Air Conditioning jobs in Newton-le-Willows

In this role, you will support the Senior Hard Facilities Manager in the independent delivery, coordination and assurance of HVAC and air conditioning hard services maintenance and minor project works across the Balfour Beatty UK estate.

The role operates with a high degree of autonomy and professional judgement, ensuring HVAC systems are safe, compliant and fully operational. The postholder will contribute directly to statutory compliance, health & safety governance, service performance and contractor oversight across multiple sites nationwide. Regular travel and periods working away from home will be required.

You will be accountable for:

• Delivering planned and reactive HVAC maintenance activities across a nationwide estate with minimal day-to-day supervision
• Undertake AC installations, from planning, ordering parts, liaising with site, carrying out the works and completing all relevant certification
• Managing the issue, coordination and completion of PPM and compliance activities, ensuring systems remain statutory compliant and operational
• Exercising professional judgement to prioritise work, diagnose faults and resolve complex HVAC issues
• Acting as an Authorised Person for mechanical and/or electrical systems relevant to the role, where appointed
• Supervision of external sub-contractors
• Preparing, reviewing and implementing RAMS and ensuring safe systems of work are consistently applied
• Coordinating, supervising and inducting specialist subcontractors to ensure works are delivered safely, compliantly and to required standards
• Delivering toolbox talks and supporting a strong health & safety culture across sites
• Liaising effectively with clients, internal stakeholders and service partners, building strong working relationships
• Maintaining oversight of essential spares, materials and equipment to support effective service delivery
• Completing documentation and reports in line with site-specific O&M manuals, SLA requirements and agreed procedures
• Undertaking multi-skilled maintenance activities where required to support operational resilience
• Carry out Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) across the estate when required

• Proven experience working within the Facilities Management environment, ideally across multiple sites
• City & Guilds F-Gas Qualification – Category 1 (essential)
• Strong all-round knowledge of HVAC, mechanical systems and controls
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (desirable)
• Strong background in servicing, maintenance and fault-finding of HVAC systems
• Sound working knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation (SSSTS / SMSTS desirable)
• Confident working independently, managing workload and making operational decisions
• Experience coordinating supply chain and subcontractor activities
• IT-literate, with the ability to complete electronic maintenance and compliance records
• Full UK driving licence
• Portable Appliance Testing experience
• Basic plumbing/joinery/building fabric skills

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com