Shift Technician

Shift Technician
Location: Liverpool Street/City of London
Salary: Continental 07:00-19:00/19:00-07:00, Days & Nights
Job Type: Permanent

An excellent opportunity has become available for an experienced Shift Technician to join the engineering team within one of London’s most prestigious landmark commercial buildings.

This is a hands-on role within a technically complex environment, working as part of an established shift team responsible for maintaining the building’s critical mechanical and electrical infrastructure.

The Role

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across a large commercial building.
• Work across a range of electrical and mechanical building services.
• Carry out fault-finding and repairs across M&E systems.
• Work with LV distribution, switchgear, UPS, generators, lighting, BMS, HVAC, pumps and associated plant.
• Respond to plant faults, alarms and engineering incidents.
• Complete PPM tasks in line with site maintenance schedules.
• Support safe isolations, permits and engineering procedures.
• Carry out routine plant inspections and condition checks.
• Liaise with specialist contractors where required.
• Record maintenance activity accurately through the CAFM system.
• Complete detailed shift handovers and engineering reports.
• Support emergency response and escalation procedures.
• Work closely with the Shift Lead and Senior Shift Technician.
• Maintain high standards of health & safety, compliance and engineering best practice.

About You

• Level 3 qualification in Electrical, Mechanical or Building Services Engineering, or equivalent.
• Previous experience as a Shift Technician, Shift Engineer, Maintenance Engineer or similar.
• Experience within commercial FM, critical environments, data centres, banking or another technically demanding building.
• Strong hands-on maintenance and fault-finding skills.
• Good understanding of mechanical and electrical building services.
• Comfortable working a continental days and nights shift pattern.

Why Apply?

This is a strong opportunity to join a high-profile London site with excellent engineering exposure, working alongside an experienced shift team within a technically demanding environment.

The role offers a salary of £52,000, a structured continental shift pattern and good long-term opportunities to develop further within critical building services and facilities engineering.