Heating Engineer

Location: With offices in London & Maidenhead, and customers throughout England, the suitable candidate must be willing to travel.

Salary: Generous salary (including bonus incentives) dependent on level of experience.

Be part of the change - install the future of low-carbon heating. At Rendesco, we believe that heating our homes shouldn't cost the planet. Since 2012, we've been leading the way in renewable heating solutions - designing, installing, and operating cutting-edge heat pump systems that make a real difference.

This is more than just a job. Joining our team now means helping to shape our growth story and play an active role in decarbonising one of the UK's most crucial sectors. We're proud of our dynamic, open culture, flat hierarchy, and diverse team, united by passion, purpose, and a drive to deliver exceptional results. Having grown rapidly across new build homes, Rendesco sees huge opportunity to provide clean heating to existing homes. Working to retrofit existing homes with heat pumps and batteries to deliver clean heating and energy savings to customers.

The role:

• As our Senior Heating Engineer and first critical hire into our Domestic division, you will be responsible for installing heat pumps, cylinders, and other relevant equipment.
• You will be essential in re-thinking how heat pumps are installed and delivered to help increase adoption and drive growth.
• You will primarily start out on the tools, with significant opportunity to grow and shape your career as a manager and technical expert.
• You will have support from the larger business, working closely with our Commercial division, particularly the Engineering and Installation departments, to ensure that we are fitting efficient, reliable systems.
• You will be teamed up with a Senior Electrical Engineer (Electrician) to deliver heat pumps and batteries to homeowners.
• Your work will include surveying homes, ensuring the right information is captured in the home to evaluate, quote and deliver heat pumps and batteries.
• Delivering equipment to customers' homes when needed, working with the wider team and Rendesco's stores manager to ensure the right equipment arrives to site on time for installation.
• Installing heat pumps, heating interface units (HIU) and the relevant connections, fittings and system components, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Fault-finding and fixing problems that arise by using your technical knowledge and diagnostic tools to identify and resolve operational issues.
• Training other installers and helping to develop training materials to support the installation of our equipment and scaling of our business.
• Contributing feedback from site to ensure we continuously improve and meet our customers' needs.
• Developing processes and procedures based on your experiences to ensure we are delivering and operating efficiently.
• Collaborating with colleagues across departments, including Engineering and Maintenance, to support a seamless customer journey.

About you:

• Demonstrable experience in plumbing and fitting cylinders, including exposure to a variety of materials, tools and techniques used in the trade and a track record of project completion at a high standard.
• A strong background in fitting ASHPs is a must; any experience in fitting GSHPs would be looked upon very favourably.
• Inspection & testing experience, demonstrating the production and completion of registration reports for MCS certified equipment with the DNO.
• Technical knowledge, including an understanding of domestic hydraulic installations to meet performance and safety requirements.
• Understanding of hot water regulations and guidelines including the UK's Building Regulations Part G or equivalent.
• Track record in renewables, infrastructure, or construction with an understanding of the challenges and practices associated with domestic installations.
• Innovative approach, considering how we can do things differently to grow our business.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, capable of diagnosing and resolving issues quickly.
• Willingness to travel to various work locations, including extended stays away from home to meet project demands.
• Desire to learn new skills and develop your career.
• Team player with experience working in a team of developers and collaborating with colleagues across other departments.

Qualifications and desired skills:

• Engineering or Plumbing Qualification: NVQ level 2 or level 3 (or equivalent).
• MCS Certified.
• WRAS Qualifications (water regs).
• Unvented hot water systems (part G).
• Gas safe registered (Essential).

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary (depending on experience).
• Bonus incentive and schemes.
• Private Medical Insurance (after six months of service).
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Quarterly Social Fund - we've allocated £50 per person per quarter for team events and gatherings, to encourage engagement across teams.
• £30 Monthly contribution to Phone Contract.
• Cycle to Work Scheme is available through salary sacrifice for employees to spread the cost of a new bike and accessories over 12 months.
• Further training, qualifications and development experience.
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays).
• Company van (business use).

Be the change. If you're ready to put your skills to work on meaningful projects that help power a cleaner, greener Britain - we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help us make decarbonisation effortless.

At Rendesco, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and an equal opportunity employer, who encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.