We are now working with our client based in the Tower Bridge area on a requirement they have for a Technical Officer. This is an initial 3-month contract (inside IR35) which requires someone to work shift work, 4 days on/4 days off (7am to 7pm). You must also be open to working weekends and bank holidays if required.

This is a multiskilled mechanical position that requires you to in supervise staff and the maintenance and repairs of all mechanical/electrical & hydraulic machinery associated with lifting the Bridge, including operational areas, buildings and other structures associated with the Bridge, Exhibition and Events Service.

Principal responsibilities:

* Manage a proportion of the Maintenance Programme and other technical work at Tower Bridge including allocating work to Technical Assistants

* Undertake formal management duties of the Technical Assistants reporting directly to you, including staff appraisal, management of leave & sickness, allocation of overtime etc.

* Determine equipment needs for duties undertaken under the Planned Preventative Maintenance programme and issue & order stores and equipment to deliver these.

* Act as the senior technical presence at commercial/ hospitality events, and deal in that capacity with any maintenance issues that may arise

* Occasionaly deputise for the Senior Technical Officer

* Carry out routine testing of safety and emergency equipment or systems, alarm checks and responding to breakdown calls.

Key skills/experience required:

* Previous experience in a similar position

* Qualified Electrician of have an Electrical bias

* Good IT and Excel knowledge/experience

* Must be comfortable working at heights