Job Details
Commercial Mechanical Engineer / Pipe Fitter £46/48k – London
My Client are a mechanical engineering company who are now looking to recruit a van mobile mechanical engineer/pipefitter.
Full job description
- Hours: 8am – 5pm
- Job Type: Permanent
- Location of work: 99% inside of M25
- Call out Rota: Approximately 1 week in 7
- Overtime rate: Time and half/double time & standby allowance of £150
Job overview:
- Mobile Heating, commercial pipe fitter/mechanical engineer with experience of wet system in both modern and aged large residential blocks and commercial buildings running from a central plant room. A highly varied job.
- Understanding of both gravity and pressurised, single, two pipe, ladder and district distribution systems.
- Pipe work from ½” to 4” covering galv, iron, steel, copper, plastic, composite etc., to include mapres or similar systems.
- Working knowledge of pumps, pressure and expansion vessels, DMZ valves, basic mechanical maintenance of plate exchangers, strainers, side stream filtration systems.
- Ability to fault find on building related heating, hot and cold water distribution problems.
- Works may involve emergency repairs, breaking out of walls and floors to access pipe work.
- Role will involve planned mechanical maintenance on non-electrical or gas systems, with a high proportion of reactive and quoted works, which may involve minor domestic plumbing in residential apartments, typically radiator and valve problems, crossover chasing and rectification etc.