Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Sphere Solutions; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days' annual leave + bank holidays

Job summary

Sphere Solutions is seeking a Multi Skilled Engineer to join our central London building services team. This resilience role involves traveling between Zones 1 and 2 to support sites as needed, delivering day-to-day servicing and planned maintenance across electrical and mechanical systems.

You will fault-find, adjust plant, and maintain accurate records while working safely and inducting subcontractors. A strong customer-facing ethos is essential.

Qualifications

• Solid technical background in building services engineering; mechanical or electrical qualified.
• Experience with HVAC and water treatment is a plus.
• Clear communicator, both spoken and written, with a solution-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out day-to-day servicing of electrical infrastructure and breakdown maintenance on mechanical and electrical systems and equipment.
• Delivering planned preventative maintenance and responding to faults within agreed service levels.
• Fault finding, plant adjustments, and inspections of electrical services, plant and systems to contract specification.
• Working safely at all times, following safe systems of work, and inducting sub-contractors for safe work.
• Handling reactive and additional works to required engineering standards.
• Writing up technical incident reports and maintaining accurate worksheets and maintenance records.
• Stepping in to support or cover for your supervisor when required.

Skills

Building services engineering

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Statutory compliance

Communication skills

Education

IOSH Working Safely

Job description

When a building has a problem, people need someone who can work out what's wrong and put it right, without fuss. That's what this role is about. You'll be the engineer who steps in, finds the fault, and keeps busy commercial buildings running the way their occupants expect.

We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established national facilities management provider, looking for a Multi Skilled Engineer to join their building services team in central London. This is a resilience role, so you won't be tied to one building. You'll travel between commercial properties across Zones 1 and 2, supporting sites where an extra pair of skilled hands is needed most. It's a varied job for an engineer who likes a new challenge each day.

THE ROLE

• Carrying out day-to-day servicing of electrical infrastructure, and breakdown maintenance on mechanical and electrical systems and equipment
• Delivering planned preventative maintenance and responding to faults within agreed service levels
• Fault finding, making plant adjustments, and inspecting electrical services, plant and systems to the contract specification
• Working safely at all times, following safe systems of work, and helping to induct sub-contractors so they can get to work safely
• Handling reactive and additional works to the right engineering standards
• Writing up technical incident reports when needed and keeping daily worksheets and maintenance records accurate and up to date
• Stepping in to support or cover for your supervisor when required

WHO WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM

• A solid technical background, either mechanically or electrically qualified, with strong experience in building services engineering
• A good understanding of statutory compliance, including HVAC and water treatment
• IOSH Working Safely or a similar health and safety qualification
• Experience in a customer-facing role
• Comfortable working on your own and as part of a team
• Clear communicator, both spoken and written
• A logical, evidence-based approach to problem solving
• Organised, adaptable, and happy to work across different sites

WHAT'S ON OFFER

• Salary of circa £45,000 per annum
• Monday to Friday, 40 hours a week (8 hours a day)
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Company pension, with 5% employee and 4% employer contributions
• Overtime paid at enhanced rates: time and a half outside normal hours Monday to Friday and up to 12.30pm on Saturday, then double time from 1pm on Saturday and all day Sunday
• A varied role across prestigious central London buildings with a respected national employer