Technical Services Officer (Mechanical)

Join Kirklees Council as a Technical Services Officer (Mechanical)

Are you an experienced Technical Services Officer (Mechanical) looking for a new challenge? Kirklees Council is seeking a dedicated Technical Services Officer to join our Mechanical Design team. Please see the Kirklees website for more information regarding the job and to apply.

About Our Team:Our Technical Services team at Kirklees Council is dedicated to delivering high-quality mechanical design services across a diverse range of projects. We manage and deliver construction-related projects, including new builds, extensions, and remodelling schemes for schools, leisure centres, offices, depots, care homes, and listed buildings. We are a dynamic and innovative team, committed to supporting the Councils ambitions and making a real difference in the community.

Why Join Us?

• Exciting Projects:Be part of a team managing and delivering construction-related projects that have a significant impact on our community.
• Professional Growth:We are committed to your personal and career development, offering opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career as a Technical Services Officer.
• Collaborative Environment:Work within a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about delivering high-quality mechanical design services.

Main duties of the job Key Responsibilities:Range of skills and abilities include having a detailed knowledge of mechanical issues associated with new build, extensions, remodelling and refurbishment of all building types including historic and listed buildings. Specialist duties and responsibilities may include some or all of the list below:

• Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems (HVAC)
• Kitchen and Fume Extraction Systems
• Refrigeration and Chilled Water Systems
• Building energy management systems (BEMs)
• Fire detection and protection systems,
• Pressurized Systems
• Hot and cold-water services.
• Energy supply (gas)
• Renewable Technologies
• Environmental awareness including new and improved energy conservation systems for buildings.
• Legislative requirements for example: DSEAR and Complying with Environmental Policies.

About us Part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region,Kirklees is set in the heart of West Yorkshire and has a growing population ofaround 425,500.

Our vision for Kirklees is to be a district thatcombines a strong, sustainable economy with a great quality of life - leadingto thriving communities, growing businesses, high prosperity and low inequalitywhere people enjoy better health throughout their lives.

Our employees are at the very heart of the serviceswe provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the bestpossible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great rangeofstaff benefitsto support you in and out of work.

Please see the Kirklees Council website for moreinformation about working for Kirklees.

Job responsibilities Job purpose

At Kirklees we want to be innovative and creative in the way we work to deliver our services to our communities. We know we have challenging times ahead, so we are always looking for better and smarter ways to work.

You will be able to build, maintain and manage effective working relationships with stakeholders, clients and partners through regular site visits and liaison meetings. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the service is delivered in line with agreed contracts, policies, and procedures. You can expect commitment to your personal and career development.

This role is based within Place. Find out more about working for Kirklees.

Key areas of responsibility

Managing the performance and responsibility for a range of capital projects involving multi-discipline and single discipline design teams preparing new build, refurbishment, and remodelling building contracts.

Act as the Councils Technical Authority in relation to its Built Environment and Assets, developing, implementing, monitoring, and amending technical specifications, strategies, practices, and standards to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements.

Provide advocacy as a technical expert to the Capital Delivery and Development team during implementation of projects and to Senior Managers, Elected Members, Council Cabinet, Scrutiny, Partners, and all Stakeholders.

Establish and maintain Technical Specifications and Council standards to reflect good practice and to establish performance standards for safety critical elements, ensuring modifications and new build projects comply with specifications and standards, managing and approving any deviation from these standards.

Liaise with clients on capital and revenue investments to define the scope of work required for asset improvements understanding the business needs, aims in meeting their desired outcomes.

Ensure a high quality, customer focussed and value for money service is delivered. Identify and deliver service improvements and work effectively with suppliers and stakeholders to ensure that customer needs are met, and risk is minimised.

Develop and improve the services ability to adopt a partnership approach with Council Directorates and external agencies to ensure concept designs are developed with the understanding of desired outcomes and that effective relationships are maintained.

Manage and monitor external professional consultants and contractors involved in designing and implementing asset improvement works through the Councils framework agreements.

Work effectively on all occasions with minimal or no supervision, possessing significant skills, knowledge and experience ensuring commissions are completed in full, to the quality, time, and cost requirements of the brief.

Ensure design teams are co-ordinated, and projects of various complexities are produced using computer-aided design software and including contract documents appropriate to the commission and Form of Contract

Provision of technical advice/knowledge/asset improvement projects/whole life costing to the satisfaction of customers through high quality individual performance and through proposals for continuous improvement.

Ensure that Council Standards reflect the functional/operational asset needs of Services.

Successful design, deliver and effectively manage capital design projects within budget, to agreed timescales and to required standards.

Determine good practices and promote the application of new technologies and techniques to achieve safe and cost-effective methods for operational, maintenance and modification activities.

Successful delivery of services through the development and maintenance of positive relations and communications with all stakeholders, partners, members, senior managers, and service providers across all organisations.

Job Focus

As Technical Service Officer (Mechanical HVAC) in the Councils Corporate Landlord and Capital Department, you will possess extensive professional Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) design experience, strong negotiation, consultation and influencing skills. You will support Technical Services Manager with leading and ensuring effective design and delivery of capital programmes and individual projects involving new build and extensions, remodelling schemes relating to schools, leisure centres, offices, depots, blocks of flats, listed buildings that form part of the Councils Capital investment and Blueprint Plan/s ranging from £10K up to £5M of mechanical services.

Role Description

Act in the role of Lead Mechanical Design on routine and complex projects and manage design teams within a trading account. You will be able to initiate, develop and promote the professional, commercial and contractual factors affecting service delivery including applying information technology to best advantage.

Specialising in the design, development, construction, and operation of mechanical services:

Range of skills and abilities include having a detailed knowledge of mechanical issues associated with new build, extensions, remodelling and refurbishment of all building types including historic and listed buildings. Specialist duties and responsibilities may include some or all of the list below:

Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems (HVAC)

Kitchen and Fume Extraction Systems

Refrigeration and Chilled Water Systems

Building energy management systems (BEMs)

Fire detection and protection systems,

Pressurized Systems

Hot and cold-water services.

Energy supply (gas)

Renewable Technologies

Environmental awareness including new and improved energy conservation systems for buildings.

Legislative requirements for example: DSEAR and Complying with Environmental Policies.

Person Specification Experience

• IT literate and experience of using software packages e.g. word,
• excel, etc including bespoke packages for example: AutoDesk, NBS,
• Extended previous formal training, to graduate or professional
• qualification level, or equivalent, plus training and experience in the
• application of the knowledge to the specific requirements of the job.
• Post qualification demonstrable design experience in their area of
• excellence on both single and multi-discipline capital or revenue
• projects.
• Provable experience over the last five years in leading and managing
• single/multi-disciplinary design teams.
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