Mobile Multi-Skilled Electrical Engineer - Kent/ Sussex

️🏢 We're Hiring: Mobile Multi-Skilled Electrical Engineer 🏢🛠️⚡

📍 Kent / Sussex 💷 Salary: Up to £42,000 per annum + Overtime 🚐 Company Van & Fuel Card Provided 💻 Laptop & Mobile Phone Provided 🕒 Full-Time | Monday to Friday | Mobile Engineering Role 🏢 Facilities Management | Building Services | Electrical Maintenance | PPM | Reactive Maintenance | Healthcare Environments

⚡ We are recruiting for an experienced Mobile Multi-Skilled Electrical Engineer to carry out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance across a portfolio of healthcare facilities throughout Kent and Sussex.

🛠️ This is an excellent opportunity for a technically competent, electrically qualified engineer with strong building services and facilities maintenance experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining electrical systems, supporting mechanical building services, completing compliance checks and ensuring facilities remain safe, operational and fully compliant.

🏢 The position offers a varied mobile engineering role with a high degree of autonomy, allowing you to manage your own workload while travelling between multiple sites. You will work alongside site teams, specialist contractors and other stakeholders to deliver a reliable, professional and customer-focused maintenance service.

🔧 Healthcare or critical-environment experience would be advantageous but is not essential for the right candidate. We are particularly interested in engineers with strong electrical fault-finding skills, a good understanding of multi-skilled building services maintenance and the ability to work independently.

🛠️ Responsibilities & Duties

• ⚡ Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) across electrical systems, equipment and associated building services.

• 🔧 Undertake reactive maintenance, fault-finding, diagnostics and repairs to minimise disruption to site operations.

• 💡 Inspect, maintain and repair electrical installations, equipment and associated building services in accordance with relevant standards and procedures.

• 🔍 Identify electrical faults, investigate equipment failures and implement appropriate remedial actions.

• 🏢 Provide general building services maintenance across multiple healthcare facilities throughout Kent and Sussex.

• 📋 Complete routine inspections, compliance checks and statutory maintenance activities in accordance with required schedules.

• 🚨 Support fire alarm testing, inspections and associated maintenance activities where required.

• 💡 Carry out and support emergency lighting testing, inspections and remedial works.

• 💧 Support water hygiene activities and associated compliance requirements in accordance with site procedures.

• 🌬️ Assist with the maintenance and operation of air handling units (AHUs), HVAC systems and associated mechanical building services.

• ⚙️ Provide multi-skilled engineering support across electrical, mechanical and general building services systems.

• 🛠️ Respond promptly to breakdowns, maintenance requests and engineering issues across the site portfolio.

• 👷 Supervise specialist contractors and subcontractors undertaking maintenance, repairs and compliance-related activities.

• 🔑 Coordinate contractor access and ensure all visitors and contractors comply with site-specific requirements.

• 🦺 Monitor compliance with permits to work, risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.

• 📑 Ensure all maintenance activities are completed in accordance with relevant Health & Safety legislation, industry standards and site procedures.

• 💻 Maintain accurate maintenance records, compliance documentation, inspection reports and completed work orders.

• 📊 Update relevant CAFM systems and maintenance management records where required.

• 📅 Manage planned maintenance schedules and ensure tasks are completed within the required timescales.

• 🚐 Travel between multiple sites throughout Kent and Sussex, organising daily activities and prioritising maintenance requirements effectively.

• 🤝 Develop positive working relationships with site teams, contractors, colleagues and other stakeholders.

• 📞 Communicate professionally with site representatives, providing updates on maintenance activities, outstanding issues and remedial requirements.

• 🔎 Identify defects, potential safety concerns and recurring equipment faults, escalating issues where appropriate.

• 📦 Identify requirements for replacement parts, tools, materials and specialist contractor support.

• 🔄 Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency and service delivery.

• 🏥 Maintain high standards of safety, compliance and operational reliability within healthcare environments.

• 📆 Support and supervise planned out-of-hours maintenance activities, including approximately 10 weekends per year.

• 🎯 Manage workload independently, ensuring urgent maintenance issues are prioritised according to safety, operational requirements and business needs.

• 🧹 Maintain a clean, organised and safe working environment throughout all maintenance activities.

• 🏆 Ensure all work is completed to a high professional standard, meeting required quality, compliance and customer service expectations.

• 🛠️ Undertake other reasonable engineering and maintenance duties appropriate to the role.

👤 Requirements

• ⚡ Recognised electrical qualification relevant to building services or electrical maintenance.

• 🛠️ Previous experience working as an Electrical Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Maintenance Electrician or Building Services Engineer.

