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Hard Services Manager
Based London
Up to £50k basic + £3000 car allowance / company car + 25 days holiday (exclusive of 8 stats) + pension scheme (matched up to 8%) + 3 times death in services scheme

YOU MUST HAVE A TRACK RECORD IN ESTATES MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY OR CIVIL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND BE VERY STRONG IN TH FOLLOWING:

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
FINANCE & COMMERCIAL
MAN MANAGEMENT
BUILDING & MAINTAINING CLIENT RELATIONBSHIPS

My client is currently recruiting for a Senior Estates Manager to develop the operational and financial performance in compliance with the contract and in line with the budget. This role is to manage the Corporate Estate on this contract to include head offices and town halls etc. As Estates Manager, this role will be all encompassing, to include managing Cleaning, Catering, Portorge, Reception and Engineering. In line with this, managing client and customer expectation and working in liaison with the whole Interserve team to ensure all deliverables are met and service delivery expectation is exceeded.

RESONSIBILITIES
Managing PPM and reactive elements of cleaning, porterage, security, catering and M&E.
Understand the Contract and provide guidance and direction to ensure that the services are delivered to the required PMS standards and within contract scope.
Control expenditure and maximise income to achieve or exceed budgeted financial performance.
Be prepared to participate in business continuity plans, escalation plans and on-call system.
Develop systems and tools to ensure that statutory and contract compliance is achieved across the full suite of services delivered.
Carry out appraisals of direct reports and ensure that their potential is developed.
Lead, plan, communicate and deliver agreed change initiatives on programme to improve performance.
Establish and maintain responsive communication with key stakeholders to achieve good customer satisfaction.
Ensure that staff are fully trained to carry out their work.
Create succession planning and effective people management.
Manage all HR issues.
Ensure that absenteeism, overtime, annual leave and agency work is controlled.
Provide leadership in awareness and responsiveness to Health and Safety issues.
Demonstrate a clear and effective alignment with the operational objectives and the commercial interests of IFM.

EXPERIENCE NEEDED

BIFM or related qualification
Management qualification (desirable).
Working in civil government environments.
Managing large groups of staff.
Managing Managers
Experience of dealing with HR issues.
Financial acumen.
Analytical ability.
Able to lead change management.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with good IT

Project Planning Engineer
Based Leicester, permanent or contract positions available.

PURPOSE OF JOB

To be responsible for the delivery of the project schedule throughout the complete project lifecycle, from inception to completion, in accordance with the requisite quality standards, and with consideration to the scope, time requirements and budgetary constraints.

KEY ACTIVITIES

Attendance at the project launch.
Set up of the project programme and maintain throughout the project lifecycle and obtaining sign-off from the key participants
Resourcing of the project programme and provision of resource requirement forecasts.
Collect, monitor and report progress against the agreed programme.
Produce the Client Project Control Reports including Baseline and Earned Value, Deliverables Reports, Milestone Reports
Assist the Project Manager in identifying scope and programme changes and in the management of the scope change process with the client. Involvement in the development of scope change notices (e.g. NCEs, EWNs) by assessment of cost, programme and resource implications.
Liaise with the client`s project team where directed by the Project Manager in the co-ordination all project interfaces.
Obtain Estimates to Complete (ETCs) for engineering and site based activities and feed into the cost control system.
Participate in project financial reviews alongside Project Managers, Engineers, Project Accountants.
Ensure that programme files for the project are properly initiated, maintained, completed and stored in the correct file locations.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Qualifications.

A recognised qualification in an engineering related discipline.

Experience.
At least 3 years experience in a project planning role.
Use of the MS Office suite of programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
Detailed use and knowledge of MS Project and Primavera P6
Experience of scheduling and programming of multi disciplined projects.
Experience of working in an ISO 9001 environment.

Personal Attributes.
Ability to interact with a multi discipline team
Present a professional image in representing the company at all times.
Customer focused
Strong communication skills, both written and oral, at all levels internally and with the client.
Good personal planning, organisational and analytical skills.
The ability to operate whilst under time pressure and demanding constraints.
Provide support to other team members and be respectful of others and their opinions.
Work as part of a team or under own initiative, be flexible, well motivated and enthusiastic.

Technical Director - Electrical Servies - Buildings

Our client is one of the world`s largest and most diverse providers of technical and management services.

The successful person will become part of a respected and ambitious company with excellent career prospects and international opportunities.

Primary Job Responsibilities

The candidate will be a Chartered Engineer or Equivalent and member of the IET and/or CIBSE. The candidate will be technically strong in all aspects of electrical engineering systems with a wider understanding and knowledge of building services design from experience on a range of projects such as research facilities, high tech and resilient buildings as well as commercial and industrial facilities. The candidate will be able to demonstrate hands on approach and involvement with projects across a range of stages from concept through to completion. Experience within the transportation sector will be desirable.

Responsibilities will include:

- Technical Leadership, Design and Project Management of single and multi disciplinary commissions.
- Project specific Tasks such as leading Technical reviews, reviewing technical delivery methods, providing design direction on complex projects.
- Managing Frameworks and single project appointments.

Essential:
- Customer focussed and able to deliver high quality deliverables
- Flexible/Adaptable
- Lead Teams /Decision maker
- Able to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
- Good awareness of low energy techniques used in buildings
Other Essential Functions

Desirable:
- Ability to travel
- Able to acquire security clearance

Salary is negotiable at this stage. Please get in touch for more detailed information.

QUALIFICATION:

- candidates must have minimum of 10 years eperiences as superintendent in construction in Refinery projects
- GCC experience is necessary