Building Services Manager in UK

At Dandara we believe the best ideas come from our people working together.

We strive to look forward in all we do, with integrity and passion.

Recruiting the right people is essential, as our peoples' contribution lead us to achieving our goals and growing our company.

We put our customers first, we empower our people, and we support the communities in which we build.

This full-time permanent position is to be based in our Jersey office, working as part of our technical team, with overall responsibility for the production of internal mechanical and electrical installation designs and management of external building services consultants where required.

All production information will be required to be in accordance with Dandara standards and be coordinated with all other construction design information.

With excellent building services design experience, you will ideally be educated to degree level in mechanical of electrical engineering and are, or are working towards, chartered status (C.

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What you will do

• Provision of high standard domestic plumbing, mechanical and electrical designs, specification information and design calculations for residential and commercial developments.
• Ensure design deliverables are met in accordance with the design programme.
• To ensure full coordination between mechanical and electrical services together with architectural and structural production information.
• Provision of mechanical and electrical specification information prior to site commencement and throughout each project duration.
• Fee negotiation, instruction and coordination of external mechanical and electrical design consultants when utilised.
• Management of external design information – review, collation, register and issue where undertaken by an external consultant or contractor.
• Electronic and hard copy issue and registering of drawings received from consultants.
• Financially appraising mechanical and electrical specifications for value engineering and cost saving promotion purposes.
• Building and site surveys - obtaining quotations, negotiating rates, instructing consultants and arranging the works.
• Provision of preliminary outline electrical and mechanical design information at feasibility stages of a development.
• Collation of information for (and the production of where required) Operation and Maintenance manuals for the Electrical and Mechanical Services for individual domestic purchasers or commercial property purchasers or tenants.
• Liaison, co-ordination with other departments regarding development works including engineers, surveyors, buyers, interior designers and the construction team.
• Investigation of new technologies in regard to building services installations.
• Assisting with the preparation of tender documents.
• Coordination with contractors on site.
• General contract administration.
• Site visits and inspections.
• Arranging copies of information for other departments, consultants and site contractors where required.
• Liaison with the building control authority, fire authority and other regulatory bodies and government departments relevant to the building services design.
• Liaison with utility service providers.
• Ensure all records of design changes are kept to coordinate “as constructed” drawings upon completion of the project.
• Producing for in-house designs and obtaining from project consultants and design contractors design risk assessments.
• Liaison with the external Health and Safety Project Coordinator and internal Safety Manager/Advisors.
• Assisting in the assessment of design and build tenders.
• Managing and resolving design issues raised by the construction management team.

What you will have

You will be a driven individual with extensive residential and/or commercial project experience and be able to lead and manage a building services team.

Having a services engineering Degree or equivalent (HND/ONC in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering) you will have excellent AutoCAD expertise and knowledge of iSBEM and IES would be beneficial.

Ideally you will also have experience of BREEAM assessments.

The successful applicant will be a team player, self-motivated and able to work using his/her own initiative.

Experience of MS Office, Excel and Word is also essential.

What we will offer

Dandara was established in 1988 from the desire to provide innovative homes and commercial properties, which would offer real value for money without compromising on design, durability or quality.

Today Dandara is one of the UK's largest independent property development companies, with over 10,000 happy customers and more than 100 industry awards for design and quality – and it's all thanks to the vision and passion of our dedicated team.?

Our benefits include:

• Competitive basic salary depending on experience
• 25 days holiday
• £excellent annual bonus (discretionary)
• 2x salary life assurance (paid option to increase to x4)
• Access to hundreds of discounts to the UK's favourite retailers, holiday providers, gyms and more!
• Acess to on-site mental health first aiders and wellbeing platform.

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