Engineering Lead - Mechanical

Mitie Group plc.; Coventry; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitie Group plc is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Lead to join the engineering team supporting University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW). You will remain hands-on while providing technical leadership across a critical 24/7 healthcare environment, shaping engineering standards and improving asset performance.

This role focuses on acting as the senior technical escalation point for mechanical services across the estate, diagnosing complex issues, guiding compliant

Qualifications

• A recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship and relevant engineering qualifications.
• Significant experience within complex building services or critical engineering environments.
• Previous Authorised Person (AP) responsibilities and experience operating within safe systems of work.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience supporting complex mechanical plant and infrastructure.
• The confidence to act as a technical authority and influence engineering decisions.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the recognised Mechanical Subject Matter Expert across the contract.
• Diagnosing and resolving complex and critical mechanical engineering issues.
• Providing technical assurance and engineering guidance to operational teams.
• Supporting compliance, asset management and lifecycle planning activities.
• Leading root cause analysis investigations and implementing permanent solutions.
• Developing technical standards, procedures and safe systems of work.
• Mentoring and coaching engineering teams to improve technical capability.

Skills

Subject Matter Expert (Mechanical)

Fault-finding

Diagnostic skills

Problem solving

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Education

Mechanical engineering apprenticeship

Engineering qualifications

Job description

We're looking for an engineer who wants to remain hands-on whilst providing technical leadership across a critical environment where reliability, compliance and operational resilience are essential. You'll be the person engineering teams turn to when faced with complex technical challenges, helping to shape engineering standards, improve asset performance and ensure continuity across a busy 24/7 healthcare environment.

The Opportunity

Working within one of Mitie's most significant healthcare contracts, you'll provide expert guidance across complex mechanical systems, support critical engineering decisions and act as the senior technical escalation point for mechanical services across the estate.

This is a technical specialist position rather than a people management role, making it ideal for someone who enjoys solving engineering problems, influencing best practice and remaining close to the operational delivery of engineering services.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Acting as the recognised Mechanical Subject Matter Expert across the contract.
• Diagnosing and resolving complex and critical mechanical engineering issues.
• Providing technical assurance and engineering guidance to operational teams.
• Supporting compliance, asset management and lifecycle planning activities.
• Leading root cause analysis investigations and implementing permanent solutions.
• Developing technical standards, procedures and safe systems of work.
• Mentoring and coaching engineering teams to improve technical capability.

A recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship and relevant engineering qualifications.

• Significant experience within complex building services or critical engineering environments.
• Previous Authorised Person (AP) responsibilities and experience operating within safe systems of work.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience supporting complex mechanical plant and infrastructure.
• The confidence to act as a technical authority and influence engineering decisions.

Desirable Experience

• Healthcare Technical Memoranda (HTM) knowledge or MOD equivalent standards.
• Experience supporting energy centre, steam, water, ventilation or specialist mechanical systems.
• Healthcare or PFI contract experience.
• Professional engineering membership and further qualifications.
• Asbestos awareness certification.

Mitie is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineering Lead to join the engineering team supporting University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW), one of the largest and most complex acute healthcare estates in the Midlands. This role has been created as part of a wider investment in engineering capability and will act as the recognised mechanical technical authority across the estate.

Some engineering roles take you away from the technical work you enjoy. This isn't one of them.