maintenance assistant

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Prestwich; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a maintenance assistant to join the Estates Team at the Prestwich site. The role will involve providing a proactive maintenance service across the Trust estate, using iPad/iPhone to plan daily tasks and ensure work is done to required quality and safety standards.

The post covers reactive, planned and emergency maintenance across multiple locations in Manchester and surrounding areas, with coordination of contractors and adherence

Responsibilities

• Provide reactive, planned and emergency maintenance services.
• Coordinate and monitor contractors.
• Support location managers in day-to-day maintenance operations.
• Plan daily tasks across the Trust's estate using iPad/iPhone.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Multi-skilled

Contractor coordination

Safety compliance

Tools

iPad

iPhone

Job description

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. Please note - This role is not eligible for sponsorship unless you meet criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024.

• 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.
• Work will be notified via an electronic medium iPad or iPhone and the successful candidate will plan their daily tasks throughoutthe Trust's estate.
• Providing a proactive and flexible multi skilled planned, reactive and emergency maintenance service at the various locations as part of the Estates Team. Supporting the 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-ordinating and monitor the work of contractors appointed to undertake maintenance, cleaning and waste management.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000members of staff, who deliver services from more than122locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity. Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.