Shift Engineering Manager

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Role: Shift Manager - Onsite
Role Overview
The Shift Manager is a hands-on operational leadership role responsible for leading the shift engineering team and ensuring seamless 24/7 building operations. This position focuses on real-time response coordination, shift team supervision, operational continuity across shift patterns, and maintaining immediate system availability during out-of-hours periods. The role requires physical presence during shift operations and direct oversight of shift engineers executing maintenance and reactive tasks.
Key Responsibilities
Shift Team Leadership & Direct Supervision
· Provide on-shift leadership and direct supervision of shift engineers, ensuring immediate task prioritization and technical guidance during operational periods
· Conduct daily shift briefings and end-of-shift debriefs to communicate priorities, safety alerts, and operational handovers
· Build and maintain high-performing shift teams through active coaching, on-the-job mentoring, and real-time performance feedback
· Manage shift team attendance, absences, and daily resource deployment to maintain operational coverage
· Perform on-shift capability assessments and identify skill development needs for individual shift engineers
· Lead by example through hands-on involvement in technical tasks during critical situations or resource constraints
· Foster team cohesion and morale across shift patterns, ensuring consistent standards between different shift teams
24/7 Operational Continuity & Real-Time Response
· Maintain operational command during assigned shift periods, ensuring immediate response to all building system alerts and failures
· Monitor live Building Management Systems (BMS), fire alarm panels, and critical system dashboards throughout shift operations
· Coordinate rapid response to equipment breakdowns, alarms, and emergency situations requiring immediate engineering intervention
· Direct shift engineers on urgent reactive tasks, prioritizing based on operational impact and client requirements
· Execute real-time decision-making for system isolations, emergency shutdowns, and critical equipment changeovers
· Manage simultaneous incidents during shift periods, deploying resources effectively to minimize service disruption
· Provide technical troubleshooting support to shift engineers for complex system failures or diagnostic challenges
· Maintain continuous communication with building security, client representatives, and on-call stakeholders during incidents
Shift Handover Management & Communication
· Execute structured shift handovers with incoming/outgoing Shift Engineering Managers or day team supervisors
· Maintain comprehensive shift logs documenting incidents, completed works, ongoing issues, and outstanding actions
· Ensure all critical information is communicated clearly between shift teams to prevent information loss or task duplication
· Update work management systems in real-time with shift activities, reactive responses, and job status changes
· Brief Engineering Manager on significant shift events, trends, or emerging issues requiring management attention
· Coordinate with day teams on tasks requiring follow-up, specialist input, or continuation beyond shift hours
Out-of-Hours & Emergency Coordination
· Serve as primary escalation point for all engineering emergencies during shift periods
· Mobilize emergency response resources including on-call specialists, contractors, or additional shift engineers when required
· Coordinate with emergency services (fire, police, ambulance) during critical incidents affecting building safety or operations
· Execute emergency procedures including evacuations, system isolations, or building lockdowns as required
· Manage client communication during out-of-hours emergencies, providing timely updates on incident status and resolution timelines
· Document emergency incidents thoroughly, including actions taken, resources deployed, and lessons learned
· Participate in on-call rota as required to provide management support outside standard shift patterns
Reactive Maintenance Execution & Quality Control
· Oversee shift engineers executing reactive maintenance tasks, ensuring work quality and timely completion
· Verify completed reactive works meet technical standards before signing off jobs in work management systems
· Conduct spot-checks on shift engineer workmanship during and after task completion
· Ensure all reactive works are properly documented with accurate time recording, parts usage, and technical notes
· Monitor reactive backlog during shifts, ensuring aged jobs are progressed and nothing is overlooked
· Coordinate specialist contractor callouts for reactive works beyond in-house capability during shift periods
Shift-Based Planned Maintenance Delivery
· Monitor PPM completion throughout shifts, ensuring targets are met and work quality is maintained
· Conduct random quality checks on completed PPMs to verify compliance with specifications and procedures
· Address PPM overruns or incomplete tasks by reassigning resources or escalating to Engineering Manager
· Update maintenance management systems with accurate PPM completion records before end of shift
Shift Operations Health & Safety
· Enforce safe working practices during all shift activities, challenging unsafe behaviours immediately
· Conduct shift-based safety walks and plant room inspections, identifying and rectifying hazards
· Ensure shift engineers use correct PPE, tools, and equipment for all tasks
· Verify Permit to Work compliance for all shift activities requiring isolation or high-risk work
· Coordinate safe contractor access during shift periods, verifying RAMS and monitoring on-site activities
· Report all incidents, near-misses, and safety observations occurring during shift operations
· Lead shift-based safety briefings on new procedures, lessons learned, or seasonal hazards
· Maintain shift-accessible safety documentation including emergency contact lists and procedure guides
Live System Monitoring & Performance Optimization
· Continuously monitor critical system parameters (temperatures, pressures, flows, power consumption) during shifts
· Identify abnormal operating conditions and direct corrective actions before failures occur
· Optimize system performance during low-occupancy periods through parameter adjustments or equipment sequencing
· Coordinate planned testing and commissioning activities during shift periods to minimize occupant impact
· Maintain plant room and equipment compound cleanliness standards through shift team accountability
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