Electrical Shift Engineer High Voltage Authorised Person
Full Time/Permanent
Engineering, Maintenance
HVAC
M&E
HVAC
M&E
£50,000 to £74,999
£58000 per annum, Benefits: Electrical Shift Technician 58K + Career Progression + Holidays + Benefits
London City
West Central London
JO-2308-258501-2
06-02-2026 03:14 PM
2026-03-08
Shift Technician – Prestigious Financial Institution 📍 London
Overview Our client is one of the UK’s most prestigious financial institutions, playing a vital role in delivering monetary and financial stability for the British public. With a workforce of over 4,000 employees, the organisation is united by a strong commitment to public service, operational excellence, and national prosperity.
The Property Department, through its Infrastructure Engineering function, is responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and protecting the Bank’s built environment. This includes delivering resilient engineering services that ensure business continuity across a complex and highly critical estate. The department also oversees major capital projects and essential services such as strategic health & safety, facilities management, and travel services, ensuring systems remain secure, compliant, and operationally robust.
The Engineering Team The Engineering team comprises approximately 56 full-time professionals, providing 24/7/365 engineering support across three critical sites. These include office accommodation, production environments, and data centre infrastructure, all requiring continuous, high-reliability engineering services to support mission-critical operations.
Job Description – Shift Technician As a Shift Technician, you will play a pivotal role in delivering reliable, high-performing engineering services across the Bank’s estate. You will be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance activities, ensuring that critical systems operate safely, efficiently, and without interruption.
Key Responsibilities
Overview Our client is one of the UK’s most prestigious financial institutions, playing a vital role in delivering monetary and financial stability for the British public. With a workforce of over 4,000 employees, the organisation is united by a strong commitment to public service, operational excellence, and national prosperity.
The Property Department, through its Infrastructure Engineering function, is responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and protecting the Bank’s built environment. This includes delivering resilient engineering services that ensure business continuity across a complex and highly critical estate. The department also oversees major capital projects and essential services such as strategic health & safety, facilities management, and travel services, ensuring systems remain secure, compliant, and operationally robust.
The Engineering Team The Engineering team comprises approximately 56 full-time professionals, providing 24/7/365 engineering support across three critical sites. These include office accommodation, production environments, and data centre infrastructure, all requiring continuous, high-reliability engineering services to support mission-critical operations.
Job Description – Shift Technician As a Shift Technician, you will play a pivotal role in delivering reliable, high-performing engineering services across the Bank’s estate. You will be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance activities, ensuring that critical systems operate safely, efficiently, and without interruption.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) using the Planon IWMS platform
- Respond to and resolve reactive maintenance tasks, prioritising safety, compliance, and operational continuity
- Conduct daily and periodic inspections of plant and systems to ensure optimal performance
- Diagnose engineering faults, assign priorities, and implement corrective actions
- Maintain and troubleshoot HVAC, electrical, public health, fire safety, and other essential systems
- Support statutory inspections and compliance testing of life safety and critical infrastructure
- Work collaboratively with OEM contractors during planned and emergency maintenance activities
- Provide accurate updates and technical input for Shift Leader handovers and reporting
- Act as an Authorised Person (AP) for low-voltage electrical and/or mechanical systems in line with Safe Systems of Work
- Complete mandatory training, competency assessments, and annual performance objectives
- Promote a strong Health & Safety culture, acting as a site safety ambassador
- Ensure service delivery standards and compliance requirements are consistently met or exceeded
- Participate in the weekly on-call rota and support incident response and resilience exercises
- City & Guilds Level 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline
- IOSH Managing Safely (or willingness to achieve)
- Eligibility for Security Check (SC) clearance (sponsored by the Bank)
- Experience using IWMS platforms (preferably Planon) and HMI handheld devices
- Strong technical knowledge of HVAC, BMS, electrical, public health, and life safety systems
- Previous experience operating as an Authorised Person (AP) for LV and/or HV systems
- Familiarity with formal Safe Systems of Work
- Understanding of statutory compliance and regulatory requirements for building infrastructure
- Ability to read and interpret MEP drawings, schematics, and technical documentation
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Sound judgment and decision-making aligned with established procedures
- Analytical, solution-focused approach to fault finding and problem-solving
- Collaborative team player with a proactive and professional mindset
- High standards of workmanship, accuracy, and attention to detail
- Strong time management and task prioritisation skills
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