Engineering Maintenance Assistant

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Stoke-on-Trent is recruiting an Engineering Maintenance Assistant to support maintenance and repairs within their Estates Team. The ideal candidate should have experience in engineering maintenance and be an effective team player. This role involves assisting in the provision of high-level service to the hospital's operational needs. This position requires enthusiasm and a willingness to learn, particularly in a collaborative environment with skilled professionals.

Qualifications

• Experience of engineering maintenance repairs and services.
• Effective team worker.
• Ability to support other tradesmen within the Estates Department.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintenance and repairs to the hospital.
• Provide support to the Estates Team.
• Deliver high level of service to the hospital.

Job description

Go back University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Engineering Maintenance Assistant

The closing date is 28 December 2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands is currently unable to provide sponsorship for this role. This is in accordance with UKVI guidelines and legislation, as these roles do not meet the skill nor salary threshold for sponsorship. If you hold a graduate visa, you are welcome to apply for this role however it is important to note that UHNM will be unable to offer sponsorship at the end of your graduate visa, you must also have at least six months until your graduate visa expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.

The University of North Midlands is looking to recruit an Estates Engineering Maintenance Assistant to work within the Estates Team at our new clinical diagnostic centre in Hanley CDC. This is following an initial training period with the Retained Estates Team at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.

You will be keen and enthusiastic working within a large team to assist in the provision of a high level of service to the hospital. Your duties will include carrying out maintenance and repairs to the hospital.

Main duties of the job

The candidate will ideally have experience of engineering maintenance repairs and services. It's essential that you are an effective team worker, with the ability to provide support to other tradesmen within the Estates Department.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co‑created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification, or contact the hiring manager for further details about this vacancy using the contact details below.

Person Specification

Education

• Meets the Essential requirements
• Meets the Desirable requirements

Working experience

• Meets the Essential requirements
• Meets the Desirable requirements

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust