Plumbing / HVAC Engineer

Roundhouse Recruitment Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university campus is seeking a skilled Plumbing / HVAC Engineer to join its large maintenance team. Enjoy exceptional benefits including 40+ days of annual leave and generous overtime. This role involves maintaining commercial heating and ventilation systems across a beautiful, multi-building campus while mentoring apprentices and contributing to energy efficiency projects.

Benefits

40+ days paid leave

Generous overtime rates

University-funded qualifications

Qualifications

• Proven experience with boilers, pumps, AHUs, and BMS fault-finding.
• Comfortable with compliance paperwork and on-call rota participation.
• Experience in mentoring apprentices and supervising contractors.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned & reactive HVAC maintenance.
• Produce quotations, permits, and RAMS; keep CAFM/PPM systems updated.
• Support energy-saving projects.

Skills

Fault-finding

Technical Compliance

Mentoring

Education

NVQ/C&G Level 3 in Mechanical HVAC / Plumbing & Heating

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Plumbing / HVAC Engineer (University Campus)

• 40+ days paid leave
• 36-hour week, 4pm finish
• £3.8 k on-call retainer
• Generous overtime (time-and-a-half Mon-Sat, double time Sun/after midnight).
• University-funded courses (Gas Safe, Unvented, Oil, BMS, Cat & Genny, etc.) add £600-£1,200 to salary per qualification.
• Work across a "university-within-a-park" estate
• Clear path into Authorised-Person duties, section lead roles and University-wide projects, all within a well-resourced in-house team

Are you an HVAC engineer craving better work-life balance and bigger earnings through generous overtime? Join a picturesque university estate where you enjoy 40 + days' holiday as well as substantial salary enhancements and funded qualifications that lift your salary every year.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large, multi-building campus renowned for its beauty, outstanding benefits and great work environment. You'll shape the HVAC service and maintain, fault-find and improve commercial heating and ventilation while enjoying stability, career pathways and a work-life balance rarely found.

In this position you will maintain, fault-find and improve commercial heating and ventilation plant across a 300-building estate. From daily PPMs and reactive repairs to producing RAMS, mentoring apprentices and supervising contractors, your remit spans day-to-day engineering and long-term asset planning-all with the tools, budget and processes of a major public-sector employer.

This role entitles you to 40 days annual leave (including Christmas & Easter closures), free training that triggers £600-£1,200 allowances per ticket, an on call rota which pays £4000 extra on your salary.

The Role:

• Deliver planned & reactive HVAC maintenance, ensuring statutory compliance
• Produce quotations, permits and RAMS; keep CAFM/PPM systems fully updated
• Mentor apprentices, supervise specialist contractors and support energy-saving projects

The Person:

• Holds NVQ/C&G Level 3 (or higher) in Mechanical HVAC / Plumbing & Heating
• Has proven commercial experience with boilers, pumps, AHUs and BMS fault-finding
• Is comfortable producing compliance paperwork and joining the on-call rota

Earn up to £1,200 extra per year - the University funds the training, you bank the allowance.

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