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)

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.

• 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‑basedon‑call support (expenses reimbursed for travel away from base site)
• Manage sub‑contractors and oversee minor works projects where required

• 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

• 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

Permanent position

37.5 hours per week

Monday-Friday core hours

Paid on-call rota