plant, and other costs where applicable.
• Confirm that invoices and valuations accurately reflectcompleted works.
• Ensure variations are properly documented and approvedbefore works begin where practical.
• Maintain a clear audit trail for significant works and expenditure.
• Escalate discrepancies, recurring issues, or contractualconcerns to the appropriate CBRE management team.

• ProvenHVAC engineering experience, ideally within an industrial, refinery, petrochemical or other complex engineering environment.
• Strong technical knowledge of HVAC and mechanical building services.
• Experience managing, supervising, or overseeing third-party contractors.
• A good understanding of maintenance contracts, scopes of work and variations.
• Experience reviewing contractor…