Engineering Maintenance Specialist - Mechanical

Engineering Maintenance Specialist – Mechanical

Location: Central London
Salary: £37,259 - £45,355 + excellent NHS benefits
Contract: Full-time, permanent

The Role

As the Engineering Maintenance Specialist, you’ll be providing essential mechanical support across the hospital estate. You’ll manage and maintain a range of complex building services, including ventilation, steam systems, confined spaces and medical gas systems. You’ll be a key member of a dedicated team ensuring essential services run safely and efficiently.

You’ll also:

• Act as an Authorised Person in your specialism
• Diagnose, repair and maintain critical plant and mechanical infrastructure
• Lead on-site activities during emergency call-outs (on-call rota)
• Support junior engineers and apprentices through coaching and technical guidance
• Liaise with clinical and non-clinical teams to coordinate service interruptions and planned maintenance
• Deputise for the Engineering Team Manager as required

What you’ll Bring

We’re looking for candidates with:

• A strong mechanical engineering background, ideally within healthcare or commercial estates
• Experience working with complex mechanical systems (e.g., boilers, ventilation, medical gases)
• Authorised Person certification (or willingness to work toward it)
• Ability to lead, prioritise, and work both independently and as part of a wider technical team
• Flexibility to participate in on-call rota

Why Apply

• Join one of the UK’s most respected NHS Trusts, renowned for innovation, history, and patient care
• Work in central London with access to some of the most advanced hospital infrastructure in the country
• Generous NHS pension scheme, annual leave entitlement and staff benefits
• Opportunities for progression and development within the Estates & Facilities team
• Be part of a team that makes a visible difference to frontline healthcare every day

To apply please submit your CV or contact us at (url removed) to find out more and one of the Braxfield team will be in touch.