Gas Engineer

Coyle Personnel, one of the UK’s leading family-run staffing solutions providers, is currently seeking a Combustion Engineer to work on-site in Garston.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a growing company, offering the chance to develop your skills and advance your career.

Role Responsibilities

• Provide first-line reactive response to critical heating and hot water plant, including gas pipework, outside of normal business hours if necessary.
• Enable and reset critical plant following power outages or interruptions to services, ensuring systems are left in a safe and operational condition.
• Ensure all company-issued tools are PAT tested, certified, and logged with the office.
• Maintain and ensure specialist meters are certified and compliant with legislation, technical standards, and industry requirements.
• Read and understand risk assessments and method statements before commencing works, ensuring full understanding of the scope of the Safe System of Work (SSOW).
• Monitor and record plant information, escalating issues as required.
• Estimate time and materials for jobs, constructing quotations to support the Client Supervisor with parts and works details.
• Assist with local financial control for reactive and essential repairs by following good practices and working collaboratively with the Client Supervisor.
• Monitor and book spares and materials for job works orders, ensuring adherence to financial controls and timelines.
• Oversee and update site logbooks and Gas Safe records in support of the Client Supervisor.
• Ensure reactive calls and service delivery are efficiently arranged for the client in collaboration with the service desk.

Key Skills and Qualifications

Certifications:

• Current ACS Certification, covering Core Safety, Indirect Fired Appliances, and Pipework (Commercial), or Core Safety and Boilers for domestic roles.
• City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in Plumbing and Heating

Technical Skills:

• Proven fault-finding expertise on all forms of gas appliances and systems.
• Knowledge of HVAC and gas equipment operation, maintenance, and repair.
• Experience working with gas plant and associated equipment such as fans, controls, pumps, and pipework.
• Skilled in applying engineering techniques in line with British Standards or IGE equivalents.

Additional Competencies:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for interactions with engineers, office staff, and clients.
• Understanding of budgetary principles to assist the Client Supervisor with expenditure control.
• Ability to recommend and implement improvements to technical scope, plant performance, and energy efficiency.

Accountabilities:

• Reporting to the Client Supervisor and Service Manager, taking full ownership of responsibilities and works.
• Working collaboratively as part of a team, supporting administrators and the Client Supervisor.
• No direct budgetary responsibilities but contributing to financial control through diligent practices.