Shift HVAC Engineer

Randstad Staffing; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Staffing is seeking an experienced Ventilation Maintenance Engineer to join a skilled engineering team on a critical site in London. This role involves maintaining HVAC systems, ensuring compliance with standards, and responding to urgent equipment needs within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in maintaining HVAC and ventilation systems.
• Relevant qualifications and certifications are required.
• Must be safety-conscious and team-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Conduct maintenance of ventilation systems and HVAC plant.
• Perform fault-finding and diagnostics.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

Skills

HVAC maintenance

Ventilation systems knowledge

Fault-finding

BMS operation

Education

F-Gas certification

BESA qualification

NVQ Level 2/3 in HVAC

Job description

We're recruiting for an experienced and qualified Ventilation Maintenance Engineer to join a highly skilled engineering team on a prestigious static critical site in Central London. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a technically challenging environment where your expertise will directly support the continuous operation of critical infrastructure.

This role is ideal for someone with strong ventilation/HVAC maintenance experience, ideally gained in a critical or high-reliability setting such as data centres, hospitals, or financial institutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct routine and reactive maintenance of ventilation systems, AHUs, VAVs, extract systems, and general HVAC plant.
• Perform fault-finding and diagnostics on ventilation equipment and associated controls.
• Ensure ventilation and air quality systems comply with current legislation, standards, and site-specific requirements.
• Monitor, maintain, and adjust BMS-controlled ventilation settings.
• Work in accordance with PPM schedules, ensuring all logs and compliance records are up to date.
• Respond to critical callouts, alarms, and equipment failures promptly and effectively.
• Liaise with on-site stakeholders to minimise disruption and ensure excellent service delivery.
• Carry out minor mechanical tasks related to HVAC systems when required.
• Ensure adherence to site Health & Safety policies and critical site protocols.
• Work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary engineering team on shift.

Requirements:

• Proven experience maintaining HVAC and ventilation systems in a commercial or critical environment.
• Relevant HVAC or ventilation qualifications (e.g., F-Gas, BESA, NVQ Level 2/3 in HVAC, or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of air handling systems, ductwork, fans, dampers, and filters.
• Comfortable working 12-hour shifts in a 2 days on, 2 nights on, 4 days off pattern.
• Good understanding of BMS operation and HVAC controls.
• Proactive, safety-conscious, and team-oriented.
• Right to work in the UK.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Skills include following job and safety instructions, assembling furniture, assisting contracts managers, attending client meetings, boilers, budgets/WIP management, building services, building maintenance, carpentry, report writing, changing lamps, client liaison, cleaning skills, closing jobs, compliance, contractor management, electrical maintenance, emergency lighting, fire alarms, general administration, H&S, KPI's, maintaining critical plant, managing PPM schedules, Maximo, mechanical maintenance, office moves, organizing subcontract labor and permits, procurement, painting and decorating, pipework, water treatment, reactive and planned maintenance, supervision of engineers, technical backup, testing and inspection, unblocking toilets, water distribution, WIP reports, and woodwork.