Maintenance Technician, Debden

Location: Debden

The Bank of England is the UK’s central bank, with a mission to promote the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability. Our Property department plays a key role in supporting that mission by keeping the Bank’s buildings safe, operational and effective for colleagues across a complex, high-profile estate.

As an Engineering Shift Technician in Infrastructure Engineering, you’ll help maintain the critical building systems that support the Bank’s 24/7 operations. This hands‑on role covers planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across critical, essential and non-essential systems, where reliability, safety, service and professionalism are central to everything we do.

• Deliver planned, preventative and reactive maintenance through Planon IWMS, including accurate and timely updates via handheld HMI devices.
• Carry out daily and periodic checks, routine maintenance and statutory testing across HVAC, BMS, electrical, public health, fire, life safety, critical assets and other building engineering systems.
• Respond to engineering faults and failures in line with priority response and fix times, helping maintain safe environments and minimise disruption to the Bank’s operations.
• Support specialist OEM contractors with planned maintenance, reactive tasks and emergency call‑outs.
• Provide accurate data for daily shift handover logs, reports, incident management and recovery exercises.
• Act as, or support, an Authorised Person for LV electrical and/or mechanical systems, working within Safe Systems of Work to support 24/7 operations.
• Champion health and safety, ensuring work is delivered in line with agreed methods, risk assessments, service levels and customer service standards.
• Contribute to the Bank’s collaborative, continuous improvement culture by sharing ideas, innovation and practical improvements.
• Participate in the weekly on‑call technical support rota to support incident response, if required.

• City & Guilds Level 3, or equivalent transferable qualification, in a relevant engineering discipline.
• IOSH Operating Safely qualification.
• Experience using IWMS planned and reactive maintenance tools, including handheld HMI devices.
• Experience operating and maintaining HVAC, BMS, electrical, public health and life safety systems.
• Demonstrable Authorised Person experience in HV or LV system operation, with experience working within defined Safe Systems of Work.
• Knowledge of statutory and compliance obligations relevant to engineering systems.
• Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures and Emergency Operating Procedures, and read complex mechanical, electrical, control and public health drawings.

• Proven understanding of building service sand maintenance risk management.
• Experience producing clear reports and tailored communications.
• Track record of applying procedures to support decisions and improvements.
• Practical experience collaborating to deliver agreed outcomes.
• Successful delivery of quality work,customer service and maintenance outcomes.
• Experience prioritising workloads and remaining resilient under pressure.

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

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