Engineering Lead, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic, Electrical Engineering

Lead Engineer

Private Healthcare Environment – London
Permanent | 37.5 Hours Per Week

Salary: £49,000 - £55,000 per annum
(Dependent on experience, training, and qualifications)

The Role

An established private healthcare provider with a network of acute and specialist facilities is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to join its Operations team at a flagship London site.

This is a Monday–Friday role, working core business hours with paid on-call participation. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining critical building services and medical-support infrastructure while providing day-to-day leadership to on-site engineering teams.

This is a full-time, permanent position (37.5 hours per week), requiring flexibility to support operational requirements across multiple locations within the region.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure the safe, compliant, and effective delivery of all Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Reactive Maintenance activities in line with internal procedures and statutory requirements

Lead the engineering response to building services and equipment faults, ensuring timely resolution with minimal disruption to clinical services

Oversee the delivery of EBME maintenance routines, ensuring medical equipment remains safe, compliant, and fit for use

Provide day-to-day leadership and line management of site-based engineering personnel

Allocate workloads, monitor performance, and ensure engineers maintain appropriate training and competency levels

Foster a positive, safety-focused working culture that supports continuous improvement and professional development

Monitor Reactive & Maintenance (R M) budgets, identifying variances and contributing to cost control initiatives

Coordinate engineering coverage across multiple healthcare sites, including rota-based on-call support (expenses reimbursed for travel away from base site)

Manage sub-contractors and oversee minor works projects where required

Candidate Requirements

City & Guilds Part 3, HNC, or NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent) in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Valid CSCS or ECS card (if electrically qualified), at an appropriate level

Proven experience in building services engineering maintenance, ideally within healthcare, critical services, or similarly regulated environments

Demonstrable leadership experience, including team supervision, task allocation, and performance management

Strong working knowledge of health & safety legislation, including risk management, fire safety, and Legionella control

Excellent fault-finding, organisational, and communication skills

Time-served apprenticeship in a relevant engineering discipline

Fire Safety or Fire Risk Assessment training (desirable)

Experience using CAFM systems

Understanding of energy management systems and/or environmental performance reporting

Package & Benefits

The employer offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)

Private pension scheme

Private healthcare cover

Employee discount schemes and wellbeing benefits

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Life assurance

Employee recognition and reward programmes

Funded training and professional development opportunities

Additional Information

Permanent position

37.5 hours per week

Monday–Friday core hours

Paid on-call rota