Utilities Manager

Description:

This role will manage the relationship with all Utility companies on behalf the client, placing orders, managing, and tracking all disconnections, diversions, new supplies, metering, handovers, billing strategy.

Duties Include:

· Provide support to the project team throughout the life of the project on all matters relating to utilities services.

· Highlight and mitigate any design and production non-compliances in relation to utilities services.

· Assist with business land acquisition and feed into technical report by providing cost & design information at an early stage within the project.

· Establish project requirements for all utilities services and make applications to the relevant service providers to meet the project timeline requirements.

· Manage disconnection works in line with build programme dealing with complex variations. Oversee all activities associated with the utilities services billing process to ensure all outstanding amounts are closed out.

· Review consultants design of project requirements, work with consultants to ensure proposals are in line with companies’ standards.

· Work with utility providers to deliver new water, electrical and telecommunications connections to companies’ developments.

· Manage all utility services metering information to the relevant project stakeholders.

· Overseeing procedure to allow billing for landlords and residential supplies to transfer purchasers/ managing agents/ clients as necessary.

· Able to compile and present project information easily such as costs, programme dates, risks etc.

· This will also be an advisory role and as such the candidate will be expected to be in contact with relevant statutory bodies and industry bodies such as the HBF and Statuary Undertakers to ensure we are kept up to date with any relevant changes to policy, procedure etc. that may impact on our business.

The Person:

• Must have experience working for either developer or main contractor.
• Must have proven experience working as Utilities Manager is essential for this role.
• Must be client facing and able to articulate your point of view in precise and clear manor.
• Must be able to report at senior and board level.
• Must be highly organised, self-motivated, professional, driven, excellent time management skills and IT skills.