Building Services Engineer (12-month FTC)

Job Title

Building Services Engineer (12-month FTC)

Department

Facilities Management-BG-UK

Overview of Department

Facilities Management provide a number of support services to Baillie Gifford. This includes managing the day to day running of our offices and ensuring a comfortable and appropriate working environment for staff, as well as managing existing office leases and considering future requirements. The department are also responsible for the Health and Safety of all employees and visitors within our premises.

Purpose of Role

To support the Hard services function, providing hands on technical support to existing Facilities Maintenance Assistants. Accountable for daily operations aligned to the technical service side of the Facilities Management department. To ensure that all aspects of building services and associated maintenance activity is carried out in line with associated frameworks as well as supporting conditional maintenance activity.

Responsibilities

The position of Building Services Engineer is fast-paced and no two days are the same, responsibilities include the following (not limited to):

• Acting as part of the duty engineers team you will be responsible for the effective management of building services systems in line with SFG20 framework.

• You will be responsible for 99.99% building services system uptime for a SMART ready property based in Edinburgh.

• Reactive maintenance activity with a focus on first-fix attendance.

• Provide subject matter expert advice on Building Services-specific issues and queries.

• Providing electrical installation support from new sockets, data points, containment, and new light fittings within commercial environments and domestic-style areas.

• Carrying out technical tasks and routine maintenance activity for other BG sites.

• Supporting on-site small to medium-size refurb works.

• Involvement in significant events throughout the year, e.g., shutdowns, blackout testing, critical plant testing and maintenance.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Good operational understanding of building services systems i.e.  MEP, Fire life Safety HVAC, Lighting Controls.

• Technical competence to carry out fault finding on building services systems.

• Experience in Contractor management

• Experience and understanding of Engineering Health & Safety and permit-to-work systems. 

• Experience and management of building services head end systems i.e., BMS, EPMS, Lighting controls, fire dampers.

• Ability to read & understand construction & engineering drawings.

• Fabric maintenance understanding and ability to fix minor defects.

• Candidates must have a strong understanding of Engineering, Building Services and H&S regulations.

• Experience of being involved with duty engineer type roles/rota.

Qualifications

• Recognised Building Services trade - Plumbing, Heating, Electrician, HVAC

• Recognised Electrical Certification - BS7671 18th Edition Amendment 2

• Recognised H&S qualification (IOSH Managing Safely - Preferable)

• Electrical Authorised Person Training (Preferable)

The Type of Candidate that we're looking for

By nature, you're a team player who enjoys working with a broad range of colleagues and external contractors, building rapport and trust based relationships with ease. You have a strong eye for detail and a methodical, logic based approach, energised through finding solutions for complex technical issues.

Critical Skills

• Adaptability

• Enabling others

• Openness & discernment

• Systems thinking

• Team working

Due to the nature of the role, this position is office based. This role will form part of the Duty Engineer shift rota that is required to manage all Hard Services activity within the our properties. Overtime will also be available and required.

Closing Date

December 15, 2025

At Baillie Gifford we are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful culture in which each of our colleagues can thrive and develop. We believe that our clients are best served by a diverse workforce with the experiences, ideas and perspectives that this brings.

If you are currently working at Baillie Gifford as an employee or contractor please apply to this job from the firm's Workday internal career site.