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Kier Group; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Places Workplace Solutions is seeking an Engineering Team Leader to join the Cambridgeshire County Council contract. Based on-site at Cambridgeshire County Council sites in Huntingdon, you will oversee day-to-day engineering activities, ensuring safe, efficient delivery of maintenance, repairs, and project work across multiple sites.

The role includes participation in an on-call rota. You should have a Level 3+ qualification in mechanical, electrical, or multi-skilled engineering, proven

Qualifications

• Level 3+ qualification in mechanical, electrical, or multi-skilled engineering is required.
• Experience in maintenance or engineering roles with leadership responsibility is essential.
• A full driving licence is required.
• Strong technical knowledge in mechanical, electrical, or multi-skilled engineering and good problem-solving skills are expected.

Responsibilities

• Leading, motivating, and supporting a team of engineers and technicians to deliver planned, reactive, and project tasks to required standards
• Allocating daily workloads and ensuring work is completed on time in accordance with contract KPIs
• Overseeing and participating in both planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance tasks
• Mentoring and developing team members through regular briefings, toolbox talks, and performance discussions
• Managing team performance, annual leave, sickness absence, and ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation

Skills

Leadership

Driving licence

Education

Level 3+ qualification in mechanical/electrical or multi-skilled engineering

Job description

We're looking for an Engineering Team Leader to join our Cambridgeshire County Council team based in Cambridgeshire County Council Sites.

Location: Cambridgeshire County Council Sites, Huntingdon
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm with one hour for lunch - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Kier Places Workplace Solutions are recruiting now for an Engineering Team Leader to join our Facilities Management team at New Shire Hall in Huntingdon. This is a mobile role where you'll work across a range of contract sites as part of our Cambridgeshire County Council contract. You'll be based on-site, overseeing the day-to-day activities of the engineering team, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of maintenance, repairs, and project work. This is a working role that incorporates day-to-day planned and reactive maintenance tasks across the contract, and you'll be required to participate in an out of hours rota.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Engineering Team Leader, you'll be working within the Facilities Management team, supporting them in delivering exceptional service standards across the contract. Your day to day will include:

• Leading, motivating, and supporting a team of engineers and technicians to deliver planned, reactive, and project tasks to required standards
• Allocating daily workloads and ensuring work is completed on time in accordance with contract KPIs
• Overseeing and participating in both planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance tasks
• Mentoring and developing team members through regular briefings, toolbox talks, and performance discussions
• Managing team performance, annual leave, sickness absence, and ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation

What are we looking for?

This role of Engineering Team Leader is great for you if:

• You have a Level 3+ qualification in mechanical, electrical, or multi-skilled engineering
• You bring demonstrable experience in maintenance or engineering roles with leadership responsibility
• You hold a Full driving licence
• You possess strong technical knowledge in mechanical, electrical, or multi-skilled engineering with excellent problem-solving abilities
• You have strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to prioritise workload and work effectively under pressure

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.