Engineering Lead /Supervisor (Electrical)

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible lifestyle benefits

Salary Finance

Mitie Stars recognition

Cycle-to-work scheme

Life cover

Enhanced pension

MiDeals discounts

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a Senior Electrical Team Lead to oversee electrical maintenance across three Portsmouth client sites. You will lead a hands-on team, ensure safe, compliant, and timely works, and drive performance across the engineering group.

The role suits a Senior Electrical Engineer ready to step up, with strong leadership, technical expertise, and a commitment to health and safety standards. On-call responsibilities apply.

Qualifications

• City & Guilds 2360 Parts 1 & 2 or equivalent electrical qualification.
• Willingness to obtain SC Clearance.
• Experience in supervising electrical installation, maintenance and repair.

Responsibilities

• Supervise electrical maintenance across client sites.
• Ensure planned maintenance aligns with schedules and contracts.
• Lead and support a team of engineers, ensuring safety compliance.
• Oversee subcontractors and RAMS adherence.
• Monitor KPIs and support training and appraisals.

Skills

Team leading

Electrical installation

Electrical maintenance

Health & safety compliance

IT literacy

UK driving licence

18th Edition Wiring Regulations

IOSH Managing Safely (desirable)

Education

City & Guilds 2360 Parts 1 & 2 or equivalent electrical qualification

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

ROLE: Senior Electrical Team Lead

HOURS: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday (with on call) - 7:30am - 4pm

LOCATION: Portsmouth (3 sites)

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place towork where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for anEngineering Lead /Supervisor (Electrical)to oversee planned and reactive maintenance across three client sites, ensuring works are completed safely, efficiently and to the highest standards. This is a hands‑on supervisory role, combining technical expertise with leadership and compliance responsibility.

Are you a Senior Electrical Engineer, Team Leader, or Supervisor in your current position? If so, please read on:

This position could lend itself to an individual that knows they are ready to step up a level but currently not being given that opportunity. If you can demonstrate you have the technical skills, hunger, and desire to lead a small team then we want to hear from you.

If you are already in a Team Leader or Supervisory role and your current company no longer serve your career aspirations, or you simply need a change, then this role will be idea for you.

Role Responsibilities

• Supervise and deliver electrical maintenance and repair works across multiple client sites.
• Ensure all planned preventative maintenance is completed in line with schedules and contractual requirements.
• Lead, manage and support a team of engineers, ensuring compliance with Mitie and site Health & Safety policies.
• Supervise subcontractors, ensuring works are carried out in line with RAMS and site rules.
• Monitor performance against KPIs and actively participate in training, appraisals, and development activities.

Required Qualifications

Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role:

• City & Guilds 2360 Parts 1 & 2 or equivalent electrical qualification
• Ability to obtain SC Clearance

What We're Looking For

• Experience in Team Leading or Supervising in Facilities/Engineering.
• Strong experience in electricalinstallation, maintenance, and repair work
• Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and safe systems of work or relevant compliance understanding.
• IT literacy, with the ability to accurately record work and documentation.
• Willingness to join a call-out rota and hold afull UK driving licence.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations, ECS/ECC and IOSH Managing Safely (desirable)

Our market‑leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well‑known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle‑to‑work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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