Building Services Engineer Electrical Bias

OCS Group

9d

About The Position

OCS UK & Ireland is seeking a Building Services Engineer with an electrical bias to carry out general maintenance and statutory compliance checks. The role requires basic plumbing, electrical and building-fabric maintenance skills, ideally gained in a similar facilities management environment. The engineer will work across offices, commercial, distribution and industrial premises, responding to breakdowns and completing reactive and planned services. The position is Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, with occasional flexibility required for weekend on-call commitments.

The successful candidate will act as an ambassador for the customer, communicate professionally with clients and support subcontractors attending site. They will provide technical guidance to the client and contract support, maintain site documentation, and ensure work complies with agreed specifications and health and safety legislation.

OCS UK & Ireland is a facilities management company with more than 50,000 colleagues and turnover in excess of £2 billion. It provides facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering. Its stated values are Trust, Respect, Unity and Empowerment, and it describes its workplace as inclusive and welcoming.

Requirements

• Must have the right to work in the UK.
• Good IT literacy, including use of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience in a comparable role undertaking basic plumbing, carpentry and redecoration tasks, and statutory planned preventative maintenance inspections.
• Good understanding of health and safety working practices.
• Understanding of planned preventative maintenance regimes.
• Experience completing risk assessments and method statements, and issuing permits to work for hard-service tasks.
• Experience using a building management system (BMS).
• Ability to record work accurately on worksheets and computer-based systems.
• A craft qualification, such as a recognised electrical apprenticeship or equivalent to City & Guilds 2350 NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation Engineering plus AM2.
• Current wiring regulations qualification, such as or equivalent to City & Guilds 2381-18 Level 3 Award (18th Edition).
• Valid and in-date Grade card/CSCS Card or equivalent qualification.

Nice To Haves

• Trade skills or previous experience performing a similar role.
• Knowledge of maintenance schedules and SFG 20.
• Inspection and Testing qualification, such as or equivalent to City & Guilds 2391-52 Level 3 Award in Initial and Periodic Inspection and Testing of Electrical Installations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, inspect and carry out repairs or preventative maintenance as required, and respond to breakdowns in a timely manner.
• Carry out reactive and planned services across office, commercial, distribution and industrial premises.
• Conduct statutory asset inspections, including emergency lighting, water temperature checks and fire-door inspections and repairs.
• Carry out plumbing repairs, lighting checks and basic replacements, and other minor reactive works.
• Perform minor building-fabric repairs.
• Deal professionally with customer complaints and queries, and support subcontractor engineers attending site.
• Provide technical guidance to the client and contract support.
• Ensure work is completed in accordance with agreed specifications and health and safety legislation.
• Maintain site documentation.
• Complete risk assessments and method statements and issue permits to work for hard-service tasks.
• Record work accurately on worksheets and computer-based systems.

Benefits

• Access to digital courses and resources through the OCS Academy.
• Access to exclusive discounts, rewards and wellbeing resources through the Hapi app.
• Further development and qualifications through professional growth opportunities.
• Access to a portion of earned wages before payday through the Wagestream app (contract specific).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed