Back to search
Chief Engineer
Location: LondonType: Full-time, 40 hours/week (Monday – Friday, 0800 – 1630). Flexibility required for gaps and essential works.Contract: PermanentSalary: Competitive + excellent benefits
We’re seeking a Chief Engineer for our Estates team to ensure top-notch building maintenance at the hospital and satellite sites, covering reactive, project, and scheduled maintenance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain a safe working environment, adhering to company policies.
- Oversee daily operations, covering absences and delegating tasks.
- Coordinate PPM services with external providers, minimizing disruption.
- Perform PPMs and daily checks of plant areas, ensuring cleanliness.
- Manage preventive maintenance schedules, keeping accurate records.
- Respond to and prioritize incoming work orders, handling emergencies efficiently.
- Place call-outs with external service providers.
- Manage stock control, sourcing materials, and placing purchase orders.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Relevant qualifications (e.g., City & Guilds/NVQ in Electrical, Plumbing, or M&E building services).
- Extensive engineering experience in a hospital or similar setting.
- Management experience is desirable.
- Broad knowledge of building services disciplines.
- Understanding of Health and Safety, COSHH, Lifting and Handling, Fire regulations, and Water Management.
- Supervisory and leadership experience.
- Excellent communication skills.
Why Us?
We are a leading provider of privately funded healthcare, investing in the latest treatments, technology, and facilities. We offer career progression opportunities and prioritize employee wellbeing.
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with options to buy/sell leave.
- Private Healthcare Insurance.
- Increasing private pension contributions.
- Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
- Group Life Assurance from day one.
- Critical illness cover.
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
- Corporate staff discounts.
- Flexible health, protection, and lifestyle benefits.
- Discounts with over 800 major retailers.
Diversity and Inclusion
We prioritize Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, creating an inclusive environment where individual differences are celebrated. We offer flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and workplace.