• 🏢 Proven experience within commercial building services, facilities management or a similar maintenance environment.

• 🔧 Strong practical experience carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.

• ⚡ Excellent electrical fault-finding, diagnostic and problem-solving skills.

• ⚙️ Good multi-skilled engineering knowledge, with the ability to support general mechanical and building services maintenance.

• 🔍 Experience identifying equipment defects, investigating faults and carrying out appropriate repairs.

• 📋 Understanding of statutory inspections, compliance checks and preventative maintenance requirements.

• 🦺 Good knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.

• 👷 Experience coordinating, supervising or managing specialist contractors and subcontractors.

• 📑 Ability to maintain accurate maintenance records, compliance documentation and service reports.

• 🚐 Full UK driving licence and the ability to travel between multiple sites throughout Kent and Sussex.

• 🎯 Ability to work independently, organise daily activities and manage a varied workload effectively.

• 🧠 Strong technical problem-solving skills and the ability to make informed decisions when responding to engineering issues.

• 🤝 Excellent communication and customer service skills, with a professional approach to working with site teams and stakeholders.

• ⏱️ Reliable, organised and proactive approach to maintenance responsibilities.

• 📞 Ability to communicate maintenance issues clearly and escalate safety concerns or complex technical faults appropriately.

• 🏥 Willingness to work across healthcare environments and follow site-specific operational and safety procedures.

• 📆 Flexibility to support approximately 10 weekends per year for planned out-of-hours maintenance activities.

• 🏆 Commitment to maintaining high standards of workmanship, safety, compliance and customer service.

• 🚀 A positive attitude towards ongoing training, professional development and expanding multi-skilled engineering knowledge.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• 🏥 Previous experience working within healthcare facilities, hospitals or other critical environments.

• 🌬️ Knowledge of HVAC systems, air handling units (AHUs) and associated mechanical plant.

• 💻 Experience using Building Management Systems (BMS) to monitor or support building services.

• 📊 Familiarity with CAFM systems, electronic work orders and maintenance management software.

• 💡 Experience testing and maintaining emergency lighting systems.

• 🚨 Knowledge of fire alarm systems, testing procedures and associated compliance requirements.

• 💧 Experience supporting water hygiene monitoring and maintenance activities.

• 👷 Previous experience supervising contractors and coordinating specialist maintenance works.

• 📜 Additional relevant electrical, mechanical or building services engineering qualifications.

• 🦺 Health & Safety qualifications or training relevant to facilities maintenance.

• ⚙️ Experience working across multiple commercial sites with responsibility for planned and reactive maintenance.

• 🔍 Experience managing statutory maintenance schedules, compliance documentation and remedial works.

• 🏢 Familiarity with the operational requirements of healthcare facilities and environments where service continuity is essential.

💼 What's On Offer

• 💷 Salary of up to £42,000 per annum.

• 💰 Overtime opportunities to increase overall earnings.

• 🚐 Company van provided.

• ⛽ Fuel card provided.

• 💻 Laptop supplied for work-related activities.

• 📱 Company mobile phone provided.

• 🧰 Tools provided to support your engineering responsibilities.

• 🌴 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

• 💼 Workplace pension.

• 💰 Saturday overtime paid at 1.5x the standard rate.

• 💰 Sunday overtime paid at 2x the standard rate.

• 🎓 Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.

• 📈 Opportunity to develop your technical skills across a broad range of building services systems.

• 🏢 Varied mobile role supporting a portfolio of healthcare facilities throughout Kent and Sussex.

• 🎯 High degree of autonomy, with the opportunity to manage your own workload and daily maintenance activities.

• 🛠️ Opportunity to develop and utilise both electrical and multi-skilled building services engineering expertise.

• 🤝 Professional working environment involving site teams, contractors and facilities management stakeholders.

• 🏆 Long-term career development opportunities within building services engineering and facilities management.

• 🕒 Monday-to-Friday working pattern, with approximately 10 weekends per year required to support or supervise out-of-hours maintenance activities.

📣 Apply Now!

⚡🛠️ This is an excellent opportunity for an electrically qualified engineer looking to secure a mobile, multi-skilled engineering role paying up to £40,000, with a company van, fuel card, overtime opportunities and an attractive benefits package.

🏢 The successful candidate will have strong experience in electrical maintenance, building services and fault-finding, alongside the ability to manage their own workload and maintain high standards across multiple sites.

🔧 If you are an Electrical Engineer, Maintenance Electrician or Multi-Skilled Building Services Engineer looking for a varied role across Kent and Sussex, with ongoing training and opportunities to increase your earnings through overtime, we would be keen to hear from you.

🚐 Apply today to take the next step in your building services engineering career