Maintenance Assistant

NHS Property Services Ltd; Tudhoe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare facilities provider is looking for a Maintenance Assistant to join their team in Newhaven. This full-time position involves delivering routine maintenance services and ensuring compliance with safety standards across NHS premises. Candidates should have experience in building maintenance and a valid UK driving licence. A competitive salary starting from £24,000 is offered, along with several benefits including on-call allowance, company van, and training opportunities.

Benefits

Company van and tools provided

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Access to group personal pension plan

NHS Bluelight discounts

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a building trade or building maintenance/caretaker role.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Support NHS Property Services in maintenance tasks across NHS premises.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety policies.
• Carry out routine maintenance activities as instructed.

Job description

The key function is to support NHS Property Services in delivering basic/routine planned building services maintenance and repairs across the NHS premises to ensure buildings are maintained to the highest standards and to provide a safe and secure environment for all visitors, customers, and employees.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure compliance in line with all processes/procedures and policies that meets organisational standards/requirements including but not limited to our Health & Safety Policy/HTMs (Health Technical Memoranda) or SFG20.
• To carry out and complete basic/routine maintenance activities as instructed, ensuring that operational standards are maintained at all times. This can include, but is not limited to, building fabric, general monthly PPM tasks, plumbing, drainage, joinery, and general decoration repairs.
• To maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Complete suitable risk assessments prior to undertaking basic/routine works in line with instructions within any relevant permit or work plan.
• Understand the principles of fire risk assessment and relevant precautions within the workplace.
• To record and report any risk, loss or defect to the Technical Supervisor or helpdesk as appropriate for corrective action to be taken.
• Support the Building Services maintenance team and colleagues in providing excellent customer service at all times.

About us

Established in April 2013, the company is a limited company but also part of the wider NHS family. Having inherited responsibility for the facilities and property management functions previously managed by NHS primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, we own and run properties that range from listed buildings and former workhouses through to award-winning, state-of-the-art integrated health campuses. Our aim is to deliver a fit for purpose estate in partnership with NHS organisations, generating cost efficiencies that will benefit our tenants, patients and the wider health economy.

Job responsibilities

We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Assistant. This will be to join our team based in Newhaven - Newhaven Rehabilitation Centre. This is a full time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week. Monday-Friday 8am-4pm. The starting salary is from £24,000 (depending on experience). This is a mobile role covering Newhaven & Eastbourne.

Requirements for the role:

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a building trade or building maintenance/ caretaker role.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Experience

• Previous experience of building services maintenance and repairs and minor installation projects.
• Basic building skills in plastering/ painting/decorating and/or plumbing.
• Working in controlled environments and public buildings.

On-Going Requirements

• Driving licence is essential
• Must be comfortable using technological devices to log jobs.
• On-Call availability
• Desirable to have industry experience
• Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team as this role will require you to work cohesively with other Technical Disciplines.

Please note, DBS Checks & DVLA checks will be required for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance in accordance with all NHSPS Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policies, relevant NHSPS Technical Guidance, Process and Procedures, Statutory Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and any applicable aspects of HTMs.
• Deliver Scheduled, Reactive and Remedial maintenance services as directed by the PPM planner (CAFM), helpdesk or Technical Services Supervisor, ensuring that operational standards are always maintained. This can include, but is not limited to, basic/routine maintenance activities as instructed, building fabric, general monthly PPM tasks, plumbing, drainage, joinery, and general decoration repairs.
• To maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises where required, ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Complete suitable risk assessments prior to undertaking basic/routine works in line with instructions within any relevant permit or work plan.
• Understand the principles of fire risk assessment and relevant precautions within the workplace.

Benefits

• On-Call allowance (rota dependant)
• Company van and tools provided.
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays on top)
• Access to group personal pension plan including SMART contributions into which the company will contribute up to 6% towards your savings
• Training and development opportunities
• NHS Bluelight discounts.

Who are we?

We are part of the NHS family with 6,000 professionals supporting over 3,000 healthcare properties across England. Our purpose is to enable excellent patient care by being the best property and facilities provider to the NHS. Our services include estate strategy and optimisation, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration with 7,000 customers who range from Integrated Care Systems, health providers, charities and more. Our culture and values seek to place our NHS colleagues and their patients, at the heart of everything we do. We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential. We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications. Best of luck with your application!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a building trade or building maintenance/ caretaker role.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Experience

• Previous experience of building services maintenance and repairs and minor installation projects.
• Basic building skills in plastering/ painting/decorating and/or plumbing.
• Working in controlled environments and public buildings.

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.