Job Description

Job Introduction

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Heating Mechanical Engineer

PO4

35 hours per week - Essential Car User

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is looking for a professional

Mechanical Heating Engineer

to work within their Compliance Section, which is part of the Housing and Safer Communities Directorate

You will be joining a team of Heating Mechanical and Electrical Engineers engaged on both Maintenance and Capital contracts


You will be self-motivated with the confidence to represent the Council's interests in various forums and circumstances with a minimum of HNC/BTech or NVQ Level 5 in Mechanical /Building Services Engineering Services together with extensive experience


You will require:

A good knowledge of the Commercial and Domestic Heating and Hot and Cold Water Industry, its working practices and Regulations, particularly, British and EN Standards, the Building Regulations, Gas and Electricity Regulations, Sustainable and Energy conservation technology.


A good knowledge of the construction industry generally including, health and Safety, materials, trades, building methods, legal and contractual requirements.


Excellent organisational, communication and negotiating skills


Excellent written communication, report writing skills.


Excellent contract, finance and budget control skills


Excellent IT skills, in Word, Excel and Outlook and experience of planning, ordering and scheduling systems.


The ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with staff at all levels.


Be able to demonstrate a flexible and organized approach to their work


The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of the team

Diversity Statement:

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close:

All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Early Advert Close:

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored:

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary:

Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values:

Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.

Salary

PO4 - 47,532 to 50,574

Frequency

Annual

Job Reference

royalgreenwich/TP/1022/304

Contract Type

Permanent

Closing Date

17 September, 2025

Job Category

Housing services

Business Unit

Housing and Safer Communities

Location

Thamesmead, London, United Kingdom

Level of Disclosure and Barring Service, DBS, check required

No DBS *

Posted on

03 September, 2025