Estates Maintenance Assistant - Higher Level (Semi Skilled)

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hapton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a maintenance worker (higher level) to join the Estates department at Burnley General Teaching Hospital. The role involves carrying out semi-skilled maintenance across electrical and mechanical building services within the hospital environment, including plantrooms and clinical areas.

The post requires the ability to work with minimal supervision, support multi-trade craft staff, and undertake planned preventative maintenance with defect

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities/building maintenance.
• Full driving licence is essential.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Willingness to undertake semi-skilled maintenance duties.
• Experience with electrical and mechanical building services.

Responsibilities

• Carry out semi-skilled maintenance duties across electrical and mechanical building services.
• Complete planned preventative maintenance and defect documentation.
• Support multi-trade craft staff and liaise with external contractors.
• Work within hospital estates, plantrooms and clinical areas.

Skills

Facilities/Building maintenance

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Problem solving

Job description

The post holder will work as an integral member of the Maintenance team. This will involve undertaking semi skilled duties and assisting in the maintenance and repair across the full range of electrical, mechanical equipment , site facilities and building fabric

This includes working effectively with the minimum of supervision and supporting all multi skilled craft persons and liaising with external contractors in providing an effective maintenance and, repair service which is responsive to the users needs.

The post holder will be employed on routine/non routine and fault finding maintenance duties.

The post holder should have previous facilities/building maintenance experience.

The post holder must have the ability to work effectively using their own judgement to resolve situations/workplace problems and where necessary carry the emergency bleep/mobile communication.

Continued training will be applied to acquire craft duties, supporting craft and multi craft workers and work towards higher and wider abilities.

A full driving licence is essential.

We require a maintenance worker (higher level) to work within the estates department. The post holder will be required undertake a range of semi-skilled maintenance duties for electrical and mechanical building services within the hospital environment including plantrooms and clinical areas, completing planned preventative maintenance and defect documentation. The post holder must also be able to work with minimum supervision and support all multi-trade craft persons.

The Estates maintenance team is based at Burnley General Teaching Hospital and we operate and maintain all ELHT hospital sites. At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Please note, although this role is being advertised by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, it will transfer to OneLSC a Corporate Collaboration hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals Trust on 1.11.24. There are no plans to change the location of the role.

The post holder is expected to work flexibly within their pay band and will be expected to carry out activities for which they are competent.

Alternatively they may carry out the additional duties if they are receiving support or training in order to obtain the recognised level of competence.