Heat Pump Engineer

Octopus Energy Group; Croydon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary: £38,000 base per year

On-target earnings £45,000

£2,500 annual bonus

Training programme worth £7,000

Share Options in Octopus Energy

£25 per week lunch allowance

Company Vehicle and fuel

Use of company tools

Uniform and PPE

Personal development in Renewable Tech

Job summary

Octopus Energy Group is recruiting Plumbing and Heating Engineers to install Air Source Heat Pumps in customers' homes across the London area. We offer full training for those transitioning to renewables and a field-based role covering the London region.

You will install low carbon technology, learn new systems at our state-of-the-art training centre, and collaborate on specifications and drawings. You’ll lead a crew, ensuring top quality and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Plumbing and Heating (or equivalent) and a full, clean driving licence.
• Experience installing boilers; knowledge of air source heat pumps is a plus.
• Ability to fault-find and understand heating system design & domestic hot & cold water systems.
• Experience reviewing and challenging technical specifications & mechanical drawings.
• Knowledge of electrical levels is helpful.
• Knowledge of hydraulic systems - design and quality standards (CIBSE & MCS) beneficial but not essential.
• F-gas knowledge is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Install low carbon technology in customers' homes, starting with Air Source Heat Pumps.
• Receive thorough training at our R&D centre and apply solutions to field installations.
• Deliver an outstanding customer experience using your heat pump expertise.
• Review and collaborate on technical specifications and mechanical drawings.
• Work with an electrician to commission Air Source Heat Pumps.
• Lead a team and empower crew to make on-the-spot decisions for customers.

Skills

Boiler installation

Heat pump installation

Fault finding

Heating design

Water systems knowledge

Electrical basics

Hydraulic systems knowledge

F-gas knowledge

Education

NVQ Level 2 Plumbing & Heating

Full, clean Driving Licence

Job description

We're recruiting Plumbing and Heating Engineers to install our AirSource Heat Pumps. We're looking for passionate people who have worked on the installation of heating systems and we provide full training for candidates looking to make the transition to renewables!

This is a field based role covering the London area.

What you'll do

• You’ll work as part of a team to install low carbon technology in customers' homes - starting with Air Source Heat Pumps
• You’ll learn about new technologies and get awesome training in our state-of-the-art £10m training centre; giving you the confidence to install the kit, to find solutions to challenges and to share low carbon advice with our customers
• You’ll use your knowledge and experience of heat pump installations to deliver an outrageous experience
• You’ll review and collaborate on technical specifications and mechanical drawings
• You’ll work with an electrician to commission Air Source Heat Pumps
• You’ll lead a team; be responsible for your crew and empower them to make on-the-fly decisions to do what’s right for you and your customers

What you'll have

• You’ll be experienced in the installation of boilers and it's a plus if you know about air source heat pumps
• You’ll be an experienced plumbing and heating engineer with knowledge of heating system design and the ability to fault find. You’ll also have domestic hot & cold water system knowledge
• You’ll have experience of reviewing and challenging technical specifications & mechanical drawings
• It would be great if you had knowledge of and a basic competency in electrical levels
• It would be great if you had experience with hydraulic systems to design & quality standards - CIBSE & MCS - but this isn't a must
• Similarly F-gas would be great but it’s not essential

Qualifications

• For this role, you need a minimum NVQ level 2 (or equivalent experience) within the Plumbing and Heating pathway and a full, clean Driving Licence

It would be great if you had some of the below too

• WRAS Water Supply Regs
• UHW10/HWSS Unvented DHW Storage Systems
• Gas safe certification
• BPEC L3 or equivalent in heat pump installation

What we offer

• Basic salary £38,000 per year
• On-target earnings £45,000
• Additional salary for overtime/on-call
• £2,500 annual bonus
• Training programme worth £7,000 at our state-of-the-art R&D centre
• Share Options in Octopus Energy
• £25 per week lunch allowance
• Use of company tools
• Uniform and all PPE
• Company Vehicle and fuel
• Support for personal development in Renewable Tech

Schedule

• Job Type: Full-time
• Schedule: 8 hour shift (8am - 5pm Monday - Friday) 42.5 hours per week
• Overtime

Other Perks

• Octopus Energy is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about!
• We've officially a world class company to work for [Best Companies] and we're in Glassdoor's [Top 50 best places to work in 2022]
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Why else you'll love it here

Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!

Octopus Energy Group is aunique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were named the UK's top company to work for in 2025, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership

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