Resident Engineer (Electrical Bias)

Location: Bentall Centre, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
Company: Wates Property Services (WPS)
Client: JLL
Contract: Full Time, Permanent

The Opportunity

Wates Property Services is looking for an experienced Resident Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join our Facilities Management team at the prestigious Bentall Centre in Kingston upon Thames.

As the site's dedicated electrical engineer, you will play a key role in maintaining critical building services infrastructure, ensuring statutory compliance, minimising downtime, and delivering an exceptional environment for retailers, visitors, and client stakeholders.

This position would suit a motivated engineer with strong electrical maintenance and testing experience who enjoys a varied role combining planned maintenance, fault finding, compliance activities, and wider building services support.

Key Responsibilities

Electrical Maintenance & Compliance

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive electrical repairs across the site.
• Complete routine electrical inspection and testing activities.
• Support Fixed Wire Testing (EICR) programmes and undertake remedial works where required.
• Conduct emergency lighting inspections and testing.
• Complete Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) where required.
• Diagnose and rectify electrical faults quickly and safely.
• Undertake minor electrical installations and modification works.
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, testing, maintenance activities and completed works.
• Ensure all electrical works are completed in accordance with current legislation and safe systems of work.
• Escalate specialist faults and compliance issues to approved contractors where appropriate.

Building Services Support

• Assist with reactive and planned maintenance across building services systems.
• Support the operation and maintenance of HVAC, heating, ventilation and water systems.
• Respond effectively to plant and equipment breakdowns.
• Identify asset defects and recommend repair or replacement solutions.
• Liaise with subcontractors, retailers, client representatives and site management teams.
• Support statutory compliance activities and site audits.
• Participate in the on-call rota and provide out-of-hours support when required.

What We're Looking For

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds Level 3 in Electrical Installation or equivalent.
• City & Guilds 2391, 2394/2395, or equivalent Test & Inspection qualification.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations.
• Demonstrable experience carrying out electrical maintenance within a commercial building or Facilities Management environment.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic capabilities.
• Good understanding of health and safety legislation and compliance requirements.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Desirable Qualifications & Experience

• Previous experience working within Facilities Management.
• Knowledge of mechanical building services systems.
• Experience working within retail, commercial or occupied environments.
• Current MEWP (3a & 3b) certification.
• PASMA certification.
• Latchway and Harness certification.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks. 

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting