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