M&E Shift Engineer

Shift Engineer (Electrical or Mechanical Bias)
Location: Westminster, Central London
Site: Art Gallery
Employer: Leading Facilities Management Company
Salary: £48,000 – £50,000 + Excellent Benefits Package
Shift Pattern: 24/7 Continental Shift Pattern | Days & Nights
Hours: 42 hours per week | 6:30am–6:30pm / 6:30pm–6:30am

The Opportunity We are currently recruiting for a Shift Engineer (Electrical or Mechanical Bias) to join a leading Facilities Management provider on a prestigious contract at an Art Gallery in Central London.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Building Services Engineer with either a strong electrical or mechanical bias to join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for maintaining a high-profile London portfolio.

You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, safety and operational performance of essential building services, carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across a 24/7 shift environment.

Key Responsibilities
Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) across electrical and mechanical building services.
Respond to reactive maintenance requests, breakdowns, emergencies and call-outs, ensuring issues are resolved with minimum delay.
Diagnose and repair faults across electrical systems and associated building services.
Carry out maintenance and repairs to lighting, power and electrical distribution systems.
Undertake electrical fault diagnosis associated with PPM and reactive maintenance.
Repair electrical systems and controls associated with heating and ventilation building services.
Operate, maintain and monitor building services plant to ensure optimum performance.
Respond to and resolve public health system issues.
Complete site logs, maintenance records and reports using relevant CAFM/reporting systems.
Manage and comply with Permits to Work and safe systems of work.
Assist with subcontractor management and coordinate specialist contractors where required.
Support minor projects and provide event support.
Assist other trades where required and provide cover for colleagues during holidays or sickness.
Work independently and use own initiative while operating as part of a 24/7 shift engineering team.
Ensure all work is completed in line with Health & Safety legislation, company procedures and client requirements.
Meet and exceed agreed SLA and service delivery objectives. About You Essential
Relevant qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
Post-qualification experience within building services maintenance.
Strong experience within commercial facilities maintenance or a similar environment.
Good fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
Experience carrying out PPM and reactive maintenance.
Ability to work independently and as part of a wider engineering team.
Good understanding of Health & Safety, risk management and safe systems of work.
Strong communication and customer service skills.
Flexible approach to working across a 24/7 shift pattern. Desirable
Electrical bias with experience of lighting, distribution systems and electrical controls.
Mechanical experience across heating, ventilation, pumps and associated plant.
Experience working with HVAC/building services systems.
Experience with Permits to Work and subcontractor management.
CAFM systems experience.
Previous experience working within a high-profile commercial, public or critical environment. What's on Offer
£48,000 – £50,000 basic salary.
42-hour working week.
Continental days and nights shift pattern.
25 days holiday, increasing with length of service, plus Bank Holidays.
Birthday day off.
Option to purchase up to 5 additional days' holiday.
Life Assurance.
Pension scheme.
Private Medical Insurance after 1 year's service.
Company sick pay.
Employee recognition and referral programmes.
Flexible Benefits Scheme including retail discounts, eye care vouchers and salary sacrifice schemes.
Access to wellbeing programmes and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
Full induction and ongoing training.
Smartphone and Tablet/Laptop where applicable.
Uniform and PPE where applicable.
Access to an extensive career portal and online learning.
Excellent long-term career development opportunities with a leading Facilities Management provider