Plant & Boiler Engineer

Fuel Recruitment Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuel Recruitment Limited is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join a leading medical instrument reprocessing facility in Chessington. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on plant and site services, ensuring safe, reliable operation within a regulated healthcare setting.

The role focuses on PPM execution, fault diagnosis, and maintenance of sterilisers, washers, pumps, and related systems, with on-site work and an on-call rotation to support continuous operation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with both PPM and reactive maintenance in regulated environments.
• Strong fault-finding on electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience with sterilisers, washers and related plant systems.

Responsibilities

• Carry out PPM on plant, machinery and site services per schedule.
• Diagnose faults and repair to minimise downtime.
• Maintain sterilisers, washers and related systems.
• Conduct inspections and testing to ensure compliance.
• Test and maintain sterilisers and washer-disinfectors weekly.
• Ensure equipment is serviced ahead of validation, calibration and audits.
• Coordinate external contractors and service engineers.
• Support annual validations scheduling.
• Keep maintenance records and calibration docs.
• Monitor performance and suggest improvements to reliability.
• Manage spare parts inventory.
• Support continuous improvement to uptime and performance.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Work with operations to minimise production impact.

Skills

PPM maintenance

Reactive maintenance

Fault finding

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Tools

Sterilisers

Washers

Pumps

Conveyors

Control systems

Job description

Our client is a leading provider of medical instrument reprocessing and maintenance services, delivering both on-site and off-site solutions to healthcare providers. To support the continued operation of their specialist sterile services facility, they are seeking a Plant & Boiler Engineer to join their team in Chessington.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer with a strong background in planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive fault finding, and plant equipment maintenance within a highly regulated environment.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all site equipment and building services. Working within a static site environment, you will carry out both scheduled and reactive maintenance activities to minimise downtime and support critical healthcare operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on all plant, machinery, and site services in accordance with the maintenance schedule.
• Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns and perform fault diagnosis and repairs to minimise operational disruption.
• Maintain and repair specialist processing equipment including sterilisers, washers, and associated plant systems.
• Conduct routine inspections and testing to ensure equipment remains compliant with industry and healthcare standards.
• Perform weekly testing and maintenance activities on sterilisers and washer-disinfectors in line with current regulatory requirements.
• Ensure all equipment is fully serviced and operational ahead of validation, calibration, and audit activities.
• Coordinate and oversee external contractors and service engineers carrying out maintenance and repair work on site.
• Support the scheduling and completion of annual plant and equipment validations.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, calibration documentation, and certification to support quality and compliance requirements.
• Monitor equipment performance, identify recurring issues, and recommend improvements to enhance reliability and efficiency.
• Manage spare parts inventory, ensuring critical components are available to support planned and reactive maintenance activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at increasing equipment uptime, reducing failures, and improving operational performance.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide emergency maintenance support when required.
• Work closely with operational teams to ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and with minimal impact on production.

Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience carrying out both PPM and reactive maintenance within a manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical devices, cleanroom, or similar regulated environment.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic abilities on electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience working with pumps, motors, control systems, process equipment, conveyors, steam systems, or pressure-related plant would be advantageous.
• Ability to work independently and manage maintenance priorities within a busy operational environment.
• Understanding of compliance, validation, and quality requirements within regulated industries is desirable.
• Flexible approach with willingness to participate in an on-call rota.

This role would suit an engineer who enjoys a hands-on maintenance environment, combining planned maintenance, reactive breakdown support, and continuous improvement responsibility within a critical healthcare services operation.