Engineering Lead

On-site in Northampton·Full-time·Added 3 days ago (last checked 31 Oct)

Mitie

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Work mode: On-site, Northampton
Contract: Full-time
Experience: Senior level
Closing date: Apply by Monday 30 November

Skills

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Facilities Management

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Opportunity to work within a leading facilities management organisation delivering critical engineering services.
Career development and training opportunities to support your professional growth.
Access to Mitie's market-leading benefits package designed to support your lifestyle and wellbeing.

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The role

ROLE: Engineering Lead
HOURS: Full Time
LOCATION: Northampton

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for an Engineering Lead who will support the Engineering Manager in the day-to-day delivery of engineering services, providing hands-on supervision of engineers, contractors and maintenance activities whilst ensuring safe, compliant and efficient service delivery across the estate.

What you'll do

Support the Engineering Manager with the day-to-day management of engineering services across the administration office portfolio.
Coordinate planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance activities, ensuring works are completed safely, compliantly and to the required technical standards.
Provide hands-on supervision and technical support to engineers, specialist suppliers and subcontractors, ensuring high standards of safety, quality and customer service.
Monitor defects, remedial works, statutory maintenance activities and engineering records, ensuring actions are completed and appropriately evidenced.
Promote a positive engineering culture focused on safety, compliance, ownership, quality and customer service whilst acting as the first point of escalation for day-to-day engineering issues.

Required Qualifications: Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.

Recognised electrical, mechanical or building services engineering background with relevant engineering qualifications and trade experience.
Previous experience supervising engineers, contractors or maintenance teams within a building maintenance environment.
Strong understanding of planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance, health and safety requirements, RAMS, permits and safe systems of work.
Experience managing specialist engineering suppliers and contractors, with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities effectively.
Competent in the use of CAFM and maintenance management systems with strong communication and organisational skills.

About Mitie

Mitie serves more than 3,000 customers across the public and private sectors, from banks and retailers to hospitals, schools and critical government strategic assets, and reported £5.6bn revenue in FY26 with 77,500 people.

The company takes care of its customers' people and buildings by delivering core services and deploying advanced technology, and it also publishes insights such as its Net Zero Navigator and ESG reporting, having operated at net zero for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by the end of FY25 under its Plan Zero programme.

Industry: Facilities management
Employees: 77,500
In the UK: Glasgow

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