Mechanical Technician

King's College London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Mechanical Technician to join their dynamic team. This role involves ensuring the operational performance and safety of buildings while conducting planned and reactive maintenance. You will be responsible for liaising with specialist contractors and maintaining high-quality service delivery. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mechanical engineering, excellent problem-solving skills, and a commitment to health and safety standards. Join this forward-thinking organization and contribute to maintaining a safe and efficient environment for all staff and visitors.

Qualifications

• Experience in planned preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Familiarity with engineering designs and installations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned maintenance and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Liaise with subcontractors and maintain service delivery.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Health and Safety Compliance

Problem Solving

Customer Service

IT Literacy

Education

Level 3 Award/Certificate in Mechanical Field

Time Serviced Apprenticeship (Mechanical)

Tools

CAFM System

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Teams

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About us:

Kings College London is a world class university and the department of Estates and Facilities, Engineering Strand is responsible for maintaining reactive, planned and compliance services across the Campus for all staff, students and visitors.

About the role:

Responsible for undertaking planned preventative and reactive maintenance throughout College buildings, ensuring adherence to operational, regulatory and statutory compliance requirements. Ensuring records of planned and reactive maintenance are kept up to date and to a high standard.

The role will have responsibility for the operational performance and safety of buildings at all times and will liaise with specialist sub-contractors, other building dedicated engineers and clients to maintain high quality service delivery and maximum system uptime.

The Mechanical Technician will be expected to optimise and analyse performance, whilst problem solving and offering creative solutions.

• Develop a complete familiarity with the operation and recovery of all business-critical systems within the building portfolio.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and report faults and ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines, statutory acts and regulations. Update site-specific work schedules and re-programme regularly.
• Maintain a Safe Systems of Work process and periodically update as may be required.
• Manage and conduct fault finding.
• Conduct statutory system and asset testing and report accordingly.
• Deal responsibly with emergencies and breakdowns.
• Deliver and comply with all statutory, client specific environmental, health, safety and quality standards applicable to the College environment.
• Minimise the risk of plant failure and breakdown and promote a reliability centred and conditioned based proactive maintenance process.
• Required to participate in a rostered 24 hour on-call system providing emergency service during non-working hours, at weekends and bank holidays.
• To undertake training and qualify as Authorised / Responsible / Competent Person as required.
• To undertake such other duties appropriate to the level and character of work as may reasonably be required within the Department.
• You will be expected to deliver a high level of customer focused service and participate in training when required (Fit for King’s, etc).

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

1. Level 3 award/certificate in mechanical field or equivalent or time serviced apprenticeship (Mechanical) and strong, demonstrable competencies in mechanical trades

2. Good knowledge of engineering designs, installations, maintenance and repairs

3. Good understanding and experience of meeting health and safety obligations regarding maintenance activities

5. Ability to work from an iPad to manage work through our CAFM system and IT literate (Excel, Teams and other Microsoft packages)

6. Team player and flexible attitude, attention to detail and strong problem solving skills

7. Excellent customer service skills with the ability to offer guidance on requests

8. Ability to use, repair and maintain tools

1. First Aid

2. Knowledge and understanding of working in critical environments

4. BMS knowledge

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Higher Education

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