Building Craft Operative

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust; Chichester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare facility in Chichester seeks a skilled Carpenter to perform carpentry and maintenance repairs on Trust premises. Responsibilities include assisting craftsmen, conducting planned maintenance, and carrying out repairs to fixtures. A City & Guilds or NVQ Level 3 qualification in Carpentry & Joinery is essential. The organization values diversity and offers a supportive community for growth and development throughout your career.

Qualifications

• Experience in fitting, replacing and repairing door locks, cutting keys.
• Ability to carry out minor repairs and maintenance tasks as instructed.
• Background in planned and reactive maintenance within large buildings.

Responsibilities

• Assist other craftsmen in the Estates Department.
• Carry out scheduled maintenance on building fabric and equipment.
• Perform repairs and construction of timber fixtures and fittings.

Skills

Carpentry

Painting

Maintenance

Brick laying

Education

City & Guilds or NVQ Level 3 in Carpentry & Joinery

Job description

To carry out carpentry and building repairs and maintain the building fabric both internally and externally to Trust owned premises.

Deal with incidents such as damaged fire doors, lost keys, broken glass to doors and windows.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance to other craftsmen within the Estates Department.
• Have a flexible approach within the Estates Team and carry out maintenance functions outside their primary profession, provided work is done within health and safety guidelines and with required training, skills and supervision.
• Carry out tasks in any site owned and maintained by University Hospitals Sussex SRH as required, including planned preventive maintenance (PPMs) routines on plant, equipment, building fabric and services in line with manufacturer recommendations and best practice.
• Repairs and construction of timber fixtures and fittings.
• First and second fixing for new and alteration work.
• Carry out minor repairs to fencing and gates.
• Repair or replace locks, door closers and door furniture of all kinds; if possible cut keys.
• Work on automatic doors.
• Repair all types of timber flooring.
• Minor repairs of blinds and fixing of curtain tracks and similar fixtures and fittings (coat hooks, shelving, notice boards, etc.).
• Erection and dismantling of trestles, hop‑ups, staging, ladders and step ladders (training completion required).
• Carry out defective item maintenance on the carpentry and building fabric (internally & externally) in line with best practice, health and safety and target time frames.
• Carry out tasks as instructed/requested with minimum supervision in line with best building practice.
• Carry out refurbishment and/or new works as directed by the Team Leader.

Qualifications

• A City & Guilds or NVQ Level 3 qualification in Carpentry & Joinery or other building skills.
• Experience of fitting, replacing and repairing door locks, cutting keys and maintaining automatic doors.
• Excellent painting skills.
• Experience of brick laying is beneficial.
• Experience of planned and reactive maintenance works within large complex building environments.

At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance – because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop. We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.