Lead Shift Engineer - Randstad Construction & Property : Job Details

Are you an experienced Building Services Maintenance Engineer with a strong electrical background, looking for a new challenge? If you have the skills and experience in high voltage operations and leading a team of technicians on a shift pattern, we have an excellent opportunity for you at a prestigious, high-end critical building in central London.

• Continental Shift - Days & Nights
• Salary up to £53,000 per annum
• Must be high-voltage authorised

Duties

• Lead, supervise, and mentor a team of shift engineers and technicians, ensuring high standards of performance.
• Act as the first point of contact for technical escalations and emergency situations during the shift.
• Ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with company policies, procedures, and SLAs.
• Conduct shift handovers, ensuring clear communication of outstanding tasks, incidents, and system status.
• Oversee planned preventive maintenance (PPM), reactive repairs, and fault diagnosis across critical systems, including electrical, mechanical, and HVAC.
• Ensure the continuous operation of critical assets, such as UPS systems, generators, switchgear, chillers, and building management systems (BMS).
• Monitor and respond to alarms via the BMS and other monitoring platforms, ensuring prompt resolution of issues.
• Act as an HV Authorised Person (HV AP), responsible for switching, isolation's, and issuing permits to work on HV systems.
• Perform safe switching operations and maintenance on high-voltage and low-voltage equipment, including transformers, switchgear, and generators.

Requirements

• C&G/NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installations
• 18th Edition
• C&G 2391 (Desirable)
• High-Voltage Authorised Person (Essential)

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.

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