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NVQ 3 - Multi-Skilled Building Services Engineer – Mechanical / Plumbing Bias

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Multi-Skilled Building Services Engineer – Mechanical / Plumbing Bias

Temporary to Permanent Contract

Job Details

Client: Camden Council Service Area: Facilities Management / M&E Operations Team

Hours: 36 hours per week Excluding unpaid lunch breaks

Working Arrangement: Van-mobile role

Start Date: 31 August 2026 Duration: 24 weeks

Number of Roles: 1

Location

Base / Area: London Borough of Camden

Main Site: 5 Pancras Square London Camden N1C 4AG

The role will involve working across Camden's schools, children's centres, community buildings and corporate properties.

Pay

PAYE Rate: £24.50 per hour

Job Overview

Camden Facilities Management is seeking an experienced Multi-Skilled Building Services Engineer with a strong commercial plumbing and mechanical maintenance background.

The successful candidate will carry out planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, fault-finding and minor installation works across Camden's schools, children's centres, community buildings and corporate properties.

Although the role has a plumbing and mechanical bias, candidates should have enough awareness of electrical building services to work safely, identify basic faults and understand when specialist electrical assistance is required.

A significant part of the role will involve working alongside and mentoring a plumbing apprentice for approximately three days each week. The engineer must be willing and able to explain tasks, model safe working practices, check the apprentice's work and support their technical development.

Important – Please Read Carefully

This is a commercial plumbing / mechanical building services engineer role.

Candidates must hold NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or an equivalent recognised qualification in plumbing, mechanical engineering or building services.

Candidates must have substantial practical experience in commercial plumbing and mechanical maintenance, including heating systems, pumps, pressurisation units, expansion vessels, calorifiers, booster sets, valves, TMVs, hot and cold-water services and associated plant.

The role is van-mobile and requires a full UK driving licence.

Candidates must also be willing and able to mentor a plumbing apprentice for approximately three days per week.

Please do not submit candidates based only on broad multi-skilled claims. The CV and supporting statement must clearly evidence the primary plumbing / mechanical trade experience and mandatory qualifications.

Key Responsibilities

  • Carry out planned preventative maintenance across mechanical and plumbing systems
  • Complete reactive repairs and fault-finding
  • Undertake minor mechanical installation and remedial works
  • Complete mechanical and plumbing PPMs within required timescales
  • Diagnose and repair faults affecting commercial plumbing systems
  • Diagnose and repair faults affecting heating and mechanical systems
  • Maintain pumps and pressurisation units
  • Maintain expansion vessels and calorifiers
  • Maintain booster sets, valves and associated plant
  • Repair domestic hot and cold-water services
  • Service TMVs where competent
  • Support water hygiene and Legionella control activities within competence
  • Identify underlying causes of faults
  • Recommend remedial action to reduce repeat failures
  • Record work accurately using Camden's CAFM system
  • Use issued mobile technology to update jobs live while attending sites
  • Record materials, findings, actions and completion details
  • Provide clear notes explaining inspections, findings, actions taken and further works required
  • Manage and prioritise allocated workload
  • Complete PPMs and reactive jobs effectively
  • Communicate professionally with school staff, caretakers, building users, contractors and colleagues
  • Complete dynamic risk assessments
  • Follow permit-to-work and site safety procedures
  • Maintain the work vehicle, tools and equipment appropriately
  • Support colleagues across the wider M&E team where competent
  • Mentor and support the assigned plumbing apprentice
  • Explain tasks and model safe working practices
  • Check the apprentice's work and support technical development

Essential Experience & Qualifications

  • NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent recognised qualification in plumbing, mechanical engineering or building services
  • Substantial practical experience in commercial plumbing maintenance
  • Substantial practical experience in mechanical maintenance
  • Experience maintaining heating systems
  • Experience maintaining pumps
  • Experience maintaining pressurisation units
  • Experience maintaining expansion vessels
  • Experience maintaining calorifiers
  • Experience maintaining booster sets, valves and associated plant
  • Experience repairing domestic hot and cold-water services
  • Experience delivering planned preventative maintenance
  • Experience delivering reactive maintenance
  • Strong fault-finding and problem-solving ability
  • Experience working independently in occupied buildings
  • Full UK driving licence
  • Ability and willingness to mentor an apprentice
  • Competence using mobile devices or CAFM systems
  • Ability to maintain accurate job records
  • Ability to work safely and within technical competence
  • Awareness of electrical building services
  • Ability to identify when specialist electrical assistance is required
  • Professional communication skills
  • Ability to work in schools, children's centres and public buildings
  • Dependable and punctual approach
  • Strong workmanship standards

Desirable

  • Unvented hot-water certification
  • Water Hygiene or Legionella Awareness
  • Basic electrical fault-finding experience
  • BMS awareness
  • HVAC and AHU maintenance experience
  • Booster pump maintenance experience
  • Water treatment experience
  • Asbestos Awareness
  • IPAF or PASMA
  • First Aid
  • Experience working within education estates
  • Local authority estates experience
  • NHS or other public-sector estate experience
  • Experience working as part of an M&E operations team

Additional Information

This is a temporary to permanent opportunity.

The role is van-mobile and candidates must hold a full UK driving licence and meet the requirements for the role.

Interview will be held on site.

Candidate submission deadline is 19 August 2026.

A short supporting statement against the essential criteria should be provided with each candidate submission. A CV alone may not be sufficient if it does not clearly demonstrate the required qualifications, trade skills and commercial plumbing / mechanical experience.

Disclaimer

On applying for this vacancy, you agree that your personal details will be passed onto our client for their consideration of your suitability for the role.

I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to notify Fix Space Recruitment Limited of any hirer who I do not want my details to be passed onto.

Job Reference

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