HVAC Engineering Manager

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

About the role

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. Please talk to the Hiring Manager about how they can support you.

Our engineering team at Tesco deliver first class engineering solutions to over 4,500 Tesco stores in five countries across the group. We are responsible for setting standards and delivering innovation in the entire Tesco estate including Retail Stores, Distribution Centres, Tesco Banks and Offices. It is the skills and knowledge of our people that make us one of the leading retail engineering teams in the world.

You will have full accountability for developing technical standards from both a Tesco and industry perspective.

Working with stakeholders and technical suppliers across the group, you will drive innovative and new ideas, identify opportunities and provide technical solutions.

Based out of Head Office at Welwyn Garden City with travel to stores and suppliers. 

You will be responsible for

• Identifying opportunities to develop and improve our equipment standards that include HVAC plant, Air Handling Units, controls and infrastructure, with an emphasis on energy efficiency and low carbon technology.
• Developing the annual business plan for new stores, capitals replacements and Decarbonisation programmes.
• Cross-functional working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the Group technical standards.
• Review and understand equipment performance, working with colleagues to identify and explore root cause issues and creating proposals, which inform short, medium and long-term plans.
• Identifying ways to drive continuous improvement within HVAC products, identify ways to deliver better, simpler and cheaper solutions
• Developing productive relationships with industry experts, colleagues and stakeholders (Retail and Property), energizing and influencing others to get the job done and deliver great results.
• Bringing technical innovation and new ideas to allow the business to stay up to date. 
• Engage with project teams to identify HVAC equipment solutions to complex sites.

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You will need

• A proven track record in HVAC applications with a sound theoretical and practical experience of today’s technologies across the sector. Experience of commercial and office buildings systems is preferred.
• An understanding of the latest trends in HVAC equipment and new solutions
• An appreciation of the day-to-day demands of food retail and a passion to deliver improvements through change. 
• Previous experience of project design and delivery and writing specifications is essential. 
• An up to date understanding of industry standards and relevant legislation.
• A strong understanding of Health & Safety and how to approach specifications to deliver easy to maintain products.
• Good understanding of other building services disciplines
• A proven track record of working in a team with strong communication and collaboration skills together with a positive can-do attitude.

Skills and Qualifications

• HNC or above in HVAC Design & Technology – Essential
• Mechanical Engineering Degree - Desired
• IEng - Incorporated Engineering accreditation – Desired
• CEng - Chartered Engineer – Desired
• Previous experience of working with industry bodies - Desired

Curious about a career in maintenance at Tesco?

Fantastic, because at 13:00 and 18:00, on Wednesday 22^nd January 2025 we’ll be running an online event to share why maintenance looks different here. We’ll be talking inclusivity, our values, and all about the recruitment process. Plus, you’ll hear career stories from some of the women who work in our Maintenance team and get a chance to ask your own questions. To register for the event, click here.

Here at Tesco, things in maintenance look a little different than you might imagine.

First, we're a close-knit, in-house team who are all there for each other, wherever we are in the country.

Second, since Tesco’s got the biggest real-estate portfolio in the UK, there are tonnes of opportunities to grow.

Finally (and most importantly) absolutely everyone’s welcome. We’re all individuals with one very important thing in common: the respect and care we have for each other.

Wherever you join us, you can count on this: your days will be packed with variety, support, and ways to develop. Sound good? It does to us too. 

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.