Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Client Direct - One of a kind site - £52,230 + bonus + 2x OT

Location: Essex
Permanent

We’re offering a rare opportunity to bring your mechanical engineering skills to a truly unique workplace.

Based at Essex site, you’ll be part of a dedicated facilities team responsible for keeping critical building systems running smoothly 24/7.

This isn’t just another maintenance role, you’ll be working with state-of-the-art equipment, supporting essential operations, and working at a site you'll want to tell people about.

If you’re passionate about problem-solving, take pride in precision engineering, and want to be part of something exceptional, we’d love to hear from you.

Duties

• Deliver planned and reactive maintenance tasks via the Intelligent Work Management System (IWMS), updating records accordingly.
• Diagnose and resolve engineering faults to maintain safe operations with minimal downtime.
• Carry out routine maintenance and statutory testing across HVAC, electrical, public health, fire safety, life safety systems, and other building engineering assets.
• Conduct site measurements, surveys, and incident management/recovery exercises as directed.
• Support specialist contractors in periodic, reactive, and emergency maintenance.
• Serve as an Authorised Person (HV/LV) – Electrical and/or Mechanical, supporting 24/7 operations
• Complete annual training, performance objectives, and adhere to agreed SLAs, risk assessments, and safety standards.
• Promote health & safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement across all operations. 

• Monday to Friday 
• 08:00 - 16:00 (flexible, can do 07:00 - 15:00 etc)
• 1 in 6 call out (after site familiarity)

• Base salary: £37,260
• Benefits payment - £2,980
• £1,000 payment as the role doesn't include WFH
• On call allowance ~£3,000
• Shift allowance: £8,000 (coming Q4 2025)
• Bonus: 10% of base salary
• Overtime opportunities: Paid at double the hourly rate on weekends and weekdays

• £750 for HV/LV Authorised Person
• £750 for Mechanical Authorised Person

• 26 days annual leave
• Parking on site (need to drive to get to site)
• AP Training
• Non-contributory career average pension scheme (guaranteed income for life)
• Private health insurance
• Dental insurance (level 1)
• Life assurance (4x pensionable salary)
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Access to a wide range of voluntary benefits