Job Title

Risk and Technical Engineering Manager

Job Description Summary

To oversee and manage all Americas Technical engineering projects and Engineering risks for the region on behalf of the Client.

Job Description

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Projects

Prepare the project brief using the standard template to set out the reason for the project, the requirements and the deliverables; this will then be issued to the Project Team for delivery.

Each of the project phases will need to be reviewed and approved as outlined below

Outline design
Detailed design
Commissioning plan
Design change
Handover and record documentation

The role will also involve tracking the key stages of projects, participating in decision making project meetings and getting involved as required, particularly with product selection, specifications development, bid award, drawing design reviews, commissioning, changeovers and risk stages. Close proximity to NYC is preferred due to concentration of ongoing works and multi-year capital expenditures.

Capacity

Support the development of a robust capacity management process for the region.

Review the capacities of each of the critical buildings regularly and highlight changes or variances.

Take ownership of the regular capacity and load reporting and bring it in line with a global standard.

Resilience

To review and approve the taxonomy resilience reviews of all sites produced by the operational managers, and consider options to remediate the gaps

Ensure that risks are raised in the risk tool for any gaps against the agreed taxonomy

Incident Management

To support incident resolutions as necessary and prepare senior management updates and root cause analysis investigations.

Ensure that the service provider and the on-site technical leads are set-up and raising incident tickets directly, then updating them regularly with sufficient detail

Operational support

Provide technical support as necessary to the Client operational teams, responding to technical questions and to help drive both technical and procedural best practice

Risk

To attend regular risk meetings and support the operational team with remediation plans that will achieve risk closure, provide monthly risk reports to highlight overdue and top risks to the business operations.

Review all risks put forward for closure to ensure the risk has been resolved satisfactorily and the required evidence is appended to the risk.

To ensure that all known risks are recorded within the risk tool and to create a culture that encourages self-identification of risks in each site. Risk responsibilities are expected to grow outside of the Americas region and require coordination with business managers in other regions with occasional after-hours meeting participation.

Audits

To carry out sample audits of maintenance tasks and documentation and report on compliance with the contract requirements in alignment of engineering Key Procedural Controls for building design, maintenance best practices, asset inventory, spare parts and cybersecurity practices.

3rd party audits

To support the operational teams during 3rd party Audits for ISO14001, 55001, Design and Uptime M&O, providing supporting technical and process information.

Record Documentation

Periodically review with the service provider that they have all record information for critical assets and systems readily available.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $102,000.00 - $120,000.00

Cushman & Wakefield provides equal employment opportunity. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated. Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

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Risk and Technical Engineering Manager