Critical Services Engineer

Critical Services Engineer – King’s Cross Estate Location
King’s Cross, London

Employment Type
Permanent \| Full Time

About the Role
We 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

Technical Triage \& Incident Management

• Manage technical triage for critical incidents and system failures


• Support emergency response and fault diagnosis


• Produce technical reports and recommendations

Engineering Compliance \& Quality Assurance

• Carry out engineering audits and quality inspections


• Review MOPs, SOPs, RAMS, switching schedules and maintenance procedures


• Ensure compliance with statutory and client engineering standards

Engineering Standards \& Governance

• Develop and maintain engineering procedures, policies and standards


• Drive consistency and engineering best practice


• Maintain document control and governance frameworks

Training \& Development

• Support and develop engineering competency frameworks


• Deliver technical mentoring and workshops


• Support Authorised Person development and competency assessments

Reliability \& Continuous Improvement

• Analyse asset performance and maintenance trends


• Drive reliability and lifecycle improvement initiatives

Projects \& Technical Support

• Provide technical oversight across engineering projects


• Review designs, commissioning activities and project handovers

Health \& Safety

• Ensure compliance with legislation and engineering standards


• Support risk assessments and incident investigations

What We’re Looking For Qualifications \& Experience

• 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

Core Competencies

• Technical Excellence


• Engineering Governance


• Leadership


• Quality Assurance


• Risk Management


• Continuous Improvement


• Operational Resilience


• Stakeholder Management

Success Measures
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

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