Lead Engineer

Call Out: 1 week in 4 (£200 standby payment per week)

We are looking for an experienced Lead Engineer to join our Building Services team. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated engineer with strong technical knowledge and supervisory experience to take ownership of planned and reactive maintenance while leading a small team on site.

The Role

As Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance activities, supervising engineers and subcontractors, and maintaining excellent relationships with the client.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and supervise the on-site engineering team, ensuring high standards of performance and safety.
• Plan, coordinate and oversee the delivery of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance activities.
• Allocate daily workloads and ensure maintenance tasks are completed within agreed service levels.
• Manage and coordinate specialist subcontractors, ensuring work is completed safely, on time and to the required standard.
• Provide technical support and guidance to engineers, assisting with fault diagnosis and complex repairs.
• Carry out maintenance, fault finding and repairs on electrical and mechanical building services plant, including HV systems, HVAC, chillers, pumps and generators.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the client, acting as the primary engineering contact on site.
• Ensure statutory compliance, health and safety regulations and company procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Complete and review maintenance documentation, permits to work and engineering reports accurately.
• Identify opportunities to improve plant reliability, energy efficiency and overall site performance.
• Support audits, inspections and compliance activities where required.
• Participate in the on-call rota and respond to emergency breakdowns when required.
• Assist in training and developing engineers to enhance technical capability and succession planning.

Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Experience within Building Services or Facilities Management.
• Electrical qualification with 18th Edition.
• Knowledge of High Voltage (HV) electrical systems.
• Experience working with:
  • HVAC systems
  • Chillers
  • Pumps
  • Generators
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Ability to organise workloads and prioritise maintenance activities.