The key function is to support NHS Property Services in delivering building services maintenance and repairs across the NHS to ensure buildings are maintained to the highest standards and to provide a safe and secure environment for visitors, customers, and employees.
Main duties of the job
Ensure compliance in line with all processes/procedures and policies that meets organisational standards/requirements including but not limited to our Health & Safety Policy/HTMs (Health Technical Memoranda) and SFG20. Ensuring new or revised policies are implemented within own work areas. Deliver planned and reactive maintenance services from the PPM planner, ensuring that operational standards are maintained at all times. Duties may include (but not limited to) fault finding, minors repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments. Ability to assess problems to determine the best course of action, this would include complex technical issues. To maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
About us
Established in April 2013, the company is a limited company but also part of the wider NHS family. Having inherited responsibility for the facilities and property management functions previously managed by NHS primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, we own and run properties that range from listed buildings and former workhouses through to award-winning, state-of-the-art integrated health campuses. Our aim is to deliver a fit for purpose estate in partnership with NHS organisations, generating cost efficiencies that will benefit our tenants, patients and the wider health economy.
Job responsibilities
We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Technician Plumbing. This will be to join our team based in Biggleswade - Halsey Ward Biggleswade Hospital. This is a permanent, full time position working 37.5 hours per week. Monday-Friday 8am-4.30pm. This is mobile role covering Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton keynes. The starting salary for this role is from £38,000 (depending on experience) plus on call allowance.
Requirements for the role:
* NVQ Level 3 or higher BTEC/City & Guilds or equivalent in Plumbing & Heating
* Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent.
* Commercial experience is required.
Additional Requirements:
* Driving licence is essential
* Must be comfortable using technological devices to log jobs.
* On-Call availability
* Desirable to have industry experience
* Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team as this role will require you to work cohesively with other Technical Disciplines.
1. Ensure compliance in accordance with all NHSPS Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policies, relevant NHSPS Technical Guidance, Process and Procedures, Statutory Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and any applicable aspects of HTMs.
2. Deliver Scheduled, Reactive and Remedial maintenance services as directed by the PPM planner (CAFM), helpdesk or Technical Services Supervisor, ensuring that operational standards are always maintained.
3. To also support the work that is included in minor works mangers activities.
4. Undertake routine repairs or minor works including joinery, painting and decoration, general building works, ground works or general plumbing.
5. To maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises where required, ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
6. Support the Projects/Construction team and Team Leader in delivering minor capital works to NHS premises.
7. Complete suitable risk assessments prior to undertaking works and undertake works as per instructions within any relevant permit or work plan
Benefits:
* On-Call allowance (rota dependant)
* Company van and tools provided.
* 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays on top)
* Access to group personal pension plan including SMART contributions into which the company will contribute up to 6% towards your savings,
* Training and development opportunities
* NHS Bluelight discounts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training.
* NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
* Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent.
* Full UK Driving Licence.
Experience
* Previous experience working within a buildings maintenance environment.
* Working within the requirements of method statements or permit to work.
* Experience maintaining services to SFG20.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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