Lead Maintenance Engineer – Paddington

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Maintenance Engineer to join their team in Paddington. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a prestigious commercial office building, where you will oversee maintenance operations and ensure the highest standards of service. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in facilities maintenance and a passion for career growth. You will be responsible for managing a dedicated team, ensuring compliance with policies, and delivering exceptional customer service. If you are ready to take your career to the next level in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Facilities Maintenance with a proven track record.
• Ideal for a Lead Engineer looking for progression.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance tasks for high-end commercial building.
• Provide management and leadership to onsite engineering team.

Skills

Facilities Maintenance

Commercial Building Maintenance

Customer Service

Team Leadership

Education

Technical Background

Job description

Lead Maintenance Engineer – Paddington, London

Client:

Phoenix Resourcing Services

Location:

London, United Kingdom

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

42

Posted:

11.04.2025

Expiry Date:

26.05.2025

Job Description:

Job reference: JO-2109-245883

Date posted: 17/05/2024

Lead Maintenance Engineer – Paddington – £50,000
Location: Paddington
Salary: £50,000 + Plenty of Overtime
Hours: Days Monday to Friday

An excellent opportunity to work in a Very High-End Commercial Office Building in Paddington has arisen with one of the UK’s largest Engineering companies. The successful candidate will assist the Engineering Supervisor with the effective day-to-day hard services operations at the site, overseeing the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance tasks, to ensure delivery to the highest possible standards.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of Facilities Maintenance and have a proven track record in commercial building maintenance. This position would be ideal for a Lead Engineer currently in a similar position who is keen on progression. The ideal candidate for this position will have a technical background and be looking to progress their career.

Duties:

• Positively respond to both our internal and external customers through effective communication and personal accessibility.
• Understand and deliver customer needs while building effective relationships and providing excellent customer service.
• Be an ambassador of the values and behaviours.
• Ensure a professional image of the client is presented to clients and visitors, and ensure excellence in customer service is delivered and promoted at all times.
• Ensure compliance with all Company policies and procedures, as well as client site policies, procedures and working arrangements, as required.
• Provide practical supervision and quality assurance of all work carried out by the onsite engineering team.
• Drive completion of planned and extra works by the engineering team in line with required deadlines and account KPIs/SLAs.
• Drive proactivity within the team, ensuring that issues and defects are identified and recorded prior to customer awareness.
• Ensure that all records are clearly and accurately completed to support the reporting and audit process.
• Provide management, leadership and guidance to account technical apprentice, ensuring safe working practice and educational development in place for all day-to-day activities.
• Manage third party works on site from agreeing scope and pricing, gaining client approval, through to delivery of works in line with company procedures.
• Actively participate in the provision of a safe & healthy working environment, ensuring compliance with all policies and procedures and client policies, procedures and working arrangements.
• Share best practice with the on-site team via Tool Box Talks and Team Meetings. Raise any concerns with safe working practices as soon as possible.
• Assist with recruitment for any vacancies within the team, as well as performance reviews as required.
• Perform with an understanding of business requirements and changes, ensuring continuous improvement. Drive innovation and best practice with the team.
• Understand all deliverables under the contract and ensure that these requirements are met.
• Ensure that professional and technical skills are maintained through a commitment to personal development and life-long learning.
• Be available to work outside of core hours, to include evenings and weekends, where required.
• Participate in the rotating shift pattern as per agreed rota, responding to all calls in line with the site call out procedures.
• Act as delegate/deputy to the Engineering Supervisor in absence.
• Carry out any reasonable request from management.