Shift Mechanical Engineer

Overview

In this role you support hospital facilities by maintaining and repairing critical mechanical services, including ventilation, pumps, boilers and water systems. You will respond to reactive issues, manage BMS alerts during night shifts, and ensure documentation and handovers for service continuity. You’ll pursue Competent Person status for specialist installations and carry out planned maintenance across the site. This is a shift-based role that combines hands-on maintenance with safety, compliance and responsive problem solving.

Pay / Benefits

• 24 days annual leave
• Life Cover equivalent to 1.5x annual salary
• Employee discount schemes on major brands
• Gym membership discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Learning opportunities

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair complex mechanical systems (ventilation, pumps, compressors, boilers, medical gases, heating and domestic water systems)
• Respond to reactive jobs with diagnostics, fault finding and repair
• Handle BMS alerts during night shifts, assess issues, assign tasks, and document for handover to Helpdesk
• Obtain Competent Person status for systems like ventilation, water systems and medical gas installations
• Perform Planned Preventative Maintenance across site per programme and training/competence

Key requirements

• City and Guilds/NVQ levels 2 and 3; recognised apprenticeship in relevant engineering discipline
• Previous maintenance environment experience
• Good knowledge of complexes mechanical systems listed
• DBS Standard check required

• Ventilation systems
• Pumps
• Compressors
• Boilers
• Medical gases systems
• Heating systems

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