Resident Engineer

WATES; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Resident Engineer to perform maintenance duties on site in Kingston-upon-Thames. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent mechanical and electrical experience, strong communication skills, and a commitment to health and safety. This role focuses on ensuring high-quality service delivery while managing client relationships and supervising subcontractors. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Travel covered to site

Private Medical Insurance

Pension with 5% employer contribution

Health and Wellness programme

22 days holidays + bank holidays

Learning and development opportunities

Industry leading family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities management and managing multiple sites.
• Good knowledge of plant room and building maintenance.
• Strong abilities in troubleshooting and client communication.

Responsibilities

• Execute planned preventative maintenance and reactive works.
• Supervise subcontractors ensuring task compliance to standards.
• Create Method Statements and Risk Assessments for safe practices.

Skills

Mechanical Knowledge

Electrical Experience

Communication Skills

Multitasking

Health and Safety Management

Education

Electrical or Mechanical qualification (NVQ or City & Guilds)

Job description

The Vacancy

RESIDENT ENGINEER

Join Wates: Resident Engineer Needed!

Wates is offering an outstanding opportunity for a mechanically / Electrically experienced Resident Engineer to join our team, stationed on-site at one of our large commercial buildings in Kingston-Upon Thames. Your primary focus will be executing planned preventative maintenance and reactive works on building plant, equipment, and systems, as well as swiftly responding to site engineering emergencies.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Resident Engineer, your core responsibility will revolve around conducting planned preventative maintenance and reactive works on behalf of our clients. Your qualifications and experience in the field are crucial, but what truly sets you apart are your exceptional communication skills, ensuring top-notch customer service delivery. Your ability to multitask effectively, meet tight deadlines, and collaborate seamlessly with your team to troubleshoot on the go is paramount, all while championing health and safety excellence.

Key Accountabilities as Resident Engineer:

Accurately record all reactive and PPM tasks, ensuring detailed documentation is completed and signed off by the client weekly.

Prepare Method Statements and Risk Assessments for all tasks to guarantee safe working practices.

Effectively supervise subcontractors to ensure tasks are completed to the highest standards.

Ensure strict compliance with all Company policies and procedures.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work primarily on a single site.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have the following:

• Knowledge of mechanical and building services maintenance

• Previous FM experience managing multiple sites

• Strong Electrical / Mechanical Experience

• Electrical or Mechanical qualification such as NVQ or City & Guilds.

• Good knowledge of a plant room and day to day building maintenance

Ready to take the lead in maintaining excellence? Join us at Wates and make your mark! Apply now.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary
• Travel covered to any of our site (subject to HMRC advisory rates and location)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 5% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 22 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.