Estates Maintenance Assistant

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Southampton is seeking a Maintenance Assistant to support facilities' operations by undertaking various maintenance tasks. Ideal candidates should have a background in trades and a commitment to health and safety compliance. This role offers opportunities for professional growth and the chance to contribute meaningfully to community health services, with a salary ranging from £24,937 to £26,598 annually.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate previous professional experience in a trade or maintenance role.
• Be computer literate and able to operate a computer.
• Possess a full UK Driving License.

Responsibilities

• Carry out varied PPM maintenance tasks and cleaning duties.
• Assist other trades staff with installation work or maintenance work.
• Repair and maintain physical assets in health service properties.

Skills

Teamwork

Health & Safety knowledge

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

NVQ / Diploma in construction trade

City & Guilds qualifications

Tools

Hand tools

Computers

Job description

Estates Maintenance Assistant

The closing date is 19 October 2025

As a Maintenance Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the facilities at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. You will work alongside a team of experienced colleagues, carrying out a range of maintenance tasks to the highest standards.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated member of staff to provide a maintenance service, ensuring a warm, clean and secure environment for all site users. We are looking for someone that can be flexible and proactive, have good communication skills and an understanding of health and safety requirements. You will help to create the safe and attractive surroundings that enable us to give our service users and staff the quality, care and support they deserve. The role of Maintenance Assistant offers plenty of variety as you\'ll undertake a range of tasks to make sure our building and grounds are at their best all day, every day.

The successful candidate will be required to carry out a mix of planned preventative maintenance and reactive repair maintenance work as part of the Estates Maintenance team. You will carry out the non-technical statutory maintenance tasks across varying disciplines, light reactive repairs and light installation works, assisting multi-skilled technicians if required and assisting with the day-to-day operations where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Carry out varied PPM maintenance tasks and cleaning duties on plant, equipment and services.

Assist other trades staff with installation work or maintenance work and act as a safety person. This also involves use of hand tools and other equipment.

Carry out meter readings and surveys on oil, gas, electric and water mains services etc, completing logbooks and paperwork correctly and reporting any faults to the Supervisor/Chargehand.

Lead with any manual duties to assist the maintenance operations.

Repair/maintain physical assets in health service properties.

Adhere to Estates Departments Health & Safety Policy and adopt safe working procedures.

Work independently without direct supervision managing own work identifying any deficiencies in equipment and tools used and report them to the Supervisor.

Contribute to the provision of advice to department users of Estates Services, on the operation and maintenance of plant and equipment

Carry, when required, Trust mobile phones to facilitate immediate response on emergency calls.

Must be prepared to work a reasonable amount of overtime to undertake emergency repair work and planned maintenance work including bank holidays and weekends if required.

Carry out minor routine planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance tasks without direct supervision on building elements and fabric, including doors, furniture, fixtures and fittings.

To operate hand held computerised P.D.A\'s for work allocation/actions.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.

We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we\'re creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.

Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Be able to demonstrate previous professional experience in a trade or maintenance role, demonstrate a base level of knowledge of general maintenance and manual working with tools.
• Computer literate - able to operate a computer.
• Driving License.
• NVQ / Diploma in any construction trade, any recognised City & Guilds qualifications within the building / construction industry.

Experience

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to undertake multi-skilled / multi discipline tasks that are of a non-technical nature, unless working within bias trade.
• Continuous ongoing assessment and on-the-job training to maintain competence with updating electrical regulations.
• A flexible approach, reliable nature and a conscientious attitude to work.
• Demonstrate the ability to understand and follow detailed technical instructions.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety.
• Organisation of own workload.
• Able to communicate concisely and effectively both orally and in written form with staff at all levels.
• A tenacious, ongoing desire to continuously develop their potential as a Maintenance Assistant.
• Knowledge obtained ideally in a healthcare environment, but not essential.
• Previous experience working with a public sector employer such as a school or a local council.
• Previous appropriate working experience or training in general engineering or Building Industry.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to problem solving

Additional Criteria

• Full UK Driving licence essential

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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £265,598 a yearbased on full time hours