Closing Date: 06/11/2025

Salary band: £38,000 - £43,000

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and covering letter to BRCHR@babraham.co.uk.

About us:

The Babraham Research Campus is considered to be the UK’s leading campus to support early-stage bioscience enterprises. World class research and business come together to promote innovation and strengthen links between academia and the commercial world.

Babraham Research Campus Ltd (BRCL) is the company that manages and develops the Babraham Research Campus, supporting and promoting the regional and UK bioscience ecosystem. It has responsibility for the administration and commercial development of the site for the benefit of all the tenant companies including the Babraham Institute. The Campus provides emerging and growing biotech companies laboratory and office space together with access to outstanding scientific facilities in an ideal geographical location at the core of the Cambridge cluster. Our aim is to be the most successful bio-incubator campus in Europe and to support the Cambridge region and the UK bio-science communities.

We are situated on an attractive 430-acre parkland estate, seven miles south-west of Cambridge City Centre. The campus blends modern laboratory facilities with historic buildings in a spacious, beautifully landscaped setting. The campus offers the companies excellent amenities: fully equipped meeting rooms and conferencing facilities, bar, coffee shop and refectory, a sports and social club, gym, tennis court and football pitch. A large component of the estate grounds including the wood, grass, grazing meadows and park land are opened for both the campus and the wider community to walk through and use.

Role

We are seeking a highly skilled HVAC Maintenance Engineer to be responsible for providing (not exhaustively) reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM), diagnosing and resolving issues, installation, testing and commissioning to a high standard, with a focus on energy efficiency and system optimisation.

Experience of working with boilers, chillers, heat pumps, medical gas systems and BMS systems would be advantageous. The role on occasions may include the need to perform tasks outside of the mechanical field along with the co-ordination of small works and the supervision of contractors.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and diagnose issues and carry out planned and preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance (RM), condition maintenance (CM), statutory inspections and non-destructive testing on HVAC plant and systems, including air handling units (AHUs), fan coil units (FCUs), ventilation systems, chilled water systems and heating systems.

• Optimise system performance and energy efficiency through data analysis, flow rate adjustments, and operational improvements.

• Review and interpret BMS data to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.

• Commission or re-commission plant and equipment as required.

• Record time and outcomes on the CAFM system.

• Responsible for other types of building services maintenance, including building fabric.

• Ensure that all repairs and installations are completed to suitable standards in line with industrial standards.

• Complete suitable risk assessments and method statements prior to undertaking any work and document in full to ensure safe working practise.

• Participate in an emergency call out service on a rotor basis.

• Liaise with the BRCL Helpdesk and other contractors to deliver maintenance across the BRC estate to a suitable standard in accordance with the maintenance schedules.

• Where required supervise, coordinate and manage specialist sub-contractors for all maintenance provisions including PPM, RM and CM.

• Supervise where required safe systems of work, ensuring they are implemented and plant, machinery, services or equipment is suitably isolated.

• Ensure the building operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals are updated to reflect changes to building assets.

• Plan, supervise and co-ordinate all works to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all building users and ensure there is no impact on the environment.

This list is not exhaustive, and the successful candidate would be expected to undertake reasonable additional duties in support of the site operations as and when required.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Apprenticeship (or equivalent) formal training in mechanical or electrical engineering

• City & Guilds Level 3 technical certificate in HVAC or other building services engineering discipline

• Knowledge of energy efficiency regulations and practices (e.g., TM44, CIBSE guides)

• Good understanding of Health and Safety (isolations, permit to work, risk assessments, method statements)

Experience

• Experience of fault finding and maintenance of HVAC systems and associated plant

• Strong technical knowledge of mechanical systems including AHUs, FCUs, pumps, valves, chillers, and boilers

• Familiarity with water flow balancing and system optimisation techniques

• Ability to analyse metering and energy usage data

• Experience of working in occupied (ideally laboratory) facilities

• Experience of working with building management systems (BMS)

• Experience of undertaking maintenance in accordance with SFG20

• Experience of facilities management software, in particular Concept Evolution

• Experience of building management systems, in particular Trend control systems

Skills & Abilities

• Organized and methodical approach to work

• Excellent problem solving skills

• Ability to work independently or as a member of a team

• Good reporting and record keeping skills

• Able to attend to detail meticulously

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills at all levels

• Computer literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, in particular excel, word and outlook

Behaviours

• Flexible and enthusiastic approach to change with a positive ‘can do’ attitude

• Excellent planning, organisational, time management and problem-solving

skills

• Willingly provides assistance / support to others

• Identifies opportunities for improving organisational working practices

• Dedicated and passionate about delivering the best service for customers

• Hardworking, professional and delivers consistent quality

• Takes initiative to conduct own work and takes responsibility for meeting targets

• Understands different preferences /styles and is able to use the knowledge effectively communicate and develop relationships

• Complies with health, safety, security, environmental and financial budgetary controls

Additional Requirements

• Able to work in a non-smoking environment

• Willing to attend training as required

• On call out of hours (by rota).

• Some planned weekend work may be required.

• Willing to act as an out of hours’ emergency contact on occasions

• Clean valid driving British driving licence

Company Benefits

• Pension Allowance - Babraham Research Campus Ltd. offers a Group Personal Pension Scheme and currently contributes 10.5% of salary subject to a staff contribution of 3%.

• Holiday Entitlement - 25 days p.a. plus bank Holidays and 3 privilege days for Christmas Shutdown

• Discretional Annual Bonus - Employees may be eligible for a discretional performance related bonus

• Employee Wellbeing Service - The scheme offers confidential support, information, expert advice and specialist counselling service to all BRC employees

• Restaurant Facilities.

• Onsite Accommodation - There are a number of hostels, flats and houses that can be rented. (There is currently a waiting list for all types of accommodation).

• Social - Sports & Social Club and onsite Gym

• Nursery and Holiday Playscheme on site. (Availability of places is dependent on demand).

• There is free car parking on the Campus (please note that the Campus actively pursues a green transport policy).

Any offer of employment will be subject to security screening and may be subject to health screening. Any offer may also be subject to a general medical.