Critical Services Engineer

Critical Services Engineer – King’s Cross Estate Location
King’s Cross, London

Employment Type

Permanent | Full Time

We are looking for an experienced Critical Services Engineer to join our team supporting the prestigious King’s Cross Estate. This highly visible technical leadership role is responsible for engineering governance, operational assurance, technical escalation support, quality assurance, and ownership of engineering standards across a complex critical environment. The role requires subject matter expertise across critical infrastructure, driving reliability, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement across the estate.

• Act as estate-wide Subject Matter Expert (SME) for critical engineering systems
• Provide technical leadership across:
  • HV/LV systems
  • Generators
  • UPS
  • Cooling infrastructure
  • BMS
  • Fire systems
  • Water systems
• Lead root cause analysis and technical investigations

• Manage technical triage for critical incidents and system failures
• Support emergency response and fault diagnosis
• Produce technical reports and recommendations

• Carry out engineering audits and quality inspections
• Review MOPs, SOPs, RAMS, switching schedules and maintenance procedures
• Ensure compliance with statutory and client engineering standards

• Develop and maintain engineering procedures, policies and standards
• Drive consistency and engineering best practice
• Maintain document control and governance frameworks

• Support and develop engineering competency frameworks
• Deliver technical mentoring and workshops
• Support Authorised Person development and competency assessments

• Analyse asset performance and maintenance trends
• Drive reliability and lifecycle improvement initiatives

• Provide technical oversight across engineering projects
• Review designs, commissioning activities and project handovers

• Ensure compliance with legislation and engineering standards
• Support risk assessments and incident investigations

• Degree or HND in Engineering / Building Services (preferred but not essential)
• Strong experience within critical environments
• Background in engineering governance and technical leadership
• Experience developing engineering standards and procedures
• QA/QS auditing experience
• Strong stakeholder management capability

• Technical Excellence
• Engineering Governance
• Leadership
• Quality Assurance
• Risk Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Operational Resilience
• Stakeholder Management

• Critical system uptime
• Audit compliance
• Defect closure rates
• Training completion
• Reduction in repeat failures
• Client satisfaction

If you’re looking to take ownership of engineering excellence within a flagship critical environment, we’d love to hear from you.