Multi-Skilled Engineer

Kier Group; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company is seeking a Multiskilled Engineer (Electrical Bias) to support maintenance activities across multiple school sites in Lewisham. The ideal candidate will have NVQ Level 3 Electrical qualifications and hands-on experience in maintaining electrical and mechanical systems. This role offers a mobile work environment across schools, with responsibilities including planned maintenance, compliance tasks, and mentoring. A full UK driving license is required, along with potential for site diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Benefits

Wide variety of benefits tailored to needs

Qualifications

• You hold NVQ Level 3 Electrical qualifications.
• You have hands-on experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance.
• You have a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Completing planned and reactive maintenance across electrical and mechanical systems.
• Carrying out PAT testing and water hygiene tasks.
• Providing facilities support including minor carpentry and decorating.

Skills

Hands-on electrical and mechanical maintenance

Understanding of statutory compliance

Mentoring junior technicians

Troubleshooting BMS systems

Education

NVQ Level 3 Electrical qualifications

18th Edition certification

2391 Test & Inspection (preferred)

Job description

We're looking for a Multiskilled Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join our Waltham Forest PFI Schools team, with the main office based in Chingford.

Location: Lewisham PFI Schools – mobile role across all seven schools in the borough
Hours: 40 hours per week – Monday to Friday (standard working hours)
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Multiskilled Engineer (Electrical Bias), you'll be working within the Waltham Forest PFI Schools team, supporting our in-house reactive and planned maintenance activities across multiple school sites.

Your day to day will include:

• Completing planned and reactive maintenance across electrical and mechanical systems, ensuring faults are diagnosed and resolved efficiently.
• Carrying out PAT testing, water hygiene tasks, and ensuring all work meets statutory, health & safety, and school compliance standards.
• Providing facilities support, including minor carpentry, decorating, event setup, and maintaining essential tools and spare stock.
• Using and troubleshooting BMS systems, contributing to upgrades, and supporting asset management programmes.
• Liaising with school staff and contractors, mentoring junior technicians, and participating in continuous improvement activities.

What are we looking for?

This role of Multiskilled Engineer (Electrical Bias) is great for you if:

• You hold NVQ Level 3 Electrical qualifications (e.g., C&G 2360/2330/2356/2357/2382) and 18th Edition, with 2391 Test & Inspection preferred.
• You have hands‑on experience delivering electrical and mechanical maintenance, ideally within an FM or multi‑site environment.
• You have a good understanding of statutory compliance, PTW, SSOW and Health & Safety requirements.
• You have a full UK driving licence and can obtain an Enhanced DBS check.
• PASMA/IPAF and Authorised Person LV experience would be beneficial, but not essential.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case‑by‑case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre‑employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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