Shift Technician
Full Time/Permanent
Engineering, Maintenance
Facilities Management (main)
Energy Management
Construction
Facilities Management (main)
Energy Management
Construction
£50,000 to £74,999
£52000 per annum, Benefits: £52,000 + Training + Holiday + Pension + Private Healthcare
London City
East London
JO-2208-252174
10-04-2026 04:05 PM
2026-05-10
Shift Technician / Facilities Maintenance Engineer (Building Services)
📍 Site-Based 🕒 12-Hour Rotating Shifts (Days & Nights) 💼 Full-Time | Permanent 💰 Competitive Salary + Shift Allowance + Benefits + Training & Development
Overview An excellent opportunity for a Shift Technician / Facilities Maintenance Engineer / Building Services Engineer to join a high-performing team within a modern, technology-driven workplace environment.
This role is ideal for engineers with experience in facilities management, building services, or critical environments, who enjoy fault finding, planned maintenance, and maintaining high-performance building systems.
Working within a collaborative shift team, you will play a key role in ensuring operational reliability, system performance, and service excellence across a flagship site.
The Role As a Shift Technician, you will be responsible for delivering both Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across a wide range of electrical and mechanical (M&E) building services systems.
You will gain hands-on experience with:
Key Responsibilities Maintenance & Engineering Operations
📍 Site-Based 🕒 12-Hour Rotating Shifts (Days & Nights) 💼 Full-Time | Permanent 💰 Competitive Salary + Shift Allowance + Benefits + Training & Development
Overview An excellent opportunity for a Shift Technician / Facilities Maintenance Engineer / Building Services Engineer to join a high-performing team within a modern, technology-driven workplace environment.
This role is ideal for engineers with experience in facilities management, building services, or critical environments, who enjoy fault finding, planned maintenance, and maintaining high-performance building systems.
Working within a collaborative shift team, you will play a key role in ensuring operational reliability, system performance, and service excellence across a flagship site.
The Role As a Shift Technician, you will be responsible for delivering both Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance across a wide range of electrical and mechanical (M&E) building services systems.
You will gain hands-on experience with:
- Electrical and mechanical plant systems
- HVAC and building services systems
- Building Management Systems (BMS)
- Fault finding and diagnostic activities
- Live workplace / critical environment operations
Key Responsibilities Maintenance & Engineering Operations
- Deliver PPM across all building systems
- Carry out reactive maintenance and fault finding
- Maintain electrical and mechanical plant reliability
- Monitor and operate BMS systems
- Diagnose faults and implement effective repairs
- Ensure work is completed in line with KPIs and SLAs
- Follow all Health & Safety procedures and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW)
- Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements
- Support incident response and emergency procedures
- Promote a strong safety-first culture and risk awareness
- Work closely with engineering teams and workplace stakeholders
- Maintain clear and effective shift handovers and communication
- Support training, mentoring, and knowledge sharing
- Deliver a professional, customer-focused service
- Identify opportunities to improve system reliability and performance
- Support initiatives that enhance efficiency, resilience, and sustainability
- Maintain accurate records using CAFM / digital maintenance systems
- City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- Experience in facilities maintenance, building services, or similar environments
- Strong understanding of M&E systems (electrical, mechanical, HVAC)
- Experience using BMS or digital monitoring systems
- Proven fault-finding and problem-solving ability
- Ability to work effectively in a shift-based team environment
- HV/LV Authorised Person (AP15) (training available)
- 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) or mechanical equivalent
- HNC / HND in Engineering
- Confined Space / Pressure Systems AP
- IOSH or Health & Safety qualification
- Competitive salary + shift allowance + benefits package
- Clear career progression into Senior Engineer / AP roles
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Exposure to modern, technology-enabled building systems
- Opportunity to gain Authorised Person (AP) certifications
- Stable role within a forward-thinking organisation
- Supportive, collaborative engineering culture
- 12-hour rotating shift pattern (days & nights)
- Site-based role in a modern workplace environment
- Flexibility for overtime and additional support when required
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