Mechanical Engineer (Lead Maintenance)

  • Starling.Red
  • Jan 30, 2026
Full time Real Estate

Job Description

Attention:Expert FCU Engineers. Secure, Well-Paid Work With No Travel, No Weekend Shifts, And Full Respect For Your Skills

Are you an experienced FCU or mechanical engineer in London, tired of chasing your tail between sites, juggling unreliable schedules, and doing great work but feeling undervalued?

Sick of sitting in traffic, being stretched thin across multiple jobs, or wasting your time with companies that seem to lack common sense?

Do you have the skills and knowledge to improve our systems and best practices to help shape our business? Do you have a passion to help develop and train junior team members?

If you ve been waiting for a role where your knowledge is respected, your skills are put to proper use, and you can spend your time doing the work you love

This might be the most important job advert you ll read all year.

Here s What You ll Get:

  • Secure, full-time employment with a respected, growing team
  • £45,000 to £55,000 per year, depending on experience
  • Work on a single, prestigious site at Battersea Power Station
  • At the moment we don t work out of hours or weekends, and we don t have any plans to change that.
  • 9-day fortnight option for better work-life balance after 6 month probation
  • Portable trollies provided so there's no need for a van
  • Full on-site access to parts, and tools
  • Proper onboarding, expert-level training and growth opportunities
  • Friendly, experienced team that has your back

This Isn t Just Another FCU Engineering Job.

This is your opportunity to:

  • Stop wasting your precious time on a role you don t enjoy
  • Stop long unsociable hours and travelling across the Country
  • Find a rewarding, Monday Friday using the skills that took you years to build

You ll work steady hours in a challenging but satisfying role, use your knowledge with confidence, and finally feel like you re part of something meaningful.

What You ll Be Doing:

  • We re looking for someone to head up the technical servicing aspect of our team s work.
  • FCU and MVHR, and related system servicing, fault finding and maintenance
  • Working with high-end mechanical systems in luxury apartments
  • Recording jobs with ClickUp and SafetyCulture (we ll train you)
  • Becoming a trusted face for residents and the go-to expert on-site
  • Keeping your custom-trolley stocked
  • Designing ways to improve our systems, best practices and our range of services offered
  • Help train junior team members that you will work alongside
  • Be the problem solver who will work with our network of skilled supporting specialists to get to the bottom of difficult issues
  • Due to the need to be working independently we d like to see a minimum of 5 years experience across complex mechanical services and in customer-facing roles.

You ll work with Nuaire, Titan, BWT and more. And if you want to build your expertise, we ll sponsor further training.

Here s What To Do Now:

Scroll to the bottom of this advert and click the Apply Now button to send us your details.

We move fast. Great engineers don t wait around, and neither do we.

Don t miss out on a rare opportunity to work at London s most sought-after apartment developments with a team that genuinely values the work you do.

If you re ready for better hours, better pay, and a role that finally makes sense, apply now.

Apply now and take your skills to the next level.

Applications for this position close at 5 PM on Thursday 12th February 2026. Don t miss out.

Whilst this job is perfect for an FCU Engineer, it s also suitable for Heating/Cooling Engineers and Mechanical Services Maintenance Engineers (No gas works).

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person