Building Maintenance Team Leader at Discovery Limited

Job Purpose

• This Role is to oversee and ensure maintenance strategies are carried out timeously and to manufactures specifications, fault finding and analyses. The delivery is to ensure that Key HVAC systems are operational and associated SLA are adhered to for both Critical and non-critical areas. Additional aspect of this will be required to report on operations, Tracking expenditure against budgets and vetting associated costs, consulting with professionals and Clients, Managing team. Project management of installations and office churns. 

Key Responsibilities  

 Carry out Maintenance Strategies

• Preventative ensure schedules are drawn up and carried out
• Ensure all Statutory maintenance is carried when required
• Reactive maintenance SLA are adhered to fault finding is done accurately and analyses is done condition Based maintenance – carry out required maintenance when required

Financial aspects

• Assist with budgeting expenses and motivations
• Track costs and against budget
• Vetting invoices and quotes
• Capital expenditure motivations, allocations 
• Order number submissions for Purchasing

Project management 

• Installations
• Office churns

Team management

• Coaching and training
• Taskings
• Skills development of team
• Drive values within the team

Commissioning

• Commission of equipment and new installations

Contractor management

• Manage contractors on site
• Quality control
• Work permit submissions s
• Manage contractor SLA

Safety

• Ensure safety standard, OHS act, regulatory requirements are adhered to
• Appropriate PPE is worn
• Lockout are carried out
• Safety Process are followed

Data Center environment

• Change control processes and Roll back plans
• Monitoring and analyzing trends
• Maintain optimal conditions
• Reporting

 Work Experience

• Knowledge and work experience in HVAC Field (5 years minimum)
• Work with chilled water and direct expansion units
• Managing a team

Advantageous

• Managing Data center environments (white space and Energy centers)
• Working on HVAC Critical equipment (Chillers, Computer Room AC units)

 Education

• Matric
• ACCRA level 3

 Advantageous

• ACCRA level 4 or higher and qualified refrigeration mechanic

 Technical Skills or Knowledge

• Work with chilled water and direct expansion units. Understanding operations of the mechanical systems. Installations and commissioning of equipment. Operation and understanding of a BMS systems. Operation and programing of Speed drives.  Computer skills in Microsoft packages.
• Programing of Rickard, operation of water pumps with chillers and cooling towers. Pressure testing, air and water balancing, read Psychometric charts.