Job Description
King’s Cross, London
Employment TypePermanent | Full Time
About the RoleWe are looking for an experienced Critical Services Engineer to join our team supporting the prestigious King’s Cross Estate.
This is a highly visible technical leadership role responsible for engineering governance, operational assurance, technical escalation support, quality assurance, and ownership of engineering standards across a complex critical environment.
You will act as a subject matter expert across critical infrastructure, driving reliability, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement across the estate.
Key Responsibilities Engineering Leadership & Technical Authority- Act as estate-wide Subject Matter Expert (SME) for critical engineering systems
- Provide technical leadership across:
- HV/LV systems
- Generators
- UPS
- Cooling infrastructure
- BMS
- Fire systems
- Water systems
- Lead root cause analysis and technical investigations
- Manage technical triage for critical incidents and system failures
- Support emergency response and fault diagnosis
- Produce technical reports and recommendations
- Carry out engineering audits and quality inspections
- Review MOPs, SOPs, RAMS, switching schedules and maintenance procedures
- Ensure compliance with statutory and client engineering standards
- Develop and maintain engineering procedures, policies and standards
- Drive consistency and engineering best practice
- Maintain document control and governance frameworks
- Support and develop engineering competency frameworks
- Deliver technical mentoring and workshops
- Support Authorised Person development and competency assessments
- Analyse asset performance and maintenance trends
- Drive reliability and lifecycle improvement initiatives
- Provide technical oversight across engineering projects
- Review designs, commissioning activities and project handovers
- Ensure compliance with legislation and engineering standards
- Support risk assessments and incident investigations
- Degree or HND in Engineering / Building Services (preferred but not essential)
- Strong experience within critical environments
- Background in engineering governance and technical leadership
- Experience developing engineering standards and procedures
- QA/QS auditing experience
- Strong stakeholder management capability
- Technical Excellence
- Engineering Governance
- Leadership
- Quality Assurance
- Risk Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Operational Resilience
- Stakeholder Management
Performance in this role will be measured through:
- Critical system uptime
- Audit compliance
- Defect closure rates
- Training completion
- Reduction in repeat failures
- Client satisfaction
If you’re looking to take ownership of engineering excellence within a flagship critical environment, we’d love to hear from you. #BGISUK
