Job Description

Project Leader (M&E Services)

Department/Location:

Estates Division - Facilities

Salary:

47,389 - 59,966

Reference:

BA47441

Category:

Academic-related

Closing date:

19 October 2025

The Role:

- This role will see you responsible for managing maintenance and refurbishment projects for lifts and other mechanical and electrical assets across various academic and research buildings across the University estate. Management of annual maintenance contract spend of circa 3m.
- You will act as the primary day-to-day client interface with the lift maintenance contractor.
- You will have the responsibility for ensuring that the terms of the contracts are complied with and that services are delivered to the required standards.
- You will be accountable for the performance of the lift and other contracts, including continual monitoring of CAFM system data, KPI performance, response and rectification times, and other key performance metrics.
- As part of this role, you will develop and implement strategies for improving the performance and value of maintenance and compliance activities.
- You will work collaboratively with the Health and Safety team, Building Surveying and Programme Delivery teams, as well as the Statutory Compliance team and other members of the Asset Management section.

About you:

In order to succeed in this role, you will need to be an experienced mechanical and electrical engineer with a proven track record of successfully delivering maintenance and refurbishment projects to complex, highly serviced buildings.

- You have demonstrable experience of managing maintenance contracts for multiple buildings.
- As well as this, you will have experience in mechanical and electrical maintenance and statutory compliance activities.
- For this role, you will need strong interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills, which will help you with your ability to work within a team, plan and manage work activities, communicate and prioritise workloads.

Qualifications

- It would be great if you had relevant qualifications within the industry sector, e.g. IWFM, IAM, IET and/or an appropriate Degree or equivalent in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Engineering or substantial vocational experience suitable for the role.

Benefits of working at the University of Cambridge include:

- Competitive rates of pay with automatic service-related pay progression and annual cost-of-living increases.
- Generous annual leave allowance.
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family-friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries).
- An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution.
- Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores.
- Schemes to support with relocation.

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If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please email the Estates Division.

Please quote reference BA47441 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 47,389.00-54,525.69 per year

Work Location: In person