Senior Maintenance Technician (Strand)

Corehr; London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Maintenance Technician to ensure the operational performance and safety of their buildings. This full-time role involves undertaking planned preventative and reactive maintenance, providing technical support to team members, and ensuring compliance with all regulations. The successful candidate will have strong M&E knowledge, managerial experience, and the ability to work under pressure. With a generous annual leave allowance and opportunities for professional development, this position offers a rewarding career path in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Opportunities for professional learning and development

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining and operating building services in complex buildings.
• Ability to prioritize workload and work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned preventative and reactive maintenance across College buildings.
• Liaise with contractors and manage maintenance tasks efficiently.

Skills

M&E knowledge

Health and Safety awareness

Managerial experience

First Aid

Ability to work under pressure

Self-motivated

Education

City & Guilds or time-serviced apprenticeship

NVQ level 3 in M&E

Grades A-C in English and Maths

Job description

Kings College London is a world class university and the department of Estates and Facilities, Engineering Strand is responsible for maintaining reactive, planned and compliance services across the Campus for all staff, students and visitors.

About the role:

Responsible for undertaking planned preventative and reactive maintenance throughout designated College buildings, ensuring adherence to operational, regulatory and College compliance requirements. To provide technical and managerial support to Technicians within the team.

• The Maintenance team (of which the Senior Maintenance Technician is part) will have responsibility for the operational performance and safety of their buildings at all times and will have responsibility for liaising with specialist sub-contractors and other building dedicated engineers to maintain high quality service delivery and maximum system uptime.
• Develop a complete familiarity with the operation and recovery of all business-critical systems within the buildings.
• Carry out the planned preventative maintenance programme and ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines, statutory acts and regulations. Update site-specific work schedules and re-programme regularly.
• Support the team with the allocation of reactive maintenance ensuring SLAs are met.
• Assist with the personal development of team members.
• Maintain a Safe Systems of Work process and manage permits.
• Liaise with, monitor and control the activities of all outside contractors working on site.
• Liaise with suppliers, raise orders, and ensure sufficient stock is kept on site.
• Assist with the organisation and completion of water management tasks.
• Manage and conduct fault finding across all buildings.
• Deal responsibly with emergencies and breakdowns.
• Occasional working at height, working in confined spaces, carrying tools and the role varies from being office based to working in numerous buildings.
• Attendance may be required occasionally outside normal hours to deal with certain maintenance procedures and specialist critical system contractors.
• Deliver and comply with all Statutory, Company and Client specific environmental, health, safety and quality standards applicable to the College environment.
• You will be expected to deliver a high level of customer focused service and participate in training when required (Fit for King’s, etc).

This role comes with excellent benefits, including but not limited to:

• Generous annual leave allowance.
• Range of opportunities for professional learning and development.

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

• City & Guilds or time serviced apprenticeship in either M&E.
• OR an NVQ level 3 in either M&E.
• Grades A-C in English and Maths.
• Awareness of Health Safety regulations and guidance.
• Managerial experience.
• Significant experience maintaining and operating building services in a complex building.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines, and ability to prioritise workload.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work without supervision.
• First Aid.

Grade and Salary: £38,232 - £42,999 per annum inclusive of London Weighting. Job ID: 107025

Post Date: 16-Apr-2025. Close Date: 11-May-2025.

Contact Person: Jeff Jackson. Contact Details: [e-mail].