Carpenter & Joiner

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Ipswich seeks a skilled Carpenter/Joiner to enhance their professional maintenance team. The ideal candidate will provide comprehensive maintenance services, ensuring safety across various sites. Required qualifications include a recognized apprenticeship and relevant experience. This role offers 27 to 33 days of holiday, an NHS pension, and various benefits to support health and wellbeing, including counselling support and Occupational Health services. Salary ranges from £27,485 to £30,162 annually.

Benefits

27 to 33 days of annual leave

NHS pension with 14% contribution

Access to Wagestream

Career development opportunities

Trust vehicle provision during working hours

Occupational health service

Free confidential counselling support

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship in Carpentry or Joinery.
• C&G Certificate in Carpentry/Joinery required.
• Minimum of two years relevant experience in maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive maintenance service.
• Repair and maintain building components on site.
• Conduct routine inspections for safety compliance.

Skills

Self-motivated

Proactive

Innovative

Education

Recognised and registered CITB minimum three year apprenticeship in Carpentry/Joinery

C&G Certificate in Carpentry/Joinery

Carpentry/Joinery Benchwork NVQ 3

Full UK driving licence

City & Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate in Carpentry/Joinery

BTEC, ONC in Building or equivalent

Safety in the Use of Woodworking Machinery

Job description

Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) are looking for a skilled Carpenter/Joiner to join our existing multi-disciplinary professional maintenance team in providing a safe environment for all service users, staff and visitors across our Suffolk sites being based at Ipswich.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate would be flexible, enthusiastic, self-motivated and confident in being part of a team that provides a comprehensive maintenance service in a unique and varied environment.

Duties & Responsibilities Associated with this role:

• To provide a comprehensive service to include all aspects of planned and routine maintenance
• To repair and maintain a wide range of building components on site
• Ensuring that all work is performed in accordance with the requirements of Health and Safety and other relevant legislation
• Fault finding and diagnosis
• Routine inspections to ensure our estate is safe and fully compliant

About us

Benefits included with this role are:-

• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days per annum on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS pension - you are automatically enrolled, so no complicated paperwork and the NHS contributes 14% of your salary to your pension (the pension is optional, you are able to opt out if you wish
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• multiple work patterns available
• opportunities for career development
• a Trust vehicle will be provided to use during working hours
• tools and equipment
• support your health and wellbeing at work, including a complete occupational health and a free Physiotherapy service
• FREE confidential counselling support
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work scheme
• we will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)
• Health Service discounts and many more

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

**Previous Applicants Need Not Apply**

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised and registered CITB minimum three year apprenticeship in Carpentry/Joinery
• C&G Certificate in Carpentry/Joinery
• Carpentry/Joinery Benchwork NVQ 3
• Full UK driving licence for ability to drive Trust vehicles
• City & Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate in Carpentry/Joinery
• BTEC, ONC in Building or equivalent
• Safety in the Use of Woodworking Machinery

Experience

• Two years relevant experience having demonstrated high technical versatility and flexibility

Skills

• Self-motivated, proactive and innovative.

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.

Senior Maintenance Services Manager - Suffolk

£27,485 to £30,162 a yeargross per annum (pro rata)