Departmental Lead: Building Services Engineer
- Organisation: Tonbridge School
- Location: Kent
- Tenure: Full-time
- Closing Date: Friday 26 June 2026
We are seeking a Departmental Lead: Building Services Engineer to join our Estates team.
To achieve the School’s aims, its facilities need to provide the best possible learning environment for the boys and teaching facilities for the staff, support excellent pastoral care, and make the School feel welcoming, safe and easy to get around.
The School’s facilities are on an extensive campus close to the centre of Tonbridge and include many important historic and impressive buildings, 11 of which are Grade II listed, including significant academic buildings, 7 boarding houses and 5 day houses, a Sports Centre, Medical Centre, Theatre, the Chapel of St Augustine of Canterbury, over 150 acres of grounds and almost 100 units of owned and rented residential accommodation of various types.
We are seeking a Departmental Lead: Building Services Engineer to join our Estates team. The role will assume day to day responsibility for the estates, gas, potable water, HVAC, plumbing, and comfort heating/cooling services as well as leading and supervising the Building Services team.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience working as a team decision maker whilst maintaining commercial and domestic building services. They will be a team player and have a proactive 'can do' attitude.
Closing date: Friday 26 June 2026 at 12 noon.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date, therefore early applications are encouraged.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. A DBS Disclosure is required to Enhanced Level.
We are seeking a Departmental Lead: Building Services Engineer to join our Estates team.
Description
To achieve the School’s aims, its facilities need to provide the best possible learning environment for the boys and teaching facilities for the staff, support excellent pastoral care, and make the School feel welcoming, safe and easy to get around.
The School’s facilities are on an extensive campus close to the centre of Tonbridge and include many important historic and impressive buildings, 11 of which are Grade II listed, including significant academic buildings, 7 boarding houses and 5 day houses, a Sports Centre, Medical Centre, Theatre, the Chapel of St Augustine of Canterbury, over 150 acres of grounds and almost 100 units of owned and rented residential accommodation of various types.
We are seeking a Departmental Lead: Building Services Engineer to join our Estates team. The role will assume day to day responsibility for the estates, gas, potable water, HVAC, plumbing, and comfort heating/cooling services as well as leading and supervising the Building Services team.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience working as a team decision maker whilst maintaining commercial and domestic building services. They will be a team player and have a proactive 'can do' attitude.
Closing date: Friday 26 June 2026 at 12 noon.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date, therefore early applications are encouraged.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. A DBS Disclosure is required to Enhanced Level.
