How you'll make a difference:
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will use your strong background in building services mechanical engineering and high level of technical expertise to play a key role within the Property and Business Support Department.
As part of the Maintenance and Health and Safety Compliance team, you will deliver a wide range of mechanical engineering and asset management activities. This will include carrying out technical inspections, managing both reactive and planned maintenance and developing effective maintenance strategies and programmes to support the organisation’s asset base.
What you will be doing:
- You will plan, manage and monitor project and maintenance budgets, working collaboratively with in-house teams and external partners to ensure effective, efficient and successful delivery of services and projects.
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Acting as the principal designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations for projects, you will review contractors' health and safety risk assessments and method statements.
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It will your responsibility to administer service contracts, ensuring that contracts, planned maintenance schedules and programmes are kept up-to-date. You will also oversee service contractors, regularly monitoring contract performance against standards and performance measures.
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Providing technical leadership and advice, you will foster a collaborative team environment, support professional development and ensure that all work is delivered safely, effectively and to a high technical standard.
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By undertaking inspections and condition assessments of mechanical assets, you will contribute to the development of forward maintenance plans.
What we need from you:
- We are looking for someone who holds a degree or postgraduate qualification related to mechanical services engineering or an equivalent relevant qualification.
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You will demonstrate the ability to develop effective technical solutions to complex problems, supported by extensive technical knowledge and engineering experience. You will also have experience of planning and progressing work activities within established professional guidelines or organisational policies.
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It is key that you are confident in analysing, reporting and presenting information to both technical and non-technical audiences, with a proven track record of delivering projects on time, within budget and to agreed deadlines.
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Given the nature of the role, you must be able to communicate effectively with clients, consultants, contractors and stakeholders and be capable of coordinating and influencing the work of project teams.
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You will have strong IT skills, including experience using relevant design and planned preventative maintenance software packages.
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Membership of a relevant professional body, such as the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) or the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), is desirable but not essential.
What you need to know:
- You will be expected to travel throughout the authority so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.
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This is a hybrid post, with a mixture of working at our office in Yate and working from home. You will be expected to attend the office regularly, including for team meetings.
Interviews to be held week beginning 6th July 2026.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:
- We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance
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What’s special here is the strength of the team ethos, the support and the training.
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
- We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
- We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference be part of it!
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