Engineering Manager

JLL•Bradley, IL

25d•Onsite

About The Position

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way . Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. Engineering Manager - JLL What this role involves - We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Manager. The primary role of the Engineering Manager is to effectively deliver the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the plant within a multi-skilled engineering team in accordance with best practices and JLL Standards. The manager will directly oversee five (5) Supervisors and one (1) Technical Estimator, support the overall account, and serve as delegate to the Site Director in their absence. The primary role of the Engineering Manager is to effectively deliver the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the plant within a multi-skilled team in accordance with best practices and JLL Standards. Oversight of (2) Sub vendors including Waste Management and PIT's. The manager will directly oversee five (5) Supervisors and one (1) Technical Estimator, support the overall account, and serve as delegate to the Site Director in their absence. What your day-to-day will look like:

Requirements

Served a recognized apprenticeship with electrical bias and worked within a Planned Preventative and Reactive maintenance regime
NEBOSH/IOSH or other recognized H+S training
Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Demonstrating the ability to use your own initiative
3+ years of experience working in a similar role, ideally within a critical facility managing teams of multi-skilled engineers and third-party contractors

Nice To Haves

Bachelors of Science degree or 10+ years of experience in Utilities and/or Facilities

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development: The Engineering Manager provides daily leadership to supervisors, conducting monthly one-to-ones, annual performance reviews, and setting clear objectives for team development. You will ensure team members complete mandatory MyDevelopment online training monthly and conduct regular tool box talks with attendance tracking. Your role includes driving supervisors excellence through regular review, coaching, and participation in provided training.
Operational Management & Compliance: Managing all planned maintenance tasks within contract scope, you will coordinate reactive calls and breakdowns while reporting monthly SLAs to support the FM team with comprehensive reports and weekly SLA calls. You will manage your team of Technicians to support agreed SLAs and KPIs, ensuring timely completion of eCAP or other client system approval processes. Critical to this role is maintaining 100% statutory compliance through accurate log book management, timely receipt of statutory compliance reports with Facility Manager support, and acting as Deputy Responsible for Site Operations.
Health, Safety & Quality Assurance: You will support and implement JLL health and safety policies, continuously updating risk assessments and method statements while maintaining up-to-date records and communicating these to your team. You will support the management and control of contractors onsite, reviewing risk assessments and method statements, supporting permit-to-work issuance, and ensuring site inductions for both engineering staff and third-party vendors.
Financial & Administrative Management : Supporting the Site Director with monthly billing trackers, you will help control budget costs for M+E invoicing, identify and flag all billable activity, and conduct financial reviews of spending across your area, taking action on exceptions. You will manage security and engineering on-call rotation schedules, oversee engineer overtime and call-out payments, and provide pricing for M+E works on minor projects and maintenance as applicable.