Job Description

General information

City/town:

London

Job field:

Other Operations

External closing date:

Monday, October 20, 2025

Type of contract:

Permanent

ID:

5518

Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an


inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.



We are looking for a Lead Shift Engineer to join our Building Services team in London.



Working as a Lead Shift Engineer you will be responsible for overseeing day to day servicing of both mechanical and electrical infrastructure and the ability to carry out breakdown maintenance on electrical and mechanical systems/equipment.

What you'll do:

To carry out sub-contractor inductions and putting people to work. Assist and cover for the technical services manager when required. To take control of any works requested by the technical services manager through to completion. To attend reactive calls with contractual SLA. To complete PPMs and update eLogbook's with correct and full details of the task. Working in a team of 2 and taking the lead position within the team. To ensure compliance with Health and Safety requirements.

What you'll bring to the role:

Qualified in engineering discipline at NVQ level 3 or higher. Strong Mechanical and Electrical experience. 18th Edition. Experience working within Facilities Management or Building Services. Sound knowledge of H&S legislation and some knowledge of COSHH. Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with all levels of employee, customer and client. Ability to supervise and prioritise a demanding and varying workload. Knowledge of Concept CAFM systems preferred.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

or call 0330 105 2000 - Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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