Resident Maintenance Mechanical Engineer

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

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Resident Maintenance Mechanical Engineer, London

Client:

Pareto Facilities Management

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

8db0071eee44

Job Views:

4

Posted:

28.03.2025

Expiry Date:

12.05.2025

Job Description:

This opportunity is with Sowga – a specialist division of the Pareto Group

Location: LondonSalary: Up to £45,000

Purpose of role:

As a maintenance operative you will be responsible for undertaking both planned and reactive maintenance. The purpose of the role is to carry out the day-to-day maintenance supporting the Contract, Supervisor or Management ensuring the clients assets are maintained in a safe, efficient, and functional order. You will be extremely well organised and possess the ability to work to agreed timescales, respond to emergency situations and work well as part of a team as well as on one initiative.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

1. Maintaining and keeping in good repair, the clients mechanical & electrical systems along with all associated component parts.
2. Reviewing and checking on sub-contractor performance when on site undertaking specialist service visit or repair works.
3. Maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
4. Complete simPRO / instruction sets ensuring that each line entry on the instruction set is annotated that the step is completed with a photograph when the planned maintenance was completed.
5. Logbook record keeping upon the clients electrical, mechanical water systems including health and safety are completed and up to date.
6. Bring to the attention of the Supervisor and Management any issues with completing Statutory Planned Maintenance where Statutory Planned Maintenance cannot be completed.
7. Maintaining comfortable environmental conditions always via the HVAC plant for the client.
8. Reactive repairs to plant and equipment failure as and when required, fault finding on the clients mechanical and electrical systems and responding to BMS alarms & utilising the system for first line diagnostics.
9. Bring to the attention of the Supervisor and Management any potential hazards discovered whilst completing maintenance.

You will have full knowledge and operation of all plant and services for which you are responsible which includes the following operating procedures:

1. Preparation of plant start up.
2. Plant start-up (normal and emergency).
3. Running checks. Plant changeover.
4. Plant shutdown (normal and emergency).
5. Fault Finding. Optimum Plant Run Times.

To undertake regular “housekeeping” walk-round of the client’s premises to ensure:

1. Plant rooms are in a clean and tidy condition.
2. No health and safety issues are present.
3. Plant is working as per building specification.

Effective and courteous liaison with both the client and the end users is essential, a good level of communication skills, both written and verbal is essential.

To carry out maintenance, repair, and small installation tasks as directed by the contract, Supervisor and Management.

Maintain records and documentation appertaining to Health & Safety, building compliance and Quality Assurance:

1. Test Reports.
2. Service Reports.

To maintain and develop good team relationships.

Keeping the Business Support and Supervisor informed of all work progress.

Communicate impact of maintenance, repair and installation activities prior to their execution across the clients’ assets.

To impart with skills or knowledge to all for the purpose safe and continuous operations across all sites.

Good communication between themselves and other engineering teams to encourage a professional, courteous and helpful manner to our clients.

You will immediately bring to the attention of the Supervisor and Account Manager any real or potential hazard relating to the safety of personnel or threat to the reliability of essential plant and services.

You are responsible for isolating and making safe and confirming dead / de-pressurising pressure systems.

Be on a call out rota to provide the client with full out of hours cover.

You may be required to work overtime during evenings, weekends and public holidays to meet the business and clients’ needs. There is no guarantee of regular overtime.

You will be required to undertake any other duties as may be required by the Contract, Supervisor and Management.

Knowledge/Skills

Experience:

• Qualified to City & Guilds Level II/III or equivalent in Mechanical discipline (essential).
• Completed unvented hot water systems training (essential).
• IOSH Working Safely (desirable).
• PASMA and IPAF 1b/3a/3b (essential).
• Knowledge and experience in plumbing, sanitary wear, drainage systems, low pressure hot water systems, pressurisation systems and ventilation systems / ACOPS L8 and cooling tower systems (essential).
• Experience of maintenance, testing & fault finding on a variety of equipment including: boiler plant, ventilation, pumps, generators, switchgear, cables, batteries, small power and lighting (where applicable).