HVAC Engineer

HVAC Engineer (University Campus)

• 40+ days paid leave
• 36-hour week, 4pm finish
• 3.8 k on-call retainer
• Generous overtime (time-and-a-half Mon-Sat, double time Sun/after midnight).
• University-funded courses (Gas Safe, Unvented, Oil, BMS, Cat & Genny, etc.) add 600-1,200 to salary per qualification.
• Work across a "university-within-a-park" estate
• Clear path into Authorised-Person duties, section lead roles and University-wide projects, all within a well-resourced in-house team

Are you an HVAC engineer craving better work-life balance and bigger earnings through generous overtime? Join a picturesque university estate where you enjoy 40 + days' holiday as well as substantial salary enhancements and funded qualifications that lift your salary every year.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large, multi-building campus renowned for its beauty, outstanding benefits and great work environment. You'll shape the HVAC service and maintain, fault-find and improve commercial heating and ventilation while enjoying stability, career pathways and a work-life balance rarely found.

In this position you will maintain, fault-find and improve commercial heating and ventilation plant across a 300-building estate. From daily PPMs and reactive repairs to producing RAMS, mentoring apprentices and supervising contractors, your remit spans day-to-day engineering and long-term asset planning-all with the tools, budget and processes of a major public-sector employer.

This role entitles you to 40 days annual leave (including Christmas & Easter closures), free training that triggers 600-1,200 allowances per ticket, an on call rota which pays 4000 extra on your salary.

The Role:

• Deliver planned & reactive HVAC maintenance, ensuring statutory compliance
• Produce quotations, permits and RAMS; keep CAFM/PPM systems fully updated
• Mentor apprentices, supervise specialist contractors and support energy-saving projects

The Person:

• Holds NVQ/C&G Level 3 (or higher) in Mechanical HVAC / Plumbing & Heating
• Has proven commercial experience with boilers, pumps, AHUs and BMS fault-finding
• Is comfortable producing compliance paperwork and joining the on-call rota

Extra-Earning Allowances (Grade 5 Trades)

Earn up to 1,200 extra per year - the University funds the training, you bank the allowance.

• Apprentice Mentor - coaching new apprentices | 600
• BMS / Controls Triage (Schneider, Trend, etc.) | 600
• Thermography (ITC Level 1) - thermal-camera inspections | 600
• Cat & Genny Utility Scanning - safe digs | 600
• Electric Steam-Boiler Operator | 600
• OFTEC (Oil-Boiler) Engineer | 600
• Unvented Hot-Water Systems (BPEC) | 600
• Pressure Systems & Air Compressors | 1,200
• GasSafe - Core Domestic | 600
• GasSafe - Core Commercial & Boilers | 1,200
• Steel / Cast-Iron Pipework Welding | 600

Apply Now - step into a role where your skills, overtime and paid qualifications all add up.

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