Plumbing and Heating Engineer

Plumbing and Heating Engineer (University Estate)

£30,000 - £40,000 + Inc £4000 on-call allowance + Paid overtime + Funded trade courses + 40 days holiday Pension + life assurance + health-cash plan

Reading

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 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.

Keywords: HVAC Engineer, Senior Heating Engineer, Commercial Plumbing, Mechanical Maintenance, Building Services, GasSafe, OFTEC, PPM, Reactive Maintenance, University Estates Jobs, Reading, Berkshire