We’re looking for an exceptional Building Services Engineer to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Building Services Engineer, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we’ll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

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  We’re a force for good – focusing on our environmental and social impact
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  We’re experts by nature – always learning and developing to do things better
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  We live and breathe it – putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
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  We’re better together – understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
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  We keep evolving – pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

Your world of expertise

You will be joining the the property and facilities management team which handles hard and soft Facilities Management (FM) for the Met Office estate. Our estate includes freehold properties, leasehold properties and operational sites. You will focus on building services engineering duties offering expertise across various disciplines.

Your key duties:

• Undertake periodic inspections of the estate to monitor condition and maintenance compliance. You will identify emerging maintenance needs, ensure they are prioritised and scheduled for completion. This will involve frequent UK travel.
• Provide technical direction and guidance for building services engineering issues on the Met Office estate and provide technical support to stakeholders in Property Management to assist with the HQ Hard Services FM contract and the Front line Hard Services FM Contract.
• Review designs, drawings, specifications and tender documentation to assist with the delivery of projects across the estate.

Why join us

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is Great Place to Work UK certified. We are also featured on their ‘Best Workplaces in Tech’ 2023 and 2024 lists, as well as their ’54 Best Workplaces for Women’ 2023 list.

As our Building Services Engineer, your total reward package will be up to £47,606 annually, which includes:

• £33,794 base pay
• An outstanding Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
• Recruitment Retention Allowance (RRA) you will be paid £2,800 per annum as a market supplement to reflect the demand for your skills. Whilst in post, you will be paid this market driven allowance from April 2024 until September 2025 in your monthly pay
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 32.5 days (plus Bank Holidays) after 5 years and option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year of annual leave

Essential Criteria, skills and experience:

• As an Expert by Nature you will be in possession of, or working towards, a relevant building services professional accreditation. (e.g. I Eng I Mech E ).
• We Keep Evolving and you must have a keen interest in the built environment and be confident in identifying and progressing concerns outside of your specialist discipline. (e.g. building fabric maintenance and inspection).
• You must be able to work using your own initiative and have a thorough understanding of building services and construction related legislation and regulation.
• Demonstrate competence, knowledge and experience in tendering small works and understand the related contract law applicable to contracts.
• You will be able to demonstrate good communications skills – oral and written.
• You will be a part of a larger team, we’re Better Together, and you’ll need to evidence being a team player willing to get involved and support others
• You’ll be in possession of a full driving licence as extensive UK travel is required for this role.

Desirable Criteria:

We encourage you to apply if you believe you meet our essential criteria, but we’re also keen to discover if you have:

• Competence in the use of AutoCAD LT, REVIT, MS Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Knowledge of MRI Evolution (asset management) and BIM.

How to apply

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.

Closing date: 05/02/2025 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from 12/02/2025. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk.

If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK – please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us.