Assistant Estates Manager (Sustainability Engineer)

Queen's University Belfast - Property and Maintenance

Location: Belfast

Salary: £41,519 to £49,536

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Placed On: 25th September 2025

Closes: 9th October 2025

Job Ref: 25/112865

This is an exciting opportunity to join the University's Estates Directorate and support the University to deliver on our sustainability commitments. As the Assistant Estates Manager (Sustainability Engineer), you will play a pivotal role in delivering the University’s Net Zero 2040 vision. This is a unique opportunity to lead transformative low-carbon and renewable engineering projects that shape the future of our campus.

You will be responsible for managing and delivering sustainability engineering projects across the University, including energy efficiency and renewable projects, ensuring projects deliver environmental and financial benefits.

About the person:

To be shortlisted for interview, candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the following criteria:

• HNC/HND in Building Services Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a similar related discipline.
• Substantial and recent relevant post-qualification experience in building services engineering within a complex public or private sector environment.
• Proven project management expertise in the design, specification, and supervision of a diverse portfolio of construction projects, including individual schemes with a minimum value of £250,000, from inception through to completion and handover. This should encompass sustainable engineering services such as heat pumps, photovoltaic panels, and other renewable energy solutions.
• Demonstrable experience in the management and oversight of the commissioning process for electrical building services, ensuring the effective operation of plant and associated systems.
• Thorough understanding of, and experience with, the operational and maintenance implications arising from building services design decisions.
• Comprehensive training and experience in statutory legislation, including Health and Safety, Building Regulations, and compliance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM).
• Proven experience in managing and overseeing the work of consulting engineers, surveyors, and contractors.

Further criteria are listed in the Candidate Information for the post on our website.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information in our website.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more on our website.

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.

If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application.