Senior Digital Buildings Consultants & Digital Buildings Consultants (UK Based)

Role Description

This role can be permanent or self- employed

The role of Senior Digital Buildings Consultants and Digital Buildings Consultants is to both lead teams of consultants and deliver consultancy and systems engineering projects in the field of Digital Building and IoT technologies, applications, process and standards. Working as a part of the FPC Digital Building Services Group, the role will be responsible for delivering projects and services to FPC's clients in order to successfully fulfil the Scope of Work (SoW) outlined in the Agreement, Proposal or Engagement Letter between FPC and it's client, together with any other relevant client side documents such as Business Requirements Document (BRD), policies, standards and processes.

The Senior Digital Buildings Consultants and Digital Buildings Consultants represent FPC in delivering services to our clients and when working with industry partners and suppliers, so will maintain the highest standards of technical and professional performance, and conduct themself with honesty and integrity at all times.

In addition to client facing role and delivery responsibilities, the Senior Digital Buildings Consultants and Digital Building Consultants is expected to be a technical lead on project delivery, an effective Team Leader, to provide day-to-day mentoring & support in the development of other team members, and an active member of the Digital Building Services team. This includes making a positive contribution to the development of the team and wider FPC business, as well as working effectively with all FPC colleagues to successfully deliver projects and support FPC's business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to, the following:

Delivery of consultancy and engineering services and projects for clients in accordance with the Proposal, Scope of Work (SoW) and/or Engagement Letter
Understand and develop customer requirements and business objectives and work proactively with FPC, the client and other stakeholders to meet and deliver them
Build and manage positive client stakeholder relationships
Provide support, advise and collaborate on Digital Building and IoT systems integration, technologies, initiatives and solutions, processes and standards for FPC and our clients
The Senior Digital Buildings Consultants to fulfil the role of Team Leader to FPC Consultants including team management duties such as resource and workload management, HR aspects, including annual leave approvals, planning cover for team absences, performance and delivery management, performance reviews, and acting as an escalation point for both team and client staff
Mentor and contribute to professional development of Team Members, including developing client / project specific knowledge, technical and industry expertise, together with non-technical soft skills such as communication, presentation skills, stakeholder engagement, etc.
Design Digital Building systems and architectures to provide optimum performance, functionality and value
Review Digital Building systems architectures and designs, identifying issues and suggesting improvements
Produce service delivery, technical and project related reports as required
Represent FPC in a professional manner internally and externally, and achieve a high level of customer satisfaction for all work performed
Be an effective Digital Building Services team member, communicating with colleagues and working collectively to contribute to the development of Digital Building Services team and the FPC business
Maintain expertise, knowledge and understanding of industry trends, developments and initiatives
Identify, develop, deliver and support opportunities for continuous improvement for FPC
Report to line manager, acting in accordance with their requests and direction and those of FPC management
Manage own workload, communicating and escalating any issues to line manager accordingly
Identify potential revenue opportunities for the FPC business line, communicate them to FPC management and, where required, support the business development activity for them
Act in accordance with all FPC employment policies and procedures, including FPC Employee Handbook, Health & Safety and Time and Expenses Reporting
Carry out any other duties reasonably requested by FPC Management

Location

The role requires working either at client premises, from home or at FPC premises. It may also require international travel and working across timezones where necessary for project delivery.

Requirements

The Digital Buildings Consultants should possess experience and qualifications in the following:

Minimum 5 years Digital Building and IoT industry experience
Proven track record in Digital Building related roles e.g. Consultant, Designer, Project Manager or Engineer
Strong technical expertise in Digital Building technologies including some or all of the following:
Digital Building Systems Integration design, development and implementation
Digital Building Controls Systems including:
Building Management Systems (BMS)
Automation Systems
Lighting Controls Systems (LCS)
Audio Visual Systems (AV)
Controls Strategies
Control Protocols (BACnet, MQTT, Modbus, LON, MBus, DALI, Fox, SMI, etc.)
Systems Specifications
System Architectures
Schematic Drawings & Wiring Diagrams
Description of Operations
Point Naming and Addressing
Asset Records
Cybersecurity best practices
IP Networking (IPV4, IPV6, Switching, Routing, DHCP, WiFi, Structured Cabling, etc.)
System Audits & Site Surveys
Digital Building / IoT Industry training and professional qualifications
Construction Industry Health & Safety Qualification (CSCS or equivalent) and understanding of H&S RAMS
Effective Stakeholder Management and communication skills, including attending project, client and team meetings, document writing and presentation skills
Experience as working as part of a Design Team to develop coordinated designs, including:
Client requirements gathering and documentation
Technical Submittal Creation / Review
SoW and Specification Development

Benefits

Pension Plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Private Medical Health Insurance

Discretionary Bonus