Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Electrical Maintenance Engineer – Heathrow Airport
Build your career in a high-profile aviation environment. We are recruiting an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join our client’s facilities maintenance team at Heathrow Airport, supporting first-class, specialist facilities where safety, reliability and compliance are essential.

Salary: £48,000 per annum, plus on-call payments and excellent overtime rates at 1.5x and 2x, giving you genuine potential to increase your earnings. You will also receive a comprehensive company benefits package.
 
Company vehicle: A company van and fuel card are provided.
 
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.00am–5.00pm
 
Location: Primarily based at Heathrow Airport, with occasional travel to other airports across London and the South East.
 
Role Overview
Reporting to the Technical Lead, you will play a key role in keeping these unique, high-quality facilities safe, reliable and fully compliant. This is a varied, hands-on position where your technical expertise will directly support the smooth day-to-day operation of critical and non-critical building systems.
 
Responsibilities

• Carry out planned maintenance, repairs and equipment operations in line with best practice.
• Ensure third-party contractors work safely, professionally and in accordance with all company and site-specific procedures.
• Review risk assessments and method statements before work begins.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date records of all maintenance activities and repairs.
• Follow all relevant safety regulations, company policies and operational procedures.
• Help ensure the facilities remain compliant and operational at all times.

 
Requirements

• A well-rounded maintenance background, with strong electrical skills and knowledge of air-conditioning systems and filter cleaning.
• A City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical Installation Diploma, or equivalent, as a minimum.
• Health and safety training, including a sound understanding of risk assessments and method statements.
• Experience in a similar maintenance role, including fault diagnosis and rectification.
• Practical experience of the electrical elements of general building planned preventative maintenance schedules.
• A good understanding of critical and non-critical building systems.
• Familiarity with a CAFM planned maintenance system, ideally Concept, using a handheld PDA.

 
Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday, increasing with length of service, plus bank holidays, your birthday off and the option to purchase five additional days.
• Life assurance.
• Company pension scheme.
• Private medical insurance after one year’s service.
• Employee recognition programmes that reward exceptional achievements.
• A generous employee referral bonus.
• One paid volunteering day each year to support your local community.
• A flexible benefits scheme, including eye-care vouchers, major retailer discounts, an electric vehicle salary-sacrifice lease scheme, personal IT equipment loans and impartial financial guidance.
• Company sick pay.
• Access to wellbeing programmes and a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7, 365 days a year.
• Full induction, ongoing training and access to an extensive career portal with planning tools and online learning.
• Smartphone and tablet or laptop, where applicable to the role.
• Uniform and PPE, where applicable to the role.

 
If you’re an experienced Electrical Maintenance Engineer with a full, clean UK driving licence and you’re ready for a new opportunity in a varied mobile maintenance role, we’d love to hear from you.
 
Apply today to take the next step in your career.