Lead Maintenance Engineer- Kensington, London – Up to £50,000 per annum
A brilliant opportunity has arisen to work for an established building services company. My client is looking for a Lead Engineer to be based across a large High End Residential situated a short walk from Kensington tube station.
The successful candidate must hold previous lead / supervisory experience and will be from a multiskilled M&E background with a proven track record in building services. The ideal candidate will be happy to carry out hands on maintenance duties and ideally be electrically qualified with experience with pool plant.
In return the company are offering a competitive salary, overtime and the chance to work at this very modern site.
The successful candidate will be required to carry out the following supervisory and hands on tasks.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Act as the first point of contact for all maintenance related tasks arising in the development.
- Ensure all tasks are completed within the agreed timescales, managing the workload accordingly.
- Demonstrate the ability to manage conflicting priorities and prioritise business needs.
- Consistently communicate effectively, in an appropriate manner, whilst building and maintaining positive working relationships, both internally and externally.
- Maintain and facilitate regular communication with the client
- Ensure regular M&E maintenance is carried out throughout the development. Scheduled maintenance duties include testing fire alarms and emergency lighting, inspecting the plant room and light mechanical and electrical maintenance of infrastructure.
- Complete an annual service of all apartments involving: Heating & Cooling, Hot water / HIU’s, FCU’s, Controls, etc.
- Liaise with and effectively manage sub-contractors for both major systems and plant.
- Complete comprehensive site PPM Reports on a monthly basis.
- Uphold high levels of communication with the client, responding to queries and requests in a timely manner.
- Ensure all service records are recorded accurately, with all relevant information detailed, within the agreed timelines.
- Attend out of hours call outs as and when required.
- Overall, to undertake all reasonable requests in line with this role and the wider business requirements.
- To adhere to all H&S legislation in place when carrying out any duty in line with this role.
- Manage agreed KPI and SLA’s
- Management of all reports/site log books
- Ensure all paperwork is up to date on each contract and ready for audits
- Attend client meetings if required
Hours of Work & Salary
- £50,000 per annum
- Monday to Friday (40 hour week)
- 08:00am to 17:00
Requirements
- Electrically qualified
- C&G / NVQ Level 2&3 – Essential
- C&G 17th Edition or 18th Edition
- You must be able to provide copies of your trade certificates
- A proven track record in commercial building maintenance
- Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with all levels of staff and clients.
- Attend client meetings if required
- Offer technical support to the Contract Manager, client and on-site maintenance team
