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Critical Systems Lead Shift Engineer
Wokingham – Full time
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Critical Systems Lead Shift Engineer who will operate and maintain critical national infrastructure systems across the NESO estate, ensuring resilience, compliance, and continuity of essential services.
Role Responsibilities:
1. Support 24/7 critical services, ensuring no unplanned downtime.
2. Complete and maintain weekly data including capacity reports and generator logs.
3. Work normal hours while providing shift cover when required.
4. Apply strong working knowledge of BS electrical installation and testing requirements.
5. Maintain and troubleshoot building systems including HVAC, lighting, AC/refrigeration, LV infrastructure, UPS systems, generators, and associated distribution equipment.
Required Qualifications: Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.
6. Time‑served electrical apprenticeship.
7. Up‑to‑date BS wiring regulations qualification.
8. Familiarity with LPHW (Low Pressure Hot Water) systems.
9. Full UK driving licence.
What we're looking for (Desirable):
10. HNC in Building Services or related discipline.
11. C&G Testing & Inspection.
12. Experience with Trend or equivalent BMS platforms.
13. IOSH Health & Safety certification.
14. HV/LV Authorised Person status.
15. Confined Spaces AP certification.
16. Knowledge of ACOP L8 (Legionella management).
What's in it for you?
17. Opportunity to work within a highly specialised critical systems environment.
18. Professional development and progression pathways in engineering and authorised person roles.
19. Exposure to critical national infrastructure operations.
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,!
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 .