Estates Apprentice Mechanical Technician - Apprenticeship

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Epsom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking an Estates Apprentice Mechanical Technician for property maintenance. The apprentice will receive training to manage complex mechanical systems and perform maintenance tasks. This is a hands-on role requiring communication with various stakeholders, ensuring service quality across their facilities in Epsom and St Helier. A commitment to learning and safety in a healthcare environment is essential.

Qualifications

• Training required to become a Mechanical Technician capable of complex fault finding.
• Ability to interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Work under supervision on live systems with medical gas equipment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct planned preventative maintenance of various systems.
• Identify and rectify faults in high pressure heating systems.
• Provide updates on technical matters to stakeholders.

Skills

Fault finding on mechanical systems

Preventive maintenance

Communication skills

Education

Undertaking a mechanical apprenticeship

Tools

Building Management Systems (BMS)

Computerized Asset Management Framework (CAFM)

Job description

Overview

Go back Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Estates Apprentice Mechanical Technician - Apprenticeship

The closing date is 24 September 2025

ESTH Trust are looking for Apprentice Estates Mechanical Technicians to work in Property maintenance at an AFC Band 5 ( Annex 21 )- 37.5 hours a week. This role will be required to work trust-wide across Epsom, St Helier Hospitals.

The duties include training to become a Mechanical technician capable of highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant and equipment throughout the Trust. The duties must be carried out within stringent timescales and within statutory guidelines. The post holder will have day to day contact with internal and external stakeholders regarding sensitive, complex and confidential issues. They will present verbal, written and numerical issues, explaining complexities, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. To provide stakeholders updates and potential disruptions, to organise planned shutdowns. Attend day release collage

If you are interested and available please apply today.

Annex 21 pay progression

• More than three years from completion of professional training & competencies: 60 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate.
• More than two but less than three years: 65 per cent of the pay band maximum for the qualified rate;
• More than one but less than two years: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum of the qualified rate
• Up to 12 months: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum of the fully qualified rate.

Main duties of the job

To conduct PPM and reactive tasks

To fault find on complex mechanical systems

To help and escort contractors

To manage personal jobs on the CAFM via PDA

To be part of the on-call rota

To support in mechanical system shut downs and isolations

About us

The Trust's mission is 'to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day'. Our priorities are to create a "one team, one trust" culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:

• Delivering safe and effective care across our sites
• Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers
• Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time
• Being financially sustainable
• Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.

Job responsibilities

Technical, to work towards

• To carry out planned preventative maintenance of Calorifiers, Heat Exchangers, and pumpsets.
• To identify and rectify faults of high/medium/low pressurised Heating and Domestic Hot Water Systems including boiler resets.
• To fault find on complex Air Handling Units and Refrigeration Plant, and to carry out regular, Planned Preventative Maintenance when required.
• To find and rectify faults on Medical Gas equipment, i.e. changing of O-rings/washers, and to work on live systems when supervised.
• To operate Building Management Systems and to interrogate programmes and change parameters when required.
• To carryout tap and TMV maintenance when required, cleaning, disinfectants and temperature setting.
• Install of plumbing goods, toilets, sinks, macerators, point of use water heaters

Information and reporting

• Responsible as part of the local team for the information upkeep of the CAFM
• To investigate incidents and report back into the management structure.
• To produce engineering reports where requested, for safety groups and trust committees as example

Technology or system support

• Be conversant with the CAFM via handheld PDA system
• Be conversant with BMS and Bold systems

Communications and Engagement

• Provide and receive complex information to managers and end users
• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
• Communicates technical project related information with other professionals, both internal and external personnel, including senior managers, directors, to ensure that work undertaken conforms to all statutory and HTM requirements.
• To work effectively with relative services within the trusts to ensure that due process and governance is followed in the delivery of additional works

General responsibilities

• To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.
• Assist visitors, patients and staff during incidental contact
• When required assist in grievances and disciplinary issues
• Work in unpleasant conditions for example undercroft, and sewage lines

Mechanical apprenticeship

• Undertaking a mechanical apprenticeship

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.

Employer name

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

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