Salary: Band 12 - £49,497 - £53,658 p.a.
Permanent
37 hours per week
Are you enthusiastic and a good communicator with experience of electrical design, managing contracts, and leading technical teams? Then this could be the role for you.
We are seeking a Principal Design Engineer (Electrical) with extensive knowledge of building services in the construction industry, good people skills and relevant experience.
You need to have extensive electrical building services industry experience, working on major projects in the construction sector, with an understanding of mechanical engineering where services interlink. You must have an appropriate qualification/degree and preferably be a member of a professional institution such as CIBSE or be willing to work towards membership.
You will mainly be based at the Civic Offices in Portsmouth, managing a team of Electrical Design Engineers, supporting Building Services professionals generally. You will have responsibility for developing electrical engineers in the Capital Projects Team - including senior engineers, engineers, graduates, apprentices and trainees.
What is the role?
You will be based mainly at the Portsmouth Civic Offices and on site leading a team of Building Services Engineers. You will support the Head of Capital Projects, Head of Compliance and team managers with delegated responsibilities - leading a team responsible for undertaking various capital projects. You will also support in setting design standards, overseeing contractor proposals and providing professional electrical engineering advice for a range of clients.
Leading and developing a team of Design/Project Electrical Engineers to ensure the Housing, Neighbourhoods and Building Services meets the demands of Portsmouth City Council's building assets, external clients and efficiently using the resources within the team. Designing, procuring, and managing external contractors or consultants using a variety of contracts, to ensure that the service is delivered to meet the demands received in accordance with the scope of the service.
You will manage the team allocating workloads, set design standards, facilitating learning and development of your team to ensure a consistent approach to Electrical Engineering and managing the capital projects to the current policies or legislation as appropriate. Assist in identifying opportunities for further service developments and seeking potential income streams, both corporately with other PCC directorates and with external agencies or organisations.
You will support and deputise as appropriate for the Head of Capital Projects and the Head of Compliance with management of resources and professional fee income, to ensure that the whole team can meet the demands it receives and assist in the development of those teams. Candidates will also have a good knowledge of the CIBSE process and function as Supervisor/Mentor to Apprentice, Trainee or Graduate Building Services Electrical Engineers
Collaborating with corporate colleagues supporting the delivery of the Mechanical and Electrical Projects including HR, IT, Procurement, Legal Services, Finance and Accountancy, Education, and leisure along with other Local Authorities and outside agencies. You will need to have a full driving licence, as you will be visiting sites across Portsmouth and will need to travel effectively between them.
Who is the person?
The ideal candidate is someone who will:
1. Have extensive Electrical Design and construction industry experience and have the appropriate technical qualifications/degree and preferably be a member of a professional institution.
2. Preferably have experience of managing and leading a team.
3. Have a good knowledge of, and be able to provide, advice and lead others regarding Electrical Design, electrical related legislation, contract law and guidance. Specifically building regulations, planning law, fire safety, procurement legislation, JCT and NEC contracts.
4. Have a good knowledge and experience of preparing design concepts, feasibility studies and option appraisals for a varied range of corporate clients, departments, and external organisations.
5. Have a good knowledge, be able to apply, advise and lead others regarding construction related health & safety legislation including the CDM regulations and the asbestos at work regulations.
6. Have experience of leading, recruiting and mentoring, developing teams to conduct all aspects of their roles and meet the demands for the Capital Projects service provision.
7. Have good knowledge and experience to apply cost control, resource planning, professional fee management and financial management techniques for project budgets up to £3 million, and applying PCC financial rules, standing orders, exercising financial control, and ensuring value for money.
8. Have relevant experience of using Microsoft packages, be able to demonstrate practical IT skills using associated Electrical design software, Excel spreadsheets to analyse data and MS word in developing reports.
9. Have knowledge and experience of public procurement rules and procedures and leading the procurement and management of external consultants or contractors for capital projects
10. Have experience of managing external consultants and contractors delivering a design on substantial capital projects, individual contract values can be up to £3 million.
11. Be organised and methodical when managing own priorities and workload.
12. Experience of communicating with senior staff, other departments, external organisations, contractor organisations, and Councillors.
13. Have a general awareness of all aspects of building engineering services including mechanical aspects.
14. Have a full driving licence, as you will be visiting sites across Portsmouth and surrounding areas and will need to travel effectively between them.
When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is really important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please click HERE for the full job profile!
If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please call Patrick Leggett, Head of Capital Projects on 07507 966572 or email patrick.leggett@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
- Application Closing Date - 9th September 2024
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- A generous pension scheme
- Up to 31 days annual leave per year pro rata + bank holidays
- We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependant on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
- A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco
- Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Potential to purchase additional annual leave
- Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans
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Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
