Critical Facilities Engineer

Ideal Candidate Profile We're seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer to support the operation and maintenance of critical cooling and water systems within a mission-critical environment. Key Requirements: * Mechanical…

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Pay rate £30 – £42/hour

Contract type Contract

Posted 14 September 2026

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Ideal Candidate Profile

We're seeking a hands-on Mechanical Engineer to support the operation and maintenance of critical cooling and water systems within a mission-critical environment.

Key Requirements:

* Mechanical maintenance experience within Data Centres, Banking, Manufacturing, Industrial, Critical Facilities or Large Commercial environments.

* Strong knowledge of:

* Chillers

* Cooling Towers

* AHUs / FCUs

* Pumps & Motors

* Pressurisation Units

* Plate Heat Exchangers

* Domestic & LTHW/CHW Systems

* Plant Rooms

* Experience carrying out PPM and reactive maintenance.

* Water Treatment and Water Hygiene experience.

* Legionella / ACOP L8 knowledge highly desirable.

* Experience using BMS systems for monitoring and fault investigation.

* Fault-finding capability across mechanical building services infrastructure.

* Experience working within permit-to-work and safety-critical environments.

Desirable:

* Data Centre experience.

* Critical environment experience.

* Cooling tower testing and water treatment programmes.

* F-Gas qualification.

* Mechanical apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds or equivalent qualification

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