Engineering Supervisor

University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB

40hrs pw 08.00 – 16.30 Monday to Friday

£46,000pa + excellent benefits package

Lead a Skilled Engineering Team. Keep a University Campus Running at Its Best.

Are you an experienced Engineering Supervisor, Senior Engineer, or Technical Team Leader looking for your next challenge?

We're looking for a highly capable Engineering Supervisor to lead a team of engineers delivering first-class hard FM and building services maintenance across the student accommodation and wider campus facilities at the University of Greenwich's Medway Campus.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a diverse estate, lead a talented engineering team, and play a vital role in ensuring thousands of students and staff enjoy a safe, compliant, and well-maintained environment every day. You'll be joining a team responsible for supporting a vibrant university campus, where your work directly impacts the experience of students, staff and visitors every day.

If you're an experienced engineering professional with leadership capability, strong technical knowledge and a passion for delivering exceptional facilities services, we'd love to hear from you.

As Engineering Supervisor, you'll head up the residential M&E engineering team, overseeing planned and reactive maintenance activities across electrical, mechanical and building services systems.

Working closely with the Engineering Lead and Facilities Management team, you'll be responsible for ensuring maintenance operations are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards of compliance and customer service.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you'll combine your technical expertise with your people management skills to drive performance, safety and continuous improvement.

• Leading and supervising a team of engineers across the campus
• Managing planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance activities
• Coordinating engineers, subcontractors and specialist contractors to ensure effective service delivery
• Acting as the key point of contact for engineering activities within student residential buildings
• Supporting the safe operation of all M&E systems, plant and associated infrastructure
• Overseeing permit-to-work systems and safe systems of work
• Managing compliance documentation, audits, risk assessments and health & safety requirements
• Monitoring contractor performance and quality checking completed works
• Ordering materials, managing stock levels and maintaining critical spares
• Supporting recruitment, inductions, training and development of engineering staff
• Assisting with performance management, appraisals and workforce planning
• Acting as a technical expert, solving problems and driving continuous improvement initiatives
• Supporting campus‑wide engineering projects and operational requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience within building services, facilities management or plant engineering environments
• Formal qualification in a relevant engineering discipline (HND, NVQ or equivalent)
• Strong electrical, mechanical or building services maintenance background
• Experience supervising or leading engineering teams
• Knowledge of planned and reactive maintenance within a large, complex environment
• Excellent health & safety awareness and understanding of safe systems of work
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Computer literate with experience using CAFM systems
• Ability to make sound decisions and lead by example

• IOSH Managing Safely qualification
• Previous Authorised Person (AP) experience, particularly LV
• Understanding of CDM Regulations
• Membership of a recognised…