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london, london
£53,000 per year
permanent

specialism
construction & property
sub specialism
fm & maintenance
reference number
PR-1412370

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Are you an experienced Electrical Lead Engineer with HV authorisation or high-voltage experience, ready to take the lead on a flagship critical site in Central London?

We are working with a global building services provider who is looking to hire a Shift Lead Maintenance Engineer to take ownership of day-to-day engineering operations, technical performance, and shift leadership within a high-profile commercial building.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a senior or lead engineer looking to step up within a structured environment with genuine career development pathways into management or Authorised Person roles.

📍 Static Critical Site - Central London ...

🕒 Continental Shift Pattern: 2 Days On, 2 Nights On, 4 Off (12-Hour Shifts)
💷 £53,000 per annum + Excellent Overtime Rates + Progression Opportunities

Key Responsibilities:

Lead shift operations and support a team of engineers across all electrical and mechanical systems on site.
Take responsibility for safe and efficient operation of LV/HV systems, including switching and isolations (where AP trained).
Carry out and oversee planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on electrical systems, including power, lighting, BMS, UPS, and emergency systems.
Provide hands-on support for mechanical and HVAC systems as required.
Ensure all statutory compliance and critical maintenance is up to date, documented, and auditable.
Coordinate with site management and client stakeholders for seamless service delivery.
Manage shift reports, logbooks, and permit-to-work systems.
Mentor junior engineers and delegate tasks as necessary during shift operations.
Respond swiftly to alarms, faults, or escalated breakdowns to ensure 24/7 uptime.

Requirements:

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installations or equivalent.
17th / 18th Edition certification.
HV Authorised Person (desirable) or demonstrable HV switching experience.
Strong background in critical building maintenance (data centres, banks, hospitals, etc.).
Proven leadership skills and experience overseeing shift engineers.
Knowledge of BMS, generators, UPS, AHUs, FCUs, fire alarms, emergency lighting, and building infrastructure systems.
Strong understanding of health & safety and statutory compliance in commercial property maintenance.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Are you an experienced Electrical Lead Engineer with HV authorisation or high-voltage experience, ready to take the lead on a flagship critical site in Central London?

This is a brilliant opportunity for a senior or lead engineer looking to step up within a structured environment with genuine career development pathways into management or Authorised Person roles.

📍 Static Critical Site - Central London
🕒 Continental Shift Pattern: 2 Days On, 2 Nights On, 4 Off (12-Hour Shifts) ...

💷 £53,000 per annum + Excellent Overtime Rates + Progression Opportunities

Key Responsibilities:

Lead shift operations and support a team of engineers across all electrical and mechanical systems on site.
Take responsibility for safe and efficient operation of LV/HV systems, including switching and isolations (where AP trained).
Carry out and oversee planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on electrical systems, including power, lighting, BMS, UPS, and emergency systems.
Provide hands-on support for mechanical and HVAC systems as required.
Ensure all statutory compliance and critical maintenance is up to date, documented, and auditable.
Coordinate with site management and client stakeholders for seamless service delivery.
Manage shift reports, logbooks, and permit-to-work systems.
Mentor junior engineers and delegate tasks as necessary during shift operations.
Respond swiftly to alarms, faults, or escalated breakdowns to ensure 24/7 uptime.

Requirements:

City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installations or equivalent.
17th / 18th Edition certification.
HV Authorised Person (desirable) or demonstrable HV switching experience.
Strong background in critical building maintenance (data centres, banks, hospitals, etc.).
Proven leadership skills and experience overseeing shift engineers.
Knowledge of BMS, generators, UPS, AHUs, FCUs, fire alarms, emergency lighting, and building infrastructure systems.
Strong understanding of health & safety and statutory compliance in commercial property maintenance.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

skills
ability to follow job and safetry instructions,assembling furniture,assigning engineers,assiting contracts manager,attend client meetings,boilers,budgets/ wip management,building services,building maintenance,carpentry,carry out reports,changing lamps,client liaison,cleaning skills,closing down jobs,commercial,compliance,concept 500,concept evolution,contractor management,dealing with client and sub contractors,door closers,electrical maintenance,emergency lighting,fire alarms,general administration,geneva,hanging doors,hanging pictures/ noticeboards,h&s,kpi's,maintaining critical plant,maintenance schedules,manage ppm schedule,maximo,mechanical maintenance,office moves,orangise sub contract labour,oranise permits,organise labour and the procurement of materials and parts,painting and decorating,pipework,planet,p&l responsibility,plumbing,power distribution,ppm,previous cleaning experience,radiators,raising po's,reactive maintenance,reactive & planned maintenance,residential,risk assessments,service charge,showers,sinks,sla's,split systems,supervision of engineers,Team leadership,technical back up,testing and inspection,toilets,unblocking toilets,water treatment,wip reports,woodwork

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