Job Description

-Lead, direct and oversee the overall engineering and maintenance strategy for public housing estates, providing strong leadership to engineering and maintenance teams as well as contractors.

-Be fully accountable for the planning, execution and performance of maintenance, repair and improvement works, ensuring compliance with statutory, safety and contractual requirements.

-Provide strategic leadership and professional guidance to the engineering team, driving service excellence, manpower planning, cost control and continuous improvement initiatives.

-Work closely with senior management, estate management teams, government departments and relevant stakeholders to ensure efficient, effective and high-quality maintenance services are delivered.

-Act as the key technical authority and escalation point for complex engineering, building services and structural issues within public housing estates.

Qualifications and Experience

A practicing member of one of the following professional institutions with a minimum of 8–12 years’ post-qualification experience, of which at least 5 years should be at managerial or senior leadership level in building maintenance or engineering-related functions in Hong Kong:

• The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

  (Building Services / Electrical / Mechanical / Civil / Structural / Geotechnical Disciplines); or

• An overseas engineering institution with mutual recognition agreements with HKIE; or

• The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors

  (Building Surveying Division); or

• The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

  (Building Surveying Division); or

• The Hong Kong Institute of Architects; or

• The Royal Institute of British Architects; or

• The Institute of Civil Engineers; or

• The Institution of Structural Engineers.

Other Requirements

-Proven leadership ability to manage and inspire large, multi-disciplinary engineering and maintenance teams.

-Strong experience in overseeing contractors, managing budgets and driving performance in a complex operational environment.

-Excellent stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to interface effectively with government bodies and senior management.

-Strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to make sound technical and management decisions under pressure.

-Extensive and practical experience in government public rental housing estates or large-scale public facilities in Hong Kong will be a significant advantage.