Lead Engineer - JR110326

Circle Health Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Lead Engineer to oversee engineering operations and maintenance. The role involves managing a team, ensuring safety compliance, and maintaining high standards of service. Ideal candidates should have a relevant engineering qualification and proven leadership skills. This full-time position offers a salary of up to £49,000 per year, along with competitive benefits.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year + bank holidays

Private Healthcare Scheme

Family Friendly policies

Non-contributory life insurance

Industry leading training opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in engineering maintenance, ideally in a hospital setting.
• Experience in team leadership and performance management.
• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure completion of Planned Preventative Maintenance and Reactive Maintenance.
• Lead engineering operations and manage engineering teams.
• Monitor budgets and resource management effectively.

Skills

Leadership skills

Fault finding

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

City & Guilds Part 3, HNC, or NVQ Level 4 in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

CSCS card or ECS card

Time-served apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline

Tools

Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems

Job description

Salary: Up to £49,000.00 per year (depending on level of experience, training and qualification)

The Blackheath Hospital in London is part of Circle Health Group, Britain's leading provider of independent healthcare with a nationwide network of hospitals & clinics, performing more complex surgery than any other private healthcare provider in the country.

We have an opportunity for a Lead Engineer to join their team of staff in the Operations department. This role will lead a team of Engineers Monday-Friday. Ad hoc weekends & paid on-call.

This is a fulltime role for 37.5 hours a week. The role holder will be required to cover a flexible shift pattern.

Main duties of the job

Ensure the safe and effective completion of all Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Reactive Maintenance tasks in line with Circle Health Group Standard Operating Procedures.

Manage the engineering response to building and equipment faults, ensuring timely and safe resolution with minimal disruption to hospital services.

Oversee the delivery of EBME maintenance routines to ensure all medical equipment is serviced and safe for use.

Provide day-to-day leadership and line management of engineering operatives within your hospital.

Allocate tasks, monitor performance, and ensure training and competency standards are maintained.

Promote a positive working culture that supports professional development, safety, and service excellence.

Monitor and report on Reactive and Maintenance (R&M) budgets, identifying any variances and contributing to cost control measures.

Manage site engineering resources effectively across both The Blackheath Hospital and Southend Private Hospital, including rota on call responsibilities for 4 sites. Travel expenses away from base hospital will be reimbursed.

About us

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service

Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions

Friends & Family Hospital Discounts

Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay

Non-contributory life insurance

Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits

Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing

Employee recognition programmes

Industry leading training and development opportunities

and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work stylesand more.

Were passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.

Job responsibilities

WHO ARE WE?

We are Circle Health Group.

We are the number one independent provider of hospital services in this country, with more than 50 hospitals, 6000 specialists and 2 million patient visits each year.

We offer high quality, safe, accessible and affordable healthcare.

We want to be the most innovative and patient focused healthcare organisation.

WHO ARE YOU?

You make sure that standards of patient care are consistently applied and maintained.

You maintain and enhance customer service and satisfaction.

You promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of all patients, employees and visitors.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

Maintenance and Operational Delivery

Ensure the safe and effective completion of all Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Reactive Maintenance tasks in line with Circle Health Group Standard Operating Procedures.

Manage the engineering response to building and equipment faults, ensuring timely and safe resolution with minimal disruption to hospital services.

Oversee the delivery of EBME maintenance routines to ensure all medical equipment is serviced and safe for use.

Team Leadership and Supervision

Provide day-to-day leadership and line management of engineering operatives within your hospital.

Allocate tasks, monitor performance, and ensure training and competency standards are maintained.

Promote a positive working culture that supports professional development, safety, and service excellence.

Budget and Resource Management

Monitor and report on Reactive and Maintenance (R&M) budgets, identifying any variances and contributing to cost control measures.

Manage site engineering resources effectively, including supporting other sites in your cluster during periods of holiday, sickness, or vacancy.

Support energy efficiency programmes and environmental sustainability initiatives in line with Circle Health Groups environmental strategy.

Compliance and Health & Safety

Provide competent technical, health, safety, and environmental support to hospital leadership, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance.

Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, incidents, and contractor works in accordance with hospital policy.

Ensure compliance with statutory testing, fire safety protocols, Legionella prevention, and infection control standards.

Contractor and Stakeholder Management

Liaise with sub-contractors and external service providers to ensure maintenance tasks are completed efficiently, safely, and to the required quality.

Work collaboratively with Executive Directors, Hospital Managers, Project Managers, and Regional Engineering Managers to address operational and capital works needs.

Attend regional and cluster meetings and training to support continued professional development and service alignment.

Reporting and Continuous Improvement

Produce and submit engineering reports in line with departmental schedules, providing updates on site status, compliance, and performance.

Support service audits and contribute to quality improvement initiatives across engineering and estates services.

Assist in the implementation of systems, tools, and processes to enhance the delivery of engineering services across the hospital estate.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

City & Guilds Part 3, HNC, or NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

CSCS card or ECS card (if electrically qualified) at the appropriate level.

Proven experience in engineering maintenance, ideally within a hospital or similar critical services environment.

Experience in team leadership, task allocation, and performance management.

Comprehensive understanding of health and safety legislation, including risk management, fire safety, and Legionella prevention.

Strong fault-finding, organisational, and communication skills.

Time-served apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline.

Fire Safety or Fire Risk Assessment training.

Experience managing sub-contractors and minor works.

Understanding of energy management systems or environmental reporting.

Familiarity with Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems.

WHAT SORT OF PERSON ARE YOU?

You are a great communicator with different people at different levels.

You are an excellent judge and decision maker.

You are a highly effective problem solver.

You are proactive and driven to succeed.

You are punctual, committed and reliable.

You are flexible and adaptable.

You are committed to lifelong learning.

WHAT ELSE?

This is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This is not exhaustive and may change due to future changes and developments.

You have to maintain your knowledge and conduct your duties responsibly with the guidance of the Health & Safety at Work Act.

You treat all patient information as confidential and would only breach confidence if you felt that a patient or member of staff was at risk of harm.

Health & Safety / Confidentiality

You must maintain knowledge of Health and Safety at Work Act. Ensuring appropriate measures are taken in respect of Health and Safety for staff, visitors and contractors

In the course of their duties employees will have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff and Circle Health Group. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient. Similarly, no information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be divulged to anyone without the proper authority. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded as serious misconduct, which could result in disciplinary action being taken including dismissal.

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This job description is not an exhaustive document and may be subject to alteration in the light of future changes and developments.

Opportunities with Circle Health Group

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work stylesand more.

Were passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• City & Guilds Part 3, HNC, or NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• CSCS card or ECS card (if electrically qualified) at the appropriate level.
• Time-served apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline.

Experience

• Proven experience in engineering maintenance, ideally within a hospital or similar critical services environment.
• Experience in team leadership, task allocation, and performance management.
• Comprehensive understanding of health and safety legislation, including risk management, fire safety, and Legionella prevention.
• Strong fault-finding, organisational, and communication skills.
• Fire Safety or Fire Risk Assessment training.
• Experience managing sub-contractors and minor works.
• Understanding of energy management systems or environmental reporting.
• Familiarity with Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£45,000 to £49,000 a year+ Benefits & Rewards