Mechanical Engineer (Lead Maintenance) in London

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
• No out of hours or weekend work
• 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 role 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:

• 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 (training provided)
• 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 work 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. 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. 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).