Engineering Team Lead
| Posting date: | 06 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47900-47900 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 April 2026 |
| Location: | Middleborough, TS4 3BW |
| Company: | Serco Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 308236-44018921 |
Summary
Engineering Team Lead
Location: James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BWSalary: £47,900per annumSchedule: Full Time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week) 8-week cycle working a mixture of days and nights (07:00 - 19:00 and 19:00 to 07:00)
Ready to impact a better future?
As an Engineering Team Lead in our Estates and Maintenance Service, you’ll help us keep essential engineering services running smoothly across the hospital estate. Your work will support a safe, well‑maintained environment that directly affects patient experience and community wellbeing.
You’ll play a key role in ensuring our engineering services, trades colleagues, and maintenance activity all run efficiently and safely. You’ll guide colleagues, support improvements, and help us deliver a service that makes a positive, lasting impact.
What you’ll do as an Engineering Team Lead You’ll be entrusted to:
- Supervise and support the daily work of maintenance colleagues and specialist subcontractors.
- Plan, allocate, oversee, and implement planned and reactive maintenance across engineering services, plant, and equipment.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure full compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
- Provide technical guidance in your core trade and help develop and train colleagues.
- Assist with costing, resourcing, and assessing minor works and life‑cycle schemes, as well as supporting stores with bespoke materials and stock.
Does this sound like you? You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:
- An NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering trade, plus 18th Edition IEE Regulations.
- Experience supervising colleagues in a building services or engineering environment.
- Strong technical knowledge across key building services areas such as control engineering, medical gases, building fabric, or mechanical/electrical systems.
- Good computer literacy and familiarity with facilities management systems.
- A collaborative, customer‑focused approach, with the ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.
Vetting and checks:
A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties.
Discover all you need to keep growing We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.
What we offer:
- Holidays: 28 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime Healthline, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco‑managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
- Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
- Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
Location: James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BWSalary: £47,900per annumSchedule: Full Time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week) 8-week cycle working a mixture of days and nights (07:00 - 19:00 and 19:00 to 07:00)
Ready to impact a better future?
As an Engineering Team Lead in our Estates and Maintenance Service, you’ll help us keep essential engineering services running smoothly across the hospital estate. Your work will support a safe, well‑maintained environment that directly affects patient experience and community wellbeing.
You’ll play a key role in ensuring our engineering services, trades colleagues, and maintenance activity all run efficiently and safely. You’ll guide colleagues, support improvements, and help us deliver a service that makes a positive, lasting impact.
What you’ll do as an Engineering Team Lead You’ll be entrusted to:
- Supervise and support the daily work of maintenance colleagues and specialist subcontractors.
- Plan, allocate, oversee, and implement planned and reactive maintenance across engineering services, plant, and equipment.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure full compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
- Provide technical guidance in your core trade and help develop and train colleagues.
- Assist with costing, resourcing, and assessing minor works and life‑cycle schemes, as well as supporting stores with bespoke materials and stock.
Does this sound like you? You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:
- An NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering trade, plus 18th Edition IEE Regulations.
- Experience supervising colleagues in a building services or engineering environment.
- Strong technical knowledge across key building services areas such as control engineering, medical gases, building fabric, or mechanical/electrical systems.
- Good computer literacy and familiarity with facilities management systems.
- A collaborative, customer‑focused approach, with the ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities.
Vetting and checks:
A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties.
Discover all you need to keep growing We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.
What we offer:
- Holidays: 28 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
- Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
- Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
- Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime Healthline, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco‑managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
- Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
- Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
- Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.
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