Senior Shift Engineer

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EQUANS are looking for a Senior Shift Engineer to work on behalf of our Leeds Oncology contract in Leeds. This is a permanent, full‑time, shift position involving 4 days on (06:00‑18:00), 4 days off, followed by 4 nights (18:00‑06:00). Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Work alongside a dynamic maintenance team to deliver the required services, ensuring the hospital is maintained to the highest standard.

• Provide a customer‑facing, highly responsive maintenance service to the Leeds Oncology Wing.
• Undertake a wide range of reactive and planned maintenance tasks to a very high standard.
• Provide technical guidance, assistance and information to other members of the maintenance team.
• Carry out training to be able to provide Authorised Person duties.
• Work with a high level of multi‑skilling and flexibility.
• Manage a small shift team consisting of Maintenance Craftsman and Maintenance Assistants.
• Lead the shift team and provide support to colleagues.
• Carry out maintenance, repairs, testing and inspection of building, mechanical and electrical services, associated systems, plant and equipment in accordance with relevant standards and operational procedures.
• Participate in a rotating shift pattern to provide a 24/7/365 service.
• Cover for absent colleagues as appropriate to maintain the service.
• Carry out duties in accordance with safe working practices within statutory, NHS, Trust and Company guidelines.
• Maintain, service and repair a wide range of the building services listed below.
• Maintain records and complete service reports; provide regular progress reports to your line manager.
• Occasionally carry out installation work involved in minor upgrading and adaptation works.
• Assist other skilled trades in carrying out maintenance, repairs, testing, inspection and installation work.
• Undertake training to maintain and develop skills in line with the requirements of the service.
• Act as Competent or Authorised Person as directed and appointed.
• Liaise and undertake duties at other healthcare projects as directed.
• Undertake overtime as required to maintain the service.
• Carry out any other duties as required commensurate with grade.

• Qualified time‑served engineer with minimum 3 years post‑apprenticeship experience.
• Healthcare experience desirable but not essential.
• Cross‑trade experience advantageous.

• 24 days annual leave (increasing to 25 after 1 year’s service, plus public holidays).
• Life Cover equivalent to 1.5 times annual salary.
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers.
• Gym membership discounts.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year.
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes.
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme.
• Access to our growing employee networks including WiE (Women in EQUANS), RISE (BAME), LGBTQI+, Working Parents, YPN (Young Persons Network) and our Disability Network.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to a mental wellbeing app.

EQUANS is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 17 billion euros. In the UK & Ireland, EQUANS is a provider of technical, FM, regeneration and energy services – with specialist capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables. EQUANS’ 13,500 UK & Ireland employees combine these activities to help businesses, public sector organisations and government to embrace the energy transition towards net zero, and also the digital & industrial transitions that are redesigning the way we move, work and live.

EQUANS is a Bouygues group company.

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