Coleman Street
Shift Leader – Critical Engineering (HV) - City of London - £65,000 + Package Employer: Globally Recognised Facilities Management Provider A globally recognised facilities management organisation, renowned for technical excellence, internal progression, and structured development pathways, is recruiting an experienced Shift Leader to oversee engineering operations at a mission-critical corporate site in the City of London. This is a hands-on, technically demanding leadership role within a business-critical environment where resilience, uptime, and compliance are paramount. Role Overview As Shift Leader, you will have full responsibility for the safe operation, maintenance, and performance of critical M&E infrastructure during your shift. You will lead a team of engineers, ensuring all plant and systems operate within agreed parameters while maintaining zero-compromise standards around safety and reliability. You will act as the senior technical authority on shift, managing incidents, isolations, permits, and escalations in a high-pressure, client-facing environment. Key Technical Responsibilities • Lead and coordinate a shift engineering team within a critical environment, • Authorised Person or senior operational support for HV/LV systems, including switching, isolations, and safe systems of work, • Ensure continuous availability of critical systems including UPS, generators, HV/LV distribution, switchgear, and associated plant, • Oversee planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive fault response, • Manage critical incidents, alarms, and fault rectification to minimise business impact, • Ensure strict adherence to RAMS, permit systems, and statutory compliance, • Maintain detailed shift logs, reports, and handovers, • Act as a key technical interface between the client, management, and engineering teams, • Support training, mentoring, and technical development of shift engineers Essential Experience & Qualifications • Proven experience working in a critical or mission-critical environment (corporate, data centre, banking, or similar), • High Voltage (HV) experience is essential (authorised or previously authorised), • Strong electrical bias with solid understanding of mechanical plant, • Demonstrable leadership or supervisory experience within FM or building services, • Excellent fault-finding, decision-making, and escalation management skills, • Calm, methodical approach in high-risk, high-pressure environments What’s on Offer • Salary up to £65,000, • Work on a prestigious, technically complex corporate site, • Clear internal progression into senior leadership or technical management roles, • Ongoing training, HV development, and professional upskilling, • Long-term career stability with a market-leading FM provider This role is ideal for a technically strong Shift Leader or Senior Engineer ready to step into a highly respected critical-site leadership position