Vertical Transportation Engineer

Shape the future of Vertical Transportation at Hollis. We’re growing our Vertical Transportation team and need an experienced VT Engineer to join our existing team. This role will help increase our VT capability across London and the South East. You’ll support a wide variety of clients and help grow a service with increasing demand and reputation. For the right person, this role offers a platform to raise their profile and become a recognised specialist in a growing consultancy.

Why this opportunity is different

At Hollis, we provide our clients with specialist advice across the full building lifecycle and this includes our VT team. Our VT service provides independent expertise across lift and escalator design, project management, technical due diligence, maintenance monitoring, feasibility studies and asset performance advice across diverse commercial and residential sectors.

If you're looking for the opportunity to:

• Help grow and shape a specialist consultancy service
• Work alongside experienced lift and escalator industry colleagues
• Develop lasting client relationships
• Increase your visibility within the market
• Continue to develop new skills
• Be part of a team providing clients with tailored expertise to suit their property needs

What you'll be doing:

• Delivering specialist VT inspections and reporting
• Advising on acquisitions, disposals and technical due diligence
• Managing VT refurbishment and replacement projects from inception to completion
• Advising on asset management, maintenance strategies and lifecycle planning
• Reviewing designs, specifications and contractor proposals
• Witness testing and overseeing commissioning
• Collaborating with Engineering, Project Management, Building Surveying and Technical Due Diligence teams

About you

We’re looking for someone with strong technical expertise, commercial awareness and a commitment to excellent client service. You’ll ideally have:

• NVQ Level 3 or 4 in lift engineering, or equivalent recognised qualification.
• At least five years’ experience within the lift or VT industry
• Knowledge of lift modernisation, replacement and maintenance strategies
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, British Standards and industry guidance requirements
• Ability to assess equipment condition, maintenance standards, workmanship and compliance.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills
• The ability to work safely and independently within lift and escalator environments.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Our preference is to recruit directly wherever possible.

The Company Hollis is a leading independent real estate consultancy. We work with owners, occupiers, developers and funders, across both private and public sectors, to help them get more out of their real estate, at every stage of the property life cycle. We’re a multi-skilled team of surveyors, engineers, ESG consultants, project managers and technical specialists operating across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands. We have a unique way of working and believe that people do things better by doing them together. We aim to do the right thing, be clear, transparent and find some fun along the way.

Why join us?

We are hardworking, progressive, successful and fun. We’re independently-owned and independently-minded, not afraid to give honest advice or to be ourselves. We aim to achieve the right balance for you, delivering excellent client service whilst supporting you in fulfilling your potential and achieving your goals. We offer a highly attractive salary and a generous benefits package including:

• Life assurance and private medical insurance
• Season ticket loan
• 5% Employer pension contribution
• 25 days of holiday and an extra day off on your birthday
• Cycle to work scheme, retail vouchers, gym discounts and more
• EV car scheme
• Longevity awards

Hollis operates a hybrid-working policy giving employees the opportunity to work between their home and our offices, where their job allows it. In addition, employees are encouraged to request flexible working hours when needed and we work hard to accommodate where we can. We are a sociable bunch and host pay day drinks, quarterly lunches, quiz nights and cultural and sporting activities to socialise and have fun with your colleagues. We also give back and take part in numerous charity events all over the country throughout the year.

We're Inclusive

Together we welcome, we embrace, and we celebrate our differences. Our aim is to provide a diverse and inclusive workplace which supports and cares for all our employees, including those from underrepresented or non-dominant groups. We’re focused on a culture of inclusion; where all barriers including prejudice are removed from our working environment; and where all our people are empowered to be the best they can be.