Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Laing O'Rourke; Dartford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke is seeking a skilled Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join their facilities team. This role involves maintaining essential building systems, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and delivering high-quality service. The ideal candidate will have relevant engineering qualifications and experience in a similar role, with strong communication and teamwork skills.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar Mechanical & Electrical maintenance role.
• Solid understanding of HVAC systems and electrical infrastructure.
• Good working knowledge of health and safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support to the facilities team.
• Perform planned and reactive maintenance on systems.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Logical and well-organised

Detail-oriented

Strong communication skills

Team player

Education

Relevant engineering qualifications (e.g., City & Guilds, NVQ, HNC/HND)

Tools

Building Management Systems (BMS)

Job description

Are you an M&E biased Maintenance Engineer?

Would you like to work for an industry leading construction and engineering company?

Laing O'Rourke are currently seeking a skilled and proactive Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join our dynamic facilities team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where you will play a key role in maintaining and improving essential building systems, while ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day support to the facilities team, ensuring efficient and high-quality service delivery.
• Take ownership of incoming facilities requests, responding effectively and seeing them through to resolution.
• Carry out and follow up on regular facilities inspections, addressing actions as required.
• Ensure all work is compliant with relevant health and safety regulations and industry standards.
• Perform planned and reactive maintenance on a range of systems including:
• Chillers
• Boilers
• Pressure Vessels
• Switchgear & Lighting Systems
• Building Management System (BMS)
• Engage in daily monitoring and operation of the BMS.
• Conduct general ad-hoc maintenance tasks as needed.

Key Skills & Attributes:

• Logical and well-organised, with the ability to prioritise workload effectively.
• Numerate, literate, and detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy.
• Demonstrates initiative and takes responsibility for completing tasks from start to finish.
• Deadline-driven and focused on delivering results on time.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams.
• A dependable team player who supports colleagues and contributes to a positive working environment.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels and build strong working relationships.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in a similar Mechanical & Electrical maintenance role.
• Solid understanding of HVAC systems, electrical infrastructure, and building services.
• Relevant engineering qualifications (e.g., City & Guilds, NVQ, HNC/HND).
• Good working knowledge of health and safety legislation.
• Experience with Building Management Systems (BMS) is desirable.

About us:

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

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