_{09th September, 2026}

Shift Engineer (Electrical or Mechanical Bias)
Location: Westminster, Central London
Site: Art Gallery
Employer: Leading Facilities Management Company
Salary: £48,000 – £50,000 + Excellent Benefits Package
Shift Pattern: 24/7 Continental Shift Pattern | Days & Nights
Hours: 42 hours per week | 6:30am–6:30pm / 6:30pm–6:30am

The Opportunity We are currently recruiting for a Shift Engineer (Electrical or Mechanical Bias) to join a leading Facilities Management provider on a prestigious contract at an Art Gallery in Central London.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Building Services Engineer with either a strong electrical or mechanical bias to join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for maintaining a high-profile London portfolio.

You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, safety and operational performance of essential building services, carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across a 24/7 shift environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) across electrical and mechanical building services.
• Respond to reactive maintenance requests, breakdowns, emergencies and call-outs, ensuring issues are resolved with minimum delay.
• Diagnose and repair faults across electrical systems and associated building services.
• Carry out maintenance and repairs to lighting, power and electrical distribution systems.
• Undertake electrical fault diagnosis associated with PPM and reactive maintenance.
• Repair electrical systems and controls associated with heating and ventilation building services.
• Operate, maintain and monitor building services plant to ensure optimum performance.
• Respond to and resolve public health system issues.
• Complete site logs, maintenance records and reports using relevant CAFM/reporting systems.
• Manage and comply with Permits to Work and safe systems of work.
• Assist with subcontractor management and coordinate specialist contractors where required.
• Support minor projects and provide event support.
• Assist other trades where required and provide cover for colleagues during holidays or sickness.
• Work independently and use own initiative while operating as part of a 24/7 shift engineering team.
• Ensure all work is completed in line with Health & Safety legislation, company procedures and client requirements.
• Meet and exceed agreed SLA and service delivery objectives.

About You Essential

• Relevant qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Post-qualification experience within building services maintenance.
• Strong experience within commercial facilities maintenance or a similar environment.
• Good fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Experience carrying out PPM and reactive maintenance.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider engineering team.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety, risk management and safe systems of work.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Flexible approach to working across a 24/7 shift pattern.

Desirable

• Electrical bias with experience of lighting, distribution systems and electrical controls.
• Mechanical experience across heating, ventilation, pumps and associated plant.
• Experience working with HVAC/building services systems.
• Experience with Permits to Work and subcontractor management.
• CAFM systems experience.
• Previous experience working within a high-profile commercial, public or critical environment.

What's on Offer

• £48,000 – £50,000 basic salary.
• 42-hour working week.
• Continental days and nights shift pattern.
• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service, plus Bank Holidays.
• Birthday day off.
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days' holiday.
• Life Assurance.
• Pension scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance after 1 year's service.
• Company sick pay.
• Employee recognition and referral programmes.
• Flexible Benefits Scheme including retail discounts, eye care vouchers and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Access to wellbeing programmes and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Full induction and ongoing training.
• Smartphone and Tablet/Laptop where applicable.
• Uniform and PPE where applicable.
• Access to an extensive career portal and online learning.
• Excellent long-term career development opportunities with a leading Facilities Management provider.

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