Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Electrical Shift Engineer
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Job Overview
To deliver a safe, compliant, and efficient electrical maintenance service across a busy, operational government site. The role includes planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding, and support to project and billable works, ensuring minimal disruption to critical operations and full compliance with statutory requirements.
- Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) in line with SFG20, statutory requirements, and contractual obligations
- Complete reactive maintenance tasks in response to faults, breakdowns, or service requests
- Ensure all electrical systems are maintained in a safe and fully operational condition
- Support statutory inspections and ensure compliance with relevant regulations (e.g. BS7671)
Experience working on government or secure sites
Knowledge of permit systems and controlled environments
Fault Finding & Repairs
- Diagnose electrical faults across a range of systems including:
- LV distribution
- Lighting and emergency lighting
- Power systems and controls
- Undertake repairs efficiently to restore service with minimal downtime
- Identify root causes and recommend long-term solutions where appropriate
Compliance & Safety
- Work in accordance with site Health & Safety procedures, permits, and safe systems of work
- Ensure full compliance with:
- Electricity at Work Regulations
- Site-specific control of work processes (e.g. Permit to Work, Authority to Work)
- Accurately complete all documentation and maintain clear audit trails
Systems & Reporting
- Update CAFM systems with detailed job notes, completion evidence, and status updates
- Capture and record all relevant data for:
- PPM completion
- Reactive works
- Billable / chargeable works
- Highlight risks, non-compliance, and recurring issues to management
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Essential
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Qualified Electrician (e.g. NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds / equivalent)
- 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS7671)
- Experience delivering PPM and reactive maintenance in a commercial or public sector environment
- Strong fault-finding and diagnostic capability
- Experience working within a CAFM system
Highly Desirable
- HVAC / air conditioning knowledge or experience, particularly in:
- Control systems
- Electrical aspects of HVAC plant
- Working alongside AC engineers
- HV/LV systems and control panel experience
- HV Authorised Person appointment
Personal Attributes
- Proactive and solution-focused
- Strong attention to detail and safety
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Commitment to high standards and continuous improvement
Benefits
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
- We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
- We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
- When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
- We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
- We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
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About Us
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Divya Madaan at Divya.Madaan@mitie.com.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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