Engineering Assistant
Private Healthcare Facility – West Yorkshire
Permanent | 37.5 Hours Per Week
Salary: Up to £26,500 per annum (dependent on experience, training, and qualifications).
The Role
A well-established private healthcare provider is seeking an Engineering Assistant to join its on-site Engineering team at a modern healthcare facility in West Yorkshire.
This is a full-time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week. The role requires flexibility to support operational demands and occasional assistance across nearby sites within the regional cluster.
The successful candidate will provide hands-on technical support to site-based engineering staff, helping ensure building services, infrastructure, and equipment are maintained to high safety and compliance standards.
Key Responsibilities
The Engineering Assistant will provide competent technical, health, safety, and environmental support across the site, assisting site-based Engineering Technicians in the delivery of day-to-day maintenance activities. The role includes supporting Senior Engineering and Engineering Technicians with routine and reactive tasks, as well as providing supplementary engineering support to other regional sites when required.
The post holder will respond to reactive maintenance calls in line with agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and ensure that all remedial actions following statutory inspections are completed as instructed. They will also undertake Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks in accordance with standard operating procedures. Duties will be carried out in line with the individual’s established competency level, with support from the wider engineering team where required, ensuring PPM completion across the cluster. The role holder is also expected to comply with all mandatory training and governance requirements.
Candidate Requirements
Applicants should hold an engineering qualification or be willing to work towards a recognised specialist engineering discipline. A valid CSCS card at the appropriate level is required, and where electrically qualified, a current ECS card must also be held.
Candidates should demonstrate an understanding of quality management, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement principles, along with a good working knowledge of health and safety legislation and applicable statutory requirements. Awareness of Legionella prevention and control requirements within healthcare or commercial buildings is essential.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are required, together with good organisational and time-management abilities, particularly in environments with multiple and sometimes competing priorities. Applicants should also demonstrate sound fault-finding and problem-solving techniques.
Salary & Benefits
The employer offers a competitive salary alongside a comprehensive benefits package, which includes annual leave allowance plus bank holidays that increases with length of service, access to a pension scheme, private healthcare cover, employee discount and rewards platforms, enhanced family-friendly policies, life assurance, wellbeing resources, employee recognition programmes, and ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
Additional Information
This is a permanent position working 37.5 hours per week, operating on a flexible shift pattern, with opportunities to develop within a regulated healthcare engineering environment