The University of Southampton is seeking to make the appointment to the role of Associate Director of Engineering.
The University of Southampton is a leading research-intensive University, a founding member of the prestigious Russell Group, and one of the top 100 universities worldwide. We deliver excellent educational experience and world-leading research, and we are known for successfully commercialising our research through enterprise.
The role is responsible for leading optimal, cost effective and sustainable delivery of all engineering, operational maintenance and repairs services to all University owned and run buildings in the UK, including reactive and planned maintenance and some minor works. You would provide strategic and technical leadership in the built environment of the University’s assets, acting as Duty Holder and manage the delivery of engineering infrastructure services, energy procurement and carbon management to optimal levels of cost and quality. In addition, form a liaison or “bridge” role to Estates Development in the context of major capital planning and implementation.
This role will suit exceptional candidates with a track record of managing large diverse estates operational teams and outsourced contracts. You will be adept at prioritising and providing an exceptional customer service all within budget. To be a success in the role, we are seeking an individual with outstanding stakeholder engagement and team leadership skills, and who is results focused and customer-centric in approach.
The University of Southampton is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a diverse environment. Therefore, we particularly encourage applications that will continue to strengthen the diversity of our governing body. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion and are immensely proud to have been awarded an institutional Athena SWAN silver award, which underpins our pledge to improve equality for women. We are also delighted to have received the Race Equality Charter bronze award from Advance HE, which recognises that we have a solid foundation for eliminating racial inequalities and developing an inclusive culture that values all staff and students.
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