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ROLE: Shift Mechanical Engineer
HOURS: 40 hours per week
LOCATION: Ware, Hertfordshire At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Shift Mechanical Engineer who will provide a comprehensive engineering service to the site, supporting operational, statutory, and regulatory compliance while ensuring maximum availability of engineering equipment. Role Responsibilities:
Provide a comprehensive engineering service to the site, ensuring compliance with GSK/Mitie Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety procedures, and the Company IMS.
Maintain maximum equipment availability through safe, efficient planned maintenance, fault resolution, and technical support for projects, commissioning, and hand‑over activities.
Responsible for the service, maintenance, and repairs on installations such as ventilation systems - (AHU, Intake / extract), heating and cooling systems (thermal wheels, FCU's etc.) and water system assets, such as booster sets, chlorifiers, water heaters etc.
Complete accurate documentation (work logs, asset history, permits-to-work) and liaise with planning teams to align activity with GxP guidelines, SOPs, PPM schedules, KPIs, and site requirements.
Required Qualifications:
Ability to undertake all facets of maintenance and installation within the scope of the contract.
A recognised trade training scheme (desired) and strong competency across mechanical and associated electrical resets.
NVQ Level 2 in Mechanical Engineering
IOSH Working Safely, IPAF, Asbestos Awareness, and relevant technical certifications (e.g., C&G Competent Person Mechanical & Pressure Systems, Level 3 NVQ Heating & Ventilation, Level 2 H&V Industrial & Commercial Installations).
Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with strong customer care and relationship‑building skills.
Competent with Microsoft Office, CAFM systems, BMS operation, RAMS production, and permit‑to‑work processes.
What's in it for you?
Being part of a business where our people are our greatest strength.
The opportunity to thrive and be your best every day.
A role that enables you to contribute to safe, compliant, high‑quality engineering operations across a key site.
There's a place for you at Mitie, join us today!
#EngGen Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans. When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices! We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie). We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,! Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you. We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Nitika Singh at .
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