CBW Staffing Solutions are seeking a Reliability Supervisor to join an established Facilities Management client’s team, delivering an ongoing contract within a higher education environment. The role sits within a specialist Science Research unit and is focused on maintaining stable, compliant environments critical to research and academic activity.
You will play a key role in ensuring environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, pressure and air changes are maintained within strict regulatory requirements. Acting as a technical lead, you will work closely with maintenance teams, operational staff and contractors, using BMS data and engineering expertise to diagnose issues, manage risk and improve system reliability.
Package:
- Competitive salary up to £48,000 per annum (depending on experience)
- Company electric vehicle provided with free charging points on site
- Core hours are Monday - Friday (40 hours per week)
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Generous workplace pension scheme
- Training, development & progression opportunities
Responsibilities:
- Ensure stability and compliance of critical environmental conditions across research and academic facilities
- Act as a first point of contact for fault diagnosis using BMS information
- Monitor, control and work in partnership with the BMS platform and monitoring bureau
- Work with maintenance teams to diagnose issues, solve problems and develop remediation plans
- Identify opportunities to reduce environmental losses and improve system reliability
- Identify potential failures and support root cause analysis and investigations
- Perform engineering tests, analysis and routine calculations
- Support the checking, commissioning and handover of new systems and installations
- Support M&E documentation and system designation processes
- Provide technical information to contractors and out-of-hours operatives
- Represent the FM contractor at project and stakeholder meetings
- Ensure contractor access, inductions and site compliance requirements are met
Requirements:
- Background in Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) or Building Services Engineering
- Experience working in complex or critical environments (e.g. higher education, laboratories, healthcare or similar)
- Exposure to Building Management Systems (BMS)
- Understanding of reliability, fault diagnosis and risk management
- Awareness of ESG principles, energy efficiency or environmental performance