SENIOR MECHANICAL HVAC QAC SUPERVISOR

Darke & Taylor Ltd; Long Hanborough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Building Services Company is seeking a Senior Mechanical HVAC QAC Supervisor to join their team. This role involves ensuring the quality of installations, conducting audits, and mentoring junior engineers. The successful candidate will have substantial experience in mechanical installation and a thorough understanding of current regulations. The position offers a competitive salary, career growth opportunities, and an excellent benefits package.

Benefits

24 days annual leave including bank holidays

Company pension contributions

Private healthcare and health insurance benefits

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Emergency First Aid at Work certification required; training will be provided if not held.
• Technical knowledge of current regulations and standards essential.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular quality audits of all projects to ensure safety and compliance.
• Mentor and develop junior staff within the team.
• Oversee commissioning and functional testing of HVAC systems.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Site Installation Experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Full-time | Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire

The opportunity

Darke & Taylor are a multi-award-winning Building Services Company with an established track record of providing job opportunities and long-term careers to people in the Building Services industry. Based just outside Oxford, the Company has a healthy order book and due to substantial growth an excellent opportunity has arisen within the QAC Department for a Senior Mechanical HVAC (heating/ventilating/air conditioning) QAC (Quality Assurance & Commissioning) Supervisor to join its team.

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Senior Mechanical HVAC QAC Supervisor will work under the QAC Manager to ensure that all Darke & Taylor mechanical projects are carried out to the highest standards in regards of both safety and the quality of the final installations. This will be achieved by carrying out regular scheduled quality audits of all D&T projects. The candidate must work closely onsite alongside contracts managers, project managers and other QAC engineers, whilst mentoring them to ensure their learning continues and future roles are developed. Safety control and installation standards and procedures will be continually reviewed and updated where necessary. The Senior Mechanical HVAC QAC Supervisor will have technical knowledge of current regulations and standards and be a source of advice for site and office management teams. The Senior Mechanical HVAC QAC Supervisor will play a key role in promoting positive mechanical installation & commissioning awareness within the company whilst assisting with the building of the D&T Mechanical “Gold Standard” philosophy.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promoting positive safety awareness within Darke & Taylor Ltd.
• Mentoring, developing, and training the current and future generations of less experienced members of the D&T Mechanical & Electrical Teams.
• Maintaining knowledge of the latest regulations and standards.
• Providing guidance and advice to our site and office management teams.
• Carrying out Quality Assurance Mechanical audits across all of D&T projects.
• Checking on sub-contractors’ quality of installation and compliance against specification and drawings, whilst maintaining positive relationships with the client/main contractor.
• Work with our electrical colleagues to ensure that all mechanical sub-contractors and our electrical installations are fully coordinated throughout.
• Creating audit reports to be issued to all relevant parties and ensuring that any shortfalls or required actions are followed up and closed in a timely manner.
• Witness periodic testing of installations and above all else ensuring our installations ‘will work’ and meet our clients expectations.
• Oversee close-up/testing and commissioning on projects. Monitoring the installation process and ensuring our systems are ‘commissionable’. Overseeing functional testing of all HVAC and plumbing systems
• Manage our installation staff and sub-contractors’ installation programmes and interactions with the client/main contractor.
• Continually reviewing control measures/procedures and updating where necessary.
• Being available for reactive technical assistance as required.
• Conducting and creating pre-purchase audit reports, to enable the client to ascertain the current condition of the mechanical installations on projects.
• Helping to build a D&T “gold standard” philosophy with other members of the team.
• CPD record must be kept fully up to date.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Full UK driving licence.
• Good communication and literacy skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Previous site installation experience. This role would suit a Senior Mechanical Supervisor, Site-Foreman or Installation Engineer.
• Must be able to work proactively on their own and as part of a team.
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Outlook software.
• Emergency First Aid at Work, PASMA, IPAF, Mental Health First Aid, Sewells ‘Working Miracles’ and Colour Profile completion. If these are not currently held, training will be provided.

PACKAGE ON OFFER:

• The standard work hours are from 7:00 AM to 4:15 PM, Monday to Friday. However, hours may vary based on site-specific requirements and job needs. This role will require a hybrid work arrangement, with time split between the office and site locations.
• The office is based in Long Hanborough, Oxford and you will be visiting sites across London, Oxfordshire, and the Home Counties.
• 24 days annual leave (including 8 bank holidays).
• Company pension contributions.
• Private healthcare and health insurance benefits.

This position offers a fantastic career path in a growth area of a well-established company, have you got what it takes to join our dedicated, professional, award winning team?

Darke & Taylor Ltd.
Radiant House, 11 Blenheim Office Park,
Fenlock Rd, Long Hanborough,
Oxfordshire, OX29 8LN