Mechanical Engineer

COREcruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

COREcruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join the healthcare estates team at a hospital site. You will maintain essential mechanical infrastructure and support safe patient and staff environments, performing PPM and reactive maintenance in a live hospital setting.

You’ll work on heating, boilers, water systems, air handling units and other building services, ensuring HTM guidance and safe systems of work are followed, with accurate records and responsible for fault

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Mechanical/Building Services Engineering.
• Experience in hospital or healthcare estates environments.
• Experience maintaining mechanical building services.
• Experience with PPM and reactive maintenance.
• Knowledge of HTM guidance and safe systems of work.
• Experience with permit-to-work and isolation procedures.
• HTM Level 3 training.
• Water systems, ventilation, pressure systems or medical gases.
• Legionella awareness or water hygiene training.
• Confined space or IOSH Working Safely training.
• Experience using CAFM, Maximo or similar.
• AP / CP training in relevant engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across mechanical building services.
• Diagnose faults and undertake repairs to mechanical plant and associated equipment.
• Maintain heating systems, boilers, pumps, valves, pressurisation units and expansion vessels.
• Maintain domestic hot and cold water systems, calorifiers, heat exchangers and associated pipework.
• Work on air handling units, ventilation systems, LTHW, CHW and other closed water systems.
• Support the maintenance of critical hospital plant, minimising downtime and disruption to services.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with relevant HTM guidance, statutory requirements and safe systems of work.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, service reports and compliance documentation.
• Support specialist contractors, inspections, audits and minor project works.
• Identify and elevate defects, risks, non-compliance and potential plant failures.

Skills

PPM maintenance

Fault diagnosis

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds in Mechanical Eng

Tools

Maximo

Job description

Mechanical Engineer - Healthcare Estates (HTM Level 3)

Location: Hospital / Healthcare Site

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join the estates team at a hospital site, helping to ensure the safe, reliable and compliant operation of critical building services.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically qualified engineer with healthcare estates experience to work in a live hospital environment, maintaining essential mechanical infrastructure and supporting the delivery of a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

You will be responsible for planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance, fault diagnosis and repairs across a range of mechanical building services, ensuring all work is completed in line with relevant HTM guidance, statutory requirements and site procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across mechanical building services.
• Diagnose faults and undertake repairs to mechanical plant and associated equipment.
• Maintain heating systems, boilers, pumps, valves, pressurisation units and expansion vessels.
• Maintain domestic hot and cold water systems, calorifiers, heat exchangers and associated pipework.
• Work on air handling units, ventilation systems, LTHW, CHW and other closed water systems.
• Support the maintenance of critical hospital plant, minimising downtime and disruption to services.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with relevant HTM guidance, statutory requirements and safe systems of work.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, service reports and compliance documentation.
• Support specialist contractors, inspections, audits and minor project works.
• Identify and elevate defects, risks, non-compliance and potential plant failures.

Essential Requirements

• NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Plumbing, Heating or Building Services Engineering.
• Previous experience working within hospital or healthcare estates, or a similarly regulated environment.
• Demonstrable experience maintaining mechanical building services.
• Experience carrying out PPM, reactive maintenance and fault-finding.
• Good understanding of healthcare compliance requirements, HTM guidance and safe systems of work.
• Experience working with permit-to-work procedures and isolation processes.
• A safety-focused approach, with strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• HTM Level 3 or equivalent healthcare engineering training.
• Experience with water systems, ventilation, pressure systems or medical gases, where relevant.
• Legionella awareness or water hygiene training.
• Confined space or IOSH Working Safely training.
• Experience using CAFM, Maximo or similar maintenance management systems.
• AP / CP training or experience in relevant engineering disciplines.