Building Engineering Manager in the Property Division - Debden, Essex

Location: Debden, Essex. The Bank of England is the UK's central bank; our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the British people. The Bank of England is a diverse organisation with each of its 4,000+ people committed to public service and dedicated to promoting the good of the people of the United Kingdom by supporting monetary and financial stability.

Department Overview: The role of the Bank's Property department through its Operations and Maintenance Engineering team is to maintain, enhance and support the occupied building environment, and to provide excellent engineering services for all Bank staff. In addition to maintaining and supporting the Bank’s primary business function, the Property team has responsibility for significant annual capital investment, supports business continuity, strategic health & safety management, internal & external events, general building facilities (switchboard, help desk and reception), catering, cleaning, post services and travel team whilst ensuring value for money is achieved in all Bank wide procurements. The Property department’s overall mission is to maintain, enhance and protect the Bank’s building environment including its engineering systems and to provide resilient services to maintain business as usual functionality.

The Engineering team comprises <56 FTE and covers the Bank’s (x3) core properties located in London & Debden (Essex). The London properties comprise of (x2) properties; the Bank's grade 1 listed Head Office at Threadneedle St and a more traditional modern office building at 20 Moorgate. Our property located at Debden is the Bank's print works. All (x3) buildings are highly critical to the Bank's operations and possess various levels of critical systems to support those operations.

Job Description: The Building Engineering Manager is responsible for the safe, compliant and resilient operation of the building’s engineering systems and services at the Bank of England’s Debden site. The role provides operational leadership across engineering and building services that are essential to business continuity, ensuring the building environment is reliable, well maintained and enables occupants and users to work safely, comfortably and effectively at all times. The role also has responsibility for the end‑to‑end delivery of minor works and small capital replacement projects, ensuring they are appropriately scoped, safely delivered, and integrated with business‑as‑usual operations.

Responsibilities: The scope of services to be provided are as follows but are not exhaustive.

• Provide team leadership, operational assurance and strategic oversight of all building engineering systems, ensuring 24/7 resilience, compliance and performance within a complex, occupied and business-critical environment.
• Lead, develop and manage a multi-skilled team of maintenance, fabric technicians and apprentices, including performance management, capability development and succession planning.
• Ensure building services (including environmental comfort, lighting, power, water, life safety and support services) operate reliably and predictably to support business productivity, staff wellbeing and effective use of the building.
• Embed a high-performing culture focused on safety, accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Provide operational oversight and assurance of building engineering systems to ensure continuous availability and resilience.
• Own the planning, prioritisation and assurance of planned maintenance activities across all building engineering systems, ensuring tasks are delivered safely, on time and to the required quality standard.
• Act as primary building systems engineering responsible person assuring 24/7/365 business functions.
• Accountable for system availability, reliability and recovery performance across all critical building services.
• Implementation of the Bank's SSoW processes for employees and contractors.
• Act as the engineering lead during incidents, coordinating response, recovery and stakeholder communication to minimise business impact.
• Provide leadership and assurance for Safe Systems of Work (SSoW), risk assessments and permit-controlled activities for staff and contractors.
• Act as a visible health & safety leader, promoting a strong safety culture and compliance mindset across all activities.
• Own budgets and lead supplier performance, ensuring value for money, risk management and continuous improvement across all engineering contracts.
• Contribute to asset lifecycle planning, critical risk mitigation and medium-term engineering strategy for the Debden site.
• Use asset and maintenance data to identify trends, manage risk, inform prioritisation and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Produce and present monthly performance and assurance reports on planned and reactive maintenance, asset condition, compliance status and operational risk, providing clear insight to senior stakeholders.
• Support energy efficiency, plant optimisation and sustainability initiatives, working with specialist teams as required.
• Act as a Senior Authorised Person (HV/LV and/or mechanical), providing technical authority and assurance within defined Safe Systems of Work.
• Contribute to asset lifecycle planning, critical risk mitigation and medium‑term engineering strategy for the London site, including the identification and delivery of minor works and small capital interventions.

Role Requirements:

Minimum Criteria:

• Engineering qualification (minimum HNC or equivalent) in a relevant discipline (e.g. electrical or mechanical engineering).
• Working knowledge of Safe Systems of Work (SSoW), including experience applying electrical and/or mechanical permit systems.
• Experience operating within a building services or engineering environment, supporting maintenance or operational activities.

Essential Criteria:

• Engineering operations and maintenance leadership – Previous experience leading engineering operations or maintenance teams, managing planned and reactive maintenance, and maintaining service performance across critical building systems.
• Compliance, risk, and safety management – Experience applying Safe Systems of Work, managing risk assessments and contractor controls, and maintaining compliance with health and safety requirements in an operational environment.
• System reliability and incident management – Experience maintaining system availability and resilience, including leading incident response, coordinating service recovery, and implementing actions to reduce operational risk.
• Commercial and supplier management - Demonstrable capability in budget management, supplier or contract oversight, cost control, and achieving value for money.
• Data, reporting and stakeholder management – Proven ability to use asset or maintenance data to support decisions, produce performance reporting, and present clear insight to senior stakeholders.

Desirable Criteria:

• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status, or demonstrable progress toward professional registration with a relevant institution such as CIBSE, IET or IMechE.
• NEBOSH General Certificate or another recognised health and safety qualification.
• Experience using CAFM or similar maintenance management systems to manage assets, maintenance activity and reporting.

This is a people management role. You will be responsible for day to day management of the team and for defining roles and responsibilities. You will develop your team through sharing information effectively, coaching and communicating a clear vision to ensure that your staff are productive, engaged and motivated to deliver the area's aims. This will include setting clear goals and smart stretching objectives that are aligned to those of the team, division and directorate. You will also be responsible for managing all staff-related matters that may arise including performance, absence and sickness.

Number of direct reports: Tbc

Our Approach to Inclusion: The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve. At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public. We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed. For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders. Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.

Salary and Benefits Information: Location: Debden, Essex. This role offers a salary range of circa £51,440 - £57,870 (depending on skills and experience). In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:

• Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year.
• The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
• A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
• An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
• 26 days’ annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
• Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process: Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice.

The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.

The Application Process: Important: Please ensure that you complete the ‘work history’ section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It’s therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process. The assessment process will comprise of two stages. This role closes for applications on 29 May 2026. Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.