Engineering Lead - Mechanical

Mitie; Coventry; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitie is recruiting a Mechanical Engineering Lead to support University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) in Coventry, with occasional travel to Rugby. The role acts as the mechanical technical authority across the estate and keeps hands-on engineering at the core of delivery.

You will lead complex issues, influence standards, and ensure reliability and compliance within a busy 24/7 healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• A recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship and relevant engineering qualifications.
• Significant experience within complex building services or critical engineering environments.
• Authorised Person (AP) responsibilities and safe systems of work experience.
• Strong fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving capabilities.
• HTM knowledge or MOD equivalent standards.

Responsibilities

• Act as the recognised Mechanical Subject Matter Expert across the contract.
• Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical engineering issues.
• Provide technical assurance and engineering guidance to operational teams.
• Support compliance, asset management and lifecycle planning activities.
• Lead root cause analysis investigations and implement permanent solutions.
• Develop technical standards, procedures and safe systems of work.
• Mentor and coaching of engineering teams to improve technical capability.
• Participate in the senior technical on‑call and escalation rota.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Technical leadership

Root cause analysis

Mentoring and coaching

Diagnostic skills

Education

Mechanical engineering apprenticeship

Engineering qualifications

Job description

University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire

Coventry (with occasional travel to Rugby)

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.

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.
• Participating in the senior technical on‑call and escalation rota.

About You

You will likely have:

• 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.
• 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.