General information
City/town: London Job field: Other Operations External closing date: Saturday, March 7, 2026 Type of contract: Permanent ID: 5907
Description and requirements
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an
inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
We're delivering nationwide facilities management, including M&E support, cleaning, catering, and grounds maintenance, using technology for efficient planned and reactive services.
We are looking for a Mechanical Engineering to join our Commercial Property Maintenance team in London.
What you'll do:
1. Maintenance & Fault Resolution: Perform daily servicing of mechanical infrastructure, conduct breakdown repairs on M&E systems, and carry out fault finding, plant adjustments, inspections, and contract‑compliant maintenance tasks.
2. Planned & Reactive Work: Deliver PPMs, planned maintenance, reactive tasks, and extra works within SLAs and engineering standards, in line with HASAWA and company procedures.
3. Safety & Compliance: Work in accordance with Safe Systems of Work, support subcontractor inductions, ensure safe working practices, and comply with Health & Safety policies and Skanska IFE requirements.
4. Documentation & Reporting: Complete daily worksheets, maintenance records, inspection documentation, and produce technical incident reports when required.
5. Support & Flexibility: Assist or deputise for the Working Supervisor, undertake additional tasks as directed, and participate in the on‑call rotation.
What you'll bring to the role:
6. Technical Qualifications & Knowledge: NVQ Level 2/3 in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent), BMS experience, and understanding of statutory compliance for HVAC and Water Treatment.
7. Health & Safety Awareness: IOSH Working Safely (or similar) and strong understanding of relevant legislation and compliance requirements.
8. Communication & Customer Skills: Strong verbal and written communication abilities with proven experience in customer‑facing roles.
9. Workstyle & Problem‑Solving: Able to work independently or within a team, with strong time‑management skills and evidence‑based logical problem‑solving capability.
10. Professional Attributes: Adaptable to change, with the ability to apply compliance knowledge effectively within key responsibility areas.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
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Closing date
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.