Plant & Boiler Engineer

Our client is a leading provider of medical instrument reprocessing and maintenance services, delivering both on-site and off-site solutions to healthcare providers. To support the continued operation of their specialist sterile services facility, they are seeking a Plant & Boiler Engineer to join their team in Chessington.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer with a strong background in planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive fault finding, and plant equipment maintenance within a highly regulated environment.

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of all site equipment and building services. Working within a static site environment, you will carry out both scheduled and reactive maintenance activities to minimise downtime and support critical healthcare operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on all plant, machinery, and site services in accordance with the maintenance schedule.

• Respond promptly to equipment breakdowns and perform fault diagnosis and repairs to minimise operational disruption.

• Maintain and repair specialist processing equipment including sterilisers, washers, and associated plant systems.

• Conduct routine inspections and testing to ensure equipment remains compliant with industry and healthcare standards.

• Perform weekly testing and maintenance activities on sterilisers and washer-disinfectors in line with current regulatory requirements.

• Ensure all equipment is fully serviced and operational ahead of validation, calibration, and audit activities.

• Coordinate and oversee external contractors and service engineers carrying out maintenance and repair work on site.

• Support the scheduling and completion of annual plant and equipment validations.

• Maintain accurate maintenance records, calibration documentation, and certification to support quality and compliance requirements.

• Monitor equipment performance, identify recurring issues, and recommend improvements to enhance reliability and efficiency.

• Manage spare parts inventory, ensuring critical components are available to support planned and reactive maintenance activities.

• Support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at increasing equipment uptime, reducing failures, and improving operational performance.

• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide emergency maintenance support when required.

• Work closely with operational teams to ensure maintenance activities are completed safely and with minimal impact on production.

Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience carrying out both PPM and reactive maintenance within a manufacturing, pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical devices, cleanroom, or similar regulated environment.

• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic abilities on electrical and mechanical systems.

• Experience working with pumps, motors, control systems, process equipment, conveyors, steam systems, or pressure-related plant would be advantageous.

• Ability to work independently and manage maintenance priorities within a busy operational environment.

• Understanding of compliance, validation, and quality requirements within regulated industries is desirable.

• Flexible approach with willingness to participate in an on-call rota.

This role would suit an engineer who enjoys a hands-on maintenance environment, combining planned maintenance, reactive breakdown support, and continuous improvement responsibility within a critical healthcare services operation