Description
As a Building Engineer - Store Development at Marks & Spencer, you will own and deliver a building specification that performs to the required standards of business needs and regulatory requirements across a diverse property estate.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Identifying opportunities to develop and improve building specification standards from a structural, civil, fire, and building methodology perspective.
- Collaborating with M&E, Refrigeration, and Store Equipment technical teams to ensure specifications are optimised across all disciplines, free from clashes, and compliant with regulatory requirements.
- Driving innovation, identifying opportunities, and providing technical solutions to engineering challenges while maintaining focus on sustainability and commercial efficiency.
- Partnering with the feasibility team, external partners, and the Cost Management team to assess viability, identify engineering constraints, support design briefs and tender documentation, and contribute to value engineering.
- Reviewing the output of external Design Teams and Contractors, providing subject matter expertise on complex engineering challenges, and supporting acquisitions, legal, construction, and FM teams with technical due diligence and engineering guidance.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A minimum of 5+ years' experience and a proven track record in engineering, construction, or the development of building and technical specifications for retail stores or buildings.
- Experience delivering complex fit-out projects and ideally client-side experience writing and maintaining technical specifications.
- Fire, Health and Safety, and Building Regulations expertise, including detailed knowledge of the Building Safety Act 2022 and CDM 2015.
- A recognised engineering degree in civil or structural engineering, building surveying qualification, or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience in technical due diligence, working with property legal teams, and a strong commercial understanding including NEC and JCT contracts.
- A good understanding of retail engineering, along with strong organisational, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
In return, Marks & Spencer offers a range of benefits, including:
- 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
- Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days.
- Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
- A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
- A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
- Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
- Industry-leading parental, adoption, and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
- Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues, including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
- A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.