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Sea Life - Electrical Facilities Maintenance

Ford & Stanley Talentwise
London
money-bag £46196/annum
Posted: 25 September 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 24 October 2026
Ref: 225648832

Facilities Maintenance Engineer

SEA LIFE London Aquarium | Central London
£46,196 per annum + Benefits
Permanent

The Opportunity

Ford & Stanley Talentwise are recruiting a Facilities Maintenance Engineer to join the engineering team at SEA LIFE London Aquarium.

This is a unique opportunity for a hands on Facilities Maintenance Engineer to use their skills somewhere completely different, maintaining the critical systems that keep one of London’s most recognisable attractions running.

You’ll work across a varied range of equipment including large pumps, motors, fish life support systems, mechanical plant, electrical systems, PLC controls, HVAC, chillers and air handling units.

You do not need previous aquarium experience. We’re interested in engineers from manufacturing, industrial, facilities, building services, utilities, water or other hands on maintenance environments.

Salary & Shifts

£46,196 per annum

Earlies: 08:00 to 16:00
Lates: 12:00 to 20:00
Weekends: One weekend per month, with the Friday before and Monday after as days off.

Role & Responsibilities
  • Planned and reactive maintenance across mechanical and electrical equipment
  • Maintenance and repair of large pumps and life support systems
  • Mechanical and electrical fault finding
  • PLC fault finding and diagnostics
  • Maintenance of HVAC, chillers and air handling units
  • General facilities maintenance and repairs
  • Responding to breakdowns and identifying root causes of faults
The Candidate

We’re looking for a practical, hands on Facilities Maintenance Engineer who enjoys fault finding, fixing equipment and solving problems.

You could currently be working as a Facilities Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, M&E Engineer, Building Services Engineer, Multi Skilled Engineer, Pump Engineer or Engineering Technician.

Essential
  • Minimum Level 3 NVQ/City & Guilds in an engineering capacity
  • Strong mechanical maintenance experience
  • Electrical fault finding ability
  • Planned and reactive maintenance experience
  • Experience working with mechanical plant and equipment
  • A strong approach to safety and reliability

Experience with pumps, motors, PLCs, HVAC, chillers or fluid systems would be advantageous.

Benefits
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Merlin Magic Pass for you and your family
  • 25% discount across retail shops and restaurants
  • 40% discount at the LEGO online store
  • Wide range of employee benefits and discounts
Why Join?

If you’re used to maintaining factories, industrial equipment, commercial buildings or mechanical plant, this is an opportunity to take those skills somewhere very different.

Same engineering skills. Completely different environment.

Apply now to take your maintenance experience into one of London''s most unique engineering environments, keeping the critical systems behind SEA LIFE London Aquarium running safely and reliably.

About ford & Stanley group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.

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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.

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