Job Description

Working Engineering Supervisor – M&E

Islington, North London | Facilities Management | Building Services

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Working Engineering Supervisor to join our engineering team based at a client site in Islington, North London.

This is a hands-on supervisory role combining technical building-services knowledge with responsibility for supporting engineers, coordinating planned and reactive maintenance and ensuring the site remains safe, compliant and operating effectively.

You’ll work closely with the Contract Manager, taking responsibility for the day-to-day coordination of engineering activities, monitoring PPM and reactive works, supporting statutory compliance and ensuring engineers and specialist subcontractors deliver work safely and to the required standard.

You’ll also be a key point of contact for the client, attending regular meetings and providing technical and operational support across the contract.

What you'll be doing

• Leading and supporting the engineering team to deliver planned and reactive maintenance across the site.
• Coordinating PPM and reactive tasks through simPRO and the client’s systems.
• Allocating work to engineers and coordinating specialist subcontractors where required.
• Monitoring outstanding works, SLAs and statutory maintenance requirements.
• Ensuring PPM activities are completed correctly and appropriate evidence and documentation is recorded within simPRO.
• Reviewing completed maintenance activities and identifying any remedial works required.
• Supporting the Contract Manager with quotations, job trackers and contract performance.
• Attending and contributing to regular client meetings.
• Managing subcontractors on site and ensuring work is completed safely, correctly and within agreed timescales.
• Reviewing RAMS, permits and other relevant Health & Safety documentation before works commence.
• Ensuring plant rooms, engineering areas, site logbooks and relevant compliance records are maintained to the required standard.
• Monitoring BMS systems and responding appropriately to plant faults and alarms.
• Supporting fault finding and the investigation of plant and building-services issues.
• Identifying potential hazards, technical issues and compliance risks and escalating these appropriately.
• Supporting plant isolations, making systems safe and issuing permits to work where competent and authorised to do so.
• Producing technical information and supporting incident reporting where required.
• Supporting the Contract Manager with monthly client reporting.
• Reviewing plant operation and identifying opportunities to improve performance and energy efficiency.
• Delivering toolbox talks and supporting the induction, training and development of engineering team members.
• Coordinating engineering cover for planned absence and supporting the Contract Manager with day-to-day resource requirements.

Technical responsibilities

The role requires a good practical understanding of M&E building services and the ability to support engineers across a range of plant and systems.

Experience or knowledge across areas such as mechanical systems, BMS, HVAC, refrigeration, heat pumps, air source heat pumps, bore hole systems, condenser loops and energy management would be beneficial.

You’ll be expected to develop a strong understanding of the plant and services within the building, including normal and emergency plant operation, start-up and shutdown procedures, fault finding and optimum plant operation.

What we're looking for

We’re looking for someone with a strong building-services engineering background who is ready to combine their technical experience with day-to-day leadership and supervision.

You’ll need:

• A relevant Level 3 Mechanical or Electrical Engineering qualification, or equivalent recognised industry qualification.
• Previous engineering experience within Facilities Management, commercial buildings or building services.
• Experience supervising or supporting engineers and coordinating maintenance activities.
• Good understanding of planned and reactive maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety within an engineering environment.
• Experience working with contractors, RAMS, permits and safe systems of work.
• Good understanding of statutory maintenance and compliance requirements.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Confidence working with CAFM or maintenance-management systems such as simPRO.
• Strong communication skills and a professional, client-focused approach.
• The ability to lead, motivate and support engineering colleagues.

Health & Safety

You’ll need NEBOSH National General Certificate, IOSH Managing Safely or an equivalent relevant Health & Safety qualification.

Additional qualifications or training in areas such as BMS, HVAC, refrigeration, heat pumps, energy management or other relevant building-services disciplines would be advantageous.

Your team

You’ll work within a clear contract structure with support from both operational and senior management:

Regional Director → Contract Manager → Working Supervisor → Site Fabric Engineer

You’ll work closely with the Contract Manager while taking responsibility for the day-to-day coordination and supervision of engineering activities on site.

Training & progression

We want our people to continue developing their technical and leadership capabilities.

Following successful completion of your probation, a development plan can be agreed between you and your Contract Manager, identifying relevant training and development opportunities based on your experience, aspirations and the requirements of the contract.

This provides the opportunity to continue developing both your technical knowledge and your longer-term career within our Engineering and Facilities Management operation.

Join the team

This is a great opportunity for an experienced M&E Engineer or Engineering Supervisor who wants to remain technically involved while taking greater responsibility for people, maintenance delivery and site performance.

If you have a strong building-services background, enjoy solving technical problems and are confident supporting engineers and clients in a busy operational environment, we’d love to hear from you.