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Multi-Skilled Technician (Mechanical Bias)
Location: Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle (with cover at Freeman Hospital)
Shift Pattern: 2 x 12-hour day shifts, 2 x 12-hour night shifts, followed by 4 days off
Additional Info: DBS check required prior to start | Shift allowance included
Position Overview
Join Mitie's dedicated maintenance team, delivering high-quality support across hospital facilities. This role is essential in ensuring our contractual obligations are met through effective and safe maintenance practices. While primarily based at the Royal Victoria Hospital, occasional cover at Freeman Hospital may be required.
Key Responsibilities
1. Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) tasks in line with contractual requirements.
2. Maintain plant and equipment in accordance with O&M manuals, industry best practices, and relevant legislation.
3. Supervise subcontractors and ensure compliance with Safe Systems of Work (SSOW), policies, and procedures.
4. Respond to reactive maintenance requests within agreed timeframes, completing all necessary documentation.
5. Work safely and professionally at all times, adhering to company policies and procedures.
6. Operate effectively both independently and as part of a team.
7. Maintain a clean, safe, and secure environment in plant rooms and service enclosures.
8. Perform ad-hoc duties as required during your shift.
9. Understand and contribute to the business continuity plan relevant to your area of work.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
10. Completion of a recognised engineering apprenticeship.
11. City & Guilds, BTEC, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification.
12. Minimum of 3 years post-apprenticeship experience, ideally within a healthcare environment.
13. Proven experience in mechanical and/or multi-disciplinary maintenance, including DHW, LTHW, and ventilation systems.
14. Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation.
15. Ability to work on own initiative and deliver high-quality service.
16. Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and customer awareness.
17. Competent IT skills, including use of a PDA.
Desirable
18. Electrical qualifications such as 18th Edition or City & Guilds .
19. Willingness to develop skills in other areas of building services.
20. Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Shivangi Yadav at .