Mechanical & Electrical Engineer

Arcus FM Limited.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £48,812 per annum

Full door-to-door pay

Up to 4% bonus

Pension: matched 5–6%

25 days annual leave + BH

Job summary

Arcus FM Limited is seeking an experienced mechanical‑bias M&E Engineer to support reactive maintenance across Dartford, Welling and Bromley area sites. You’ll work with Planners to manage tasks and ensure timely, accurate work orders while maintaining Arcus standards.

The role requires a UK driving license and the ability to travel across multiple sites; a 1 in 4 on-call rotation is expected. A path from M&E Engineer to Senior/Managing roles may exist for long-term growth.

Qualifications

• Experience as an M&E engineer with a mechanical bias in facilities management or construction.
• Ability to travel between sites within the UK and communicate effectively.
• Driving license and the flexibility to be on call on a 1 in 4 rotation.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for reactive maintenance across portfolio sites.
• Coordinate with Planners and Dispatch to open/close work orders in real time.
• Escalate when specialist support is required and maintain professional appearance of Arcus.

Skills

M&E Engineer experience

Facilities Management experience

UK driving license

Excellent communication

Education

Apprenticeship or Qualification in M&E Services/Maintenance

Job description

Why Join Us

Are you an experienced mechanical-bias M&E Engineer?

Do you have experience gained within Facilities Management or Construction?

Can you travel around various sites in and around Dartford, Welling and Bromley?

If you have answered yes to all three, then we may have an exciting career move for you!

Key Benefits:

• Salary: Up to £48,812 per annum
• Full door-to-door pay
• Up to 4% bonus
• Group personal pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6%
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

What You'll Be Doing

Working across our portfolio high-profile clients, you’ll be the first point of call for all their reactive maintenance needs. Our Planners and Dispatch team will allocate your tasks and you’ll work proactively to accomplish them within the set service level agreements, ensuring all work orders are opened and closed in real time. If the job requires technical or specialist help, we’ll call them in - you’re not expected to be an expert but we rely on you to let us know it this is needed. As you will be representing Arcus, it is essential you make a good impression and comply with the dress code and maintain your Company vehicle in good condition.

What We're Looking For

You’ll enjoy working autonomously in a pressurised environment and be able to prioritise a complex and demanding workload. You’ll have excellent written and verbal communications skills, enabling you to communicate all operational M&E issues within your region. You’ll be customer service driven and enjoy working within a people focused environment.

You’ll have experience gained either within Facilities Management or Construction. There is scope to progress within this role from M&E Engineer to Senior Engineer all the way up to Managing Engineer.

To be successful, you will have:

• A recognised Apprenticeship or Qualification in M&E Services/Maintenance (AC, plumbing or mechanical bias an advantage)
• 18th Edition - Desirable
• F-Gas - Desirable
• City & Guilds Test and Inspection – Desirable
• Plumbing qualifications - Desirable
• A full valid UK driving license

Other Information:

The role will involve working 45 hrs per week Monday to Friday, and you will be required to be up to a maximum of 1 in 4 weeks on call.

The post holder must be able to work flexibly, as determined by business requirements and this may involve out of hours work and/or travelling to other regions within a reasonable distance in the UK. Due to this role being field-based / mobile having a UK driving license is essential

Further Benefits:

• Life Assurance
• Access to state-of-the-art training academy
• Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme
• Refer a Friend reward scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health Cash Plan
• Up to 10% off B&Q/ Trade Point
• 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centres

At Arcus we are passionate about individual development which is why we are proud to offer industry leading Learning & Development opportunities to our colleagues. At our National Training Academy in Stevenage we have our own in-house team of experienced technical trainers who focus on upskilling and cross-skilling our rapidly expanding mobile engineering team. Colleagues can expect to receive significant investment in safety and technical training to ensure ongoing development of their skills and expertise and to ensure we retain our industry leading self- delivery capability.