JOB DESCRIPTION
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MEP Manager Estates and Operations
Head of Estates and Operations Maintenance Contract Provider
Role Purpose
Reporting to the Head of Estates and Operations, the (MEP) Engineering Manager plays a key role at the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Gallery’s operational team.
The post holder is responsible for the effective management of the Gallery’s engineering maintenance provider, ensuring effective value for money and the overall delivery of the Gallery’s engineering infrastructure of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) needs.
Key Accountabilities
• Working closely with the Head of Estates and Operations to ensure that the Gallery’s strategy for the development and best use of MEP systems meets the needs of the organisation’s strategic and operational requirements in terms of reliability, effectiveness and value for money. • Holding regular service level agreement meetings with the Gallery’s engineering maintenance provider, to ensure the effective delivery of a contract service that is of the highest standard and value for money. • Engineering development management; researching, recommending and proposing new technology to fulfil strategic objectives. • Maintaining the operation and condition of all plant and systems across the Gallery and ensure that priority is given to compliance, insurance and safety. • Working closely with the Head of Estates and Operations and liaising with the Chief Financial Officer to appropriately plan the development of new engineering systems for the Gallery and to further prepare reports, specifications/tender documentation; for the renewal/replacement and modifications of mechanical and electrical services and equipment. • Responsibility for the Engineering input into an Estates and Operations forward maintenance plans in terms of buildings, plant and systems. • As appropriate, consulting with the Senior Management Team on operational strategies for all plant, to ensure operational effectiveness and the additional delivery of sustainable/carbon reduction/energy targets/savings across the Gallery. 8
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