Building Services Engineer Electrical Bias

OCS Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

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Job summary

OCS Group is seeking a Building Services Engineer to join our team in the UK. The role covers general maintenance, statutory compliance checks, and requires basic plumbing, electrical, and fabric maintenance skills within a facilities management environment.

You will plan and perform preventive and reactive maintenance across office, commercial, distribution, and industrial premises, with on-call weekend flexibility. Emphasis on health & safety and documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in basic plumbing, electrical and fabric maintenance and statutory ppm inspections.
• Knowledge of health and safety practices and risk assessments.
• Ability to work in facilities management environments and meet spec requirements.

Responsibilities

• Plan, inspect, and carry out repairs or preventative maintenance and respond to breakdowns in a timely fashion.
• Carry out reactive and planned services in offices, commercial, distribution and industrial premises.
• Provide guidance to the client and contract support; support engineer sub-contractors on site.
• Carry out minor building fabric repairs; ensure work complies with specifications and health & safety.
• Keep site documentation up to date and accurate.

Skills

Plumbing basics

Electrical basics

Fabric maintenance

On-site maintenance experience

Education

City & Guilds 2350 NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation Engineering + AM2

City & Guilds 2381-18 Level 3 Award (18th Edition)

Job description

About The Role:

Shift Pattern:Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week. Flexibility on weekends for on-call commitments will sometimes be required.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Building Services Engineer to join our team.

You will be required to carry out general maintenance and statutory compliance checks and will be required to have basic plumbing, electrical and fabric maintenance skills, ideally with experience working in a similar facilities management environment.

As part of your role, your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Planning, inspecting, and carrying out repairs or preventative maintenance as required and responding to breakdowns in a timely fashion.
• Carry out reactive and planned services in a range of environments from offices, commercial, distribution and industrial premises.
• Trade skills are desirable or previous experience performing In a similar role
• Carrying out statutory inspection of assets including Emergency Lighting, Water Temperature checks, Fire Door inspection and repairs, Plumbing repairs, Lighting checks including basic replacements and other minor reactive works.
• Being an ambassador for the customer; dealing professionally with complaints and queries
• support engineer sub-contractors upon attending site.
• Providing technical guidance to the client and contract support
• Carrying out minor building fabric repairs
• Ensuring all work is carried out in accordance with agreed specifications and in line with Health & Safety legislation.
• Upkeeping of site documentation

The ideal candidate should meet the following criteria:

• You must have the right to work in the UK
• Must be IT literate to a good standard using Microsoft Word, Excel etc
• Experience in a comparable role undertaking basic plumbing, carpentry, redecoration tasks and carrying out statutory ppm inspections with a good understanding of Health & Safety working practices
• Understanding of planned preventative maintenance regimes
• Experience of completing risk assessments and method statements; along with issuing permit to work for hard service tasks
• Experience using BMS system.
• Knowledge of maintenance schedules and SFG 20 would be desirable
• Ability to record work accurately on work sheets and computer-based systems

Essential Qualifications:

• A craft qualification such as a recognised electrical apprenticeship such as or equivalent to City & Guilds 2350 NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation Engineering + AM2
• The current wiring regulations qualification such as or equal to City & Guilds 2381-18 Level 3 Award (18thEdition)
• Valid and in date Grade card/CSCS Card or equivalent qualification.

Desirable Qualifications:

• An Inspection & Testing qualification such as or equal to City & Guilds 2391-52 Level 3 Award in Initial and Periodic Inspection and Testing of Electrical Installations

About The Company:

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values -Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

Why Work for OCS?

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We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.