Maintenance Assistant

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Prestwich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a maintenance assistant to provide proactive and reactive maintenance services across multiple locations. The ideal candidate will support location managers in ensuring effective maintenance service delivery. This role offers structured benefits including annual leave and a pension scheme. Commitment to diversity and inclusion is emphasized, with a requirement for pre-employment checks.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance, including reactive and planned maintenance.
• Ability to coordinate work effectively with multiple sites.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Provide a flexible multi-skilled maintenance service.
• Support location managers in maintenance service provision.
• Monitor and coordinate contractors for maintenance tasks.

Job description

Overview

To work within the maintenance team providing reactive, planned and emergency maintenance using skills in carrying out a wide and varied spectrum of tasks efficiently, to the required quality standard and within your own competence and safety limits.

Location and role details

The position of maintenance assistant will be based at the Prestwich site with a percentage of the time spent supporting GMMH buildings on the site and locations within Manchester, Bolton, Cumbria, Salford and Trafford. This may change depending on the needs of the service.

Responsibilities

• Provide a proactive and flexible multi skilled planned, reactive and emergency maintenance service at the various locations as part of the Estates Team.
• Support location managers in the day to day provision of a maintenance service, ensuring that it fulfils its function effectively, economically and efficiently within legislation and guidance standards.
• Co-ordinate and monitor the work of contractors appointed to undertake maintenance, cleaning and waste management.
• Work will be notified via an electronic medium iPad or iPhone and the successful candidate will plan their daily tasks throughout the Trust's estate.

Pre-employment and diversity

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. For information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org. The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH. We are committed to diversity and removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, e.g. BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

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Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. Review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government's website. If offered a role and you require sponsorship, we will check eligibility accordingly. Your offer could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship or you cannot evidence your right to work in the UK. The Home Office changes from 22/07/2025 may impact the health and care sector; you may wish to familiarise yourself with them here.

About Greater Manchester Mental Health

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 staff, delivering services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people in Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist services across Greater Manchester. We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and require all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts