Estates Apprentice Mechanical Technician - Apprenticeship
The closing date is 24 September 2025
ESTH Trust are looking for Apprentice Estates Mechanical Technicians to work in Property maintenance at a AFC Band 5 ( Annex 21 )- 37.5 hours a week
This role will be required to work trust-wide across Epsom, St Helier Hospitals,
The duties include training to become a Mechanical technician capable of highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant and equipment throughout the Trust.
The duties must be carried out within stringent timescales and within statutory guidelines.
The post holder will have day to day contact with the internal and external stakeholders regarding sensitive, complex and confidential issues.
They will present verbal, written and numerical issues, explaining complexities, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
To provide stakeholders updates and potential disruptions, to organise planned shutdowns.
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If you are interested and available please apply today.
Annex 21 pay would progress as follows:
* More than three years from completion of professional training & competencies: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.
* More than two but less than three year : 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate;
* More than one but less than two years: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate
* Up to 12 months: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.
Main duties of the job
To conduct PPM and reactive tasks
To fault find on complex mechanical systems
To help and escort of contractors
To manage personal jobs on the CAFM via PDA
To be part of the on-call rota
To support in mechanical system shut downs and isolations
About us
The Trust's mission is 'to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day'. Our priorities are to create a "one team, one trust" culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:
o Delivering safe and effective care across our sites
o Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers
o Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time
o Being financially sustainable
o Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.
Job responsibilities
Technical, to work towards
To carry out planned preventative maintenance of Calorifiers, Heat Exchangers, and pumpsets.
To identify and rectify faults of high/medium/low pressurised Heating and Domestic Hot Water Systems including boiler resets.
To fault find on complex Air Handling Units and Refrigeration Plant, and to carry out regular, Planned Preventative Maintenance when required.
To find and rectify faults on Medical Gas equipment, i.e. changing of O-rings/washers, and to work on live systems when supervised.
To operate Building Management Systems and to interrogate programmes and change parameters when required.
To carryout tap and TMV maintenance when required, cleaning, disinfectants and temperature setting.
Install of plumbing goods, toilets, sinks, macerators, point of use water heaters
Information and reporting
Responsible as part of the local team for the information upkeep of the CAFM
To investigate incidents and report back into the management structure.
To produce engineering reports where requested, for safety groups and trust committees as example
Technology or system support
Be conversant with the CAFM via handheld PDA system
Be conversant with BMS and Bold systems
Communications and Engagement
Provide and receive complex information to managers and end users
Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
Communicates technical project related information with other professionals, both internal and external personnel, including senior managers, directors, to ensure that work undertaken conforms to all statutory and HTM requirements.
To work effectively with relative services within the trusts to ensure that due process and governance is followed in the delivery of additional works
General responsibilities
To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.
Assist visitors, patients and staff during incidental contact
When required assist in grievances and disciplinary issues
Please see attached Job description for detailed responsibilities and Person specification.
Person Specification
Experience
* oExperience of working with advanced plumbing and/or mechanical systems. oFault finding on mechanical with skills to isolate, keep running and fully repair. oExperience of delivering safe water services tasks, temperature monitoring, cleaning and chlorination of taps/TMV's and falt finding on systems.
* oTo have experience in working within healthcare premises oWorking with a PDA installed with CAFM, MICAD and Zetasafe .
Skills
* oTo have the ability to read and understand technical drawings and specifications o:You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role oYou are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role, oAble to provide a customer focussed service oStrong team and personal organisational and time management skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines, to act from individuals to large groups oTo be able to work effectively in a fast paced environment ensuring all paperwork, drawings and reports are correct.
* oTo be qualified and certificated in IOSH Management; oAbility to analyses complex problems and to develop and workable solutions to address them.
Other Requirements
* Other requirementsoHas a good understanding of policies and procedures governing their area of work. oSelf-motivated and proactive with a can-do attitude and track record delivery oAble to work autonomously oAble to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy oTreat patients, visitors, colleagues with respect oAbility to travel between Trust sites oAbility to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust oTo have excellent interpersonal and presentation skills; oTo be able to work on own initiative and without direct supervision; oTo be able to take a lead role in meetings with contractors and Trust staff. oWork in unpleasant conditions for example undercroft, and sewage lines
mechainical apprentice
* Undertaking a mechanical apprenticeship
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Employer name
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
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