Electrical Authorised Person

M&E ENGINEER – ELECTRICAL AUTHORISED PERSON | LAKENHEATH / BRANDON, SUFFOLK
£53,000–£55,000 + company car or car allowance | Permanent | Full-time | Site-based
Working pattern: Saturday to Wednesday, 07:30–16:30 (Thursday and Friday off)

HVAC Recruitment is recruiting a technically strong M&E Engineer / Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical safety and support building services operations across a complex estate in Suffolk. Existing Authorised Person (AP) qualifications are valued but not compulsory; funded AP training is available.

Key responsibilities
• Lead technical compliance, safe systems of work and electrical isolation/permit arrangements.
• Review RAMS and assess, supervise and coach skilled engineers.
• Provide expert advice to management and site teams.
• Support planned/reactive maintenance and engineering project delivery.
• Identify safety and technical deficiencies and drive corrective actions.
• Work with stakeholders, contractors and operational teams; participate in an on-call rota when required.

What you'll bring
• Fully qualified Electrical Engineer with substantial practical experience.
• Strong electrical safety, permit-to-work and Safe Systems of Work knowledge.
• Experience supervising engineering teams, resources and site operations.
• Excellent technical judgement, communication and problem-solving.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Electrical AP authorisations and JSP375 experience desirable rather than mandatory.

The top end of the salary band is aimed at candidates already holding AP tickets.

Benefits: Company car or car allowance, 25 days' annual leave, 6% employer pension contribution subject to matching, private medical cover (single), funded technical qualifications and career progression.

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Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed