Technical Graduate

Location: London (with occasional travel to other sites as/when required)

Salary: Competitive Salary plus benefits

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm (35 hours per week)

Why FirstPort?

FirstPort, are on an ambitious journey to redefine excellence in UK residential property management. We are committed to elevating and resetting industry standards to be themost trusted and professional residential property management company.

By joining us as a Technical Graduate, you will play a pivotal role in achieving our vision:

• Impactful Work: You will directly support FirstPort's mission to elevate industry standards and provide an exceptional service to our customers.
• Professional Growth: With access to accredited training and development programmes, you will be empowered to reach your potential.
• Supportive Environment: We foster a culture where collaboration and innovation thrive, ensuring you feel valued and supported every step of the way.
• A Future of Opportunity: Be part of a forward-thinking organisation that is shaping the future of residential property management in the UK.

At the core of everything we do are our leadership principles:

• Collaborative: We work together, combining expertise to deliver outstanding outcomes for our customers
• Consistent: We deliver dependable results, building trust with customers and colleagues.
• Simple: We simplify the complex, ensuring our financial processes are straightforward and understood.
• Clear: We communicate with clarity, making information accessible and transparent to all stakeholders.

Your Role, Your Impact

As a Technical Graduate, you will contribute to the delivery of FirstPort's building performance framework. You'll be instrumental in ensuring buildings operate as designed, stay compliant, and meet future sustainability and energy goals. You'll develop technical and analytical expertise across critical building systems including BMS, HVAC, fire safety and smart infrastructure.

This role reports to the Technical Manager - Energy and is part of a central technical team supporting operational excellence across the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the tactical delivery of FirstPort's building performance strategy.
• Monitor building systems (BMS, HVAC, Fire) to identify deviations from design and propose mitigation strategies.
• Act as a super user of our smart analytics platform-monitor alerts, triage issues, and help shape system functionality.
• Conduct deep-dive audits on critical systems to identify optimisation opportunities.
• Ensure thermal comfort standards are achieved and identify design-performance gaps.
• Act as gatekeeper of Design for Operations (DESOPS) standards and maintain the change control process.
• Support non-technical operational teams in evaluating third-party recommendations.
• Deliver site-based building performance training and raise awareness of benchmarking tools.
• Champion smart buildings, energy innovation and sustainable infrastructure initiatives.
• Monitor energy consumption data, assess quality, and drive remedial actions.
• Act as a sustainability framework champion within the engineering domain.
• Collaborate with departments such as Operations, Procurement, and Legal to support end-to-end building performance outcomes.
• Any other duties required by your Line Manager.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• A degree in Building Services, Energy, or Sustainability Engineering from a UK-recognised institution.
• verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to produce clear engineering reports and analysis.
• Foundational understanding of Net Zero Carbon principles and energy management systems.
• A growth mindset with a desire to learn and adapt to emerging technologies.
• Sound technical knowledge in HVAC, BMS and Fire Safety systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project).
• At least one year's placement or experience in an engineering/building management environment.
• Knowledge of IoT systems, smart platforms and remote diagnostics.
• Experience with health and safety protocols in the built environment.
• Understanding of reliability engineering tools such as FMEA or RBD.

What's in it for you?

Our customers deserve the best and the same applies to our people. We will provide you with the technology, training and support that you need to do your job well. We offer competitive salaries and a range of benefit packages depending on the grade of your role, such as private medical insurance, pension contributions and life assurance. In addition, we also offer a range of exclusive discounts on extra benefits to help you, and your family make the most of your money, safeguard your future and look after your health, including discounted gym membership for all colleagues.

Diversity

We're committed to promoting diversity at FirstPort and recruit on merit. We will ensure we make any adjustments that we can to support both through the recruitment and on-boarding process.

Ready to make a difference?

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a difference we'd love to hear from you!

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK without restrictions, and documented evidence of eligibility will be required.

Join us at FirstPort, where we not only manage properties but strive to lead and transform the industry. Together, we can make a difference - for our customers, our colleagues, and the future of residential property management in the UK.

Elevate your career. Reset the standard. Join FirstPort.