Mobile Mechanical Engineer (South London)

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Finance

MiDeals discounts

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a Mobile Mechanical Engineer to service the MET Police estate in South London. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance across critical building systems, ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency on each visit.

The role requires experience in mobile maintenance, the ability to work across multiple sites, and a willingness to join an on-call rota. You will engage with clients, complete documentation, and travel between sites within the

Qualifications

• Level 2 or 3 qualification in Plumbing, Heating, and Ventilation (City & Guilds or equivalent).
• Proven experience in commercial mechanical maintenance or facilities management.
• Willingness and ability to obtain MET Police CTC Clearance (process can take up to 7-10 months).

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance, and fault finding on mechanical systems.
• Maintain and repair systems including AHUs, ventilation (intake/extract), FCUs, heating and cooling systems, and water assets (booster sets, chlorifiers, water heaters).
• Respond to client queries on-site and provide clear updates on works undertaken.
• Accurately complete all documentation, including service reports, inspection logs, and remedial actions.
• Support on-call rota and travel between sites within the same contract area.

Skills

Mobile maintenance experience

Public sector/FM experience

On-call readiness

Education

Plumbing/Heating/ Ventilation cert

Tools

HVAC knowledge

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

South London | Full-time | Mobile role (on-call required)

We're looking for a Mobile Mechanical Engineer to join our team supporting the MET Police estate across South London. In this role, you'll deliver planned and reactive maintenance across critical building systems, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Mobile Mechanical Engineer who can maintain and repair mechanical systems across police facilities, delivering high-quality service on every visit.

Role Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance, and fault finding on mechanical systems


• Maintain and repair systems including AHUs, ventilation (intake/extract), FCUs, heating and cooling systems, and water assets (booster sets, chlorifiers, water heaters)


• Respond to client queries on-site and provide clear updates on works undertaken


• Accurately complete all documentation, including service reports, inspection logs, and remedial actions


• Support on-call rota and travel between sites within the same contract area

Required Qualifications

• Level 2 or 3 qualification in Plumbing, Heating, and Ventilation (City & Guilds or equivalent)


• Proven experience in commercial mechanical maintenance or facilities management


• Willingness and ability to obtain MET Police CTC Clearance (process can take up to 7-10 months)

What We're Looking For

• Experience working in a mobile maintenance role or multi-site environment


• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills


• Good communication skills with a proactive, client-focused approach


• Experience participating in an on-call rota


• Ability to manage workload independently and prioritise tasks effectively

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to work on a high-profile public sector contract


• Mobile role covering two closely located sites under one account


• Ongoing training and development opportunities

There's a place for you at Mitie, join us today!

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Inder Mann at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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