Location: London Job Description The Bank of England's Property Directorate plays a vital role in supporting the organisation's mission by maintaining and enhancing the buildings and engineering systems that enable our people to deliver their work safely and effectively. Through our Infrastructure Engineering team, we provide high‑quality engineering services across all Bank sites, ensuring a safe, resilient and efficient working environment for staff and visitors. As well as supporting day‑to‑day operations, the Property team leads significant annual capital investment, underpins business continuity, and oversees strategic health and safety management. The wider service portfolio includes facilities management, events support, catering, cleaning, post services, travel, reception, helpdesk operations and switchboard services-each delivered with a strong focus on quality, value for money and operational excellence. The Engineering team consists of around 56 specialists and supports three core Bank properties: our Grade I‑listed Threadneedle Street headquarters, 20 Moorgate, and the Debden print facility in Essex. These locations house critical infrastructure essential to the Bank's operations, requiring robust engineering oversight and high system resilience at all times. Operating 24/7/365, the team maintains and manages a wide range of engineering systems across office, data centre, production, and operational environments. The breadth and complexity of our estate provide an excellent opportunity to develop and apply specialist engineering skills in a uniquely critical setting. As a Critical Shift Engineer, you will help ensure the continuous safe operation of our engineering systems. Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to): Managing and closing work permits, and raising work requests for reactive activity. Delivering statutory, planned and preventative maintenance using our Planon IWMS. Maintaining resilience and availability of critical systems around the clock. Conducting daily and periodic checks across engineering and building systems. Identifying, prioritising and resolving engineering faults to minimise operational disruption. Completing inspections and reports across HVAC, electrical, public health, fire, and other building systems. Supporting monthly systems integration testing and wider incident‑recovery exercises. Coordinating contractors delivering maintenance, statutory testing and emergency callouts. Acting as an Authorised Person (HV/LV - mechanical and/or electrical) in line with Bank safe‑systems‑of‑work. Championing Health & Safety and contributing to continuous improvement across the team. Completing required training and performance objectives. Participating in the weekly on‑call rota to support incident response across all three sites. Evidence of supporting continuous improvement or engineering projects. Role Requirements Minimum Criteria Security Vetting to SC Clearance - will be provided by the Bank. Minimum City & Guilds Level 4 (or transferable) within a relevant engineering subject IOSH Managing Safely qualification. Experience of operating with a defined Safe Systems of Work (SSoW). Essential Criteria Ability to develop, absorb and follow prescribed Standard and Emergency Operating Procedures (SOP's & EOP's) Experience operating and maintaining of HVAC; BMS; Electrical; Public Health and Life Safety Systems. Ability to read and understand complicated mechanical, electrical, control and public health drawings. Demonstrable Authorised Person experience at HV, LV MechAP system operation. Desirable Criteria Experience in critical or secure environments (e.g., data centres, security‑controlled sites). Additional engineering or manufacturer‑specific certifications (HVAC, BMS, electrical, life‑safety). Evidence of supporting continuous improvement or engineering projects. Our Approach to Inclusion The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve. At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public. We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed. For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders. Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application. Salary and Benefits Information A base salary of £43,830 - £48,700 (£11,000 Shift allowance) per annum plus additional flexible cash benefits as detailed below will help to supplement the cash salary. Flexible benefits package of 8% ( £3,896 * if on upper salary) of base salary. This can be taken as cash or used to buy from a range of benefits including up to 12 days additional leave, gym memberships, private health insurance for partner/family and much more. Performance award based on a potential award of 10% £4,870 *if on upper salary Core benefits package: 26 days annual leave Interest-free season ticket loan Private health insurance Dental insurance (level 1) Membership to the Bank's pension scheme (non-contributory, career average). The pension you build up is guaranteed income and the Bank will pay out a secure income for life which increases each year. As employees we do not make any contributions to the scheme, the Bank makes up all the contributions on our behalf. Life assurance of 4 x pensionable salary Non-contractual performance award per annum (typically an average of up to 8-10% for 'good' performance). This is conditional upon you still being employed with the Bank during the bonus round. Please note that the next available reward period would be for calendar year 2026, payable in early 2027. Additional reward for being appointed HV/LV Authorised Person £1,500 Mechanical AP £1,500. This means that £68,466 could be achievable, with appropriate AP certification and worked overtime. Overtime opportunities maybe available which will be paid at double the hourly rate. National Security Vetting Process Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice. The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis. The Application Process Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process. The assessment process will comprise of two stages. This role closes on 31 March 2026. Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.