Maintenance Assistant - Builder

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Liverpool seeks a Maintenance Assistant to ensure a safe and operational environment. You'll manage planned maintenance and respond to emergencies to support health and wellbeing. Ideal candidates have experience in engineering or building, as well as strong hand skills. Join our committed team to make a difference in patient care.

Qualifications

• Proven history of working within an Engineering / Building environment.
• Good hand skills working with fine tools.
• Experience and competence to carry out Builders general tasks.

Responsibilities

• Executing a range of planned maintenance tasks to keep buildings safe.
• Prioritising safety by conducting regular inspections.
• Delivering outstanding customer service by responding to maintenance requests.

Skills

Proven history of working within an Engineering / Building environment

Good hand skills working with fine tools

Experience with plastering

Education

City and Guilds Level

NVQ Training in an Engineering / Building Discipline

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Maintenance Assistant - Builder

The closing date is 20 October 2025

We need a maintenance assistant to join our team to help keep our hospital environment safe, operational by supporting the health and wellbeing of our patients, staff and visitors - day in day out, it's a blend of planned maintenance coupled with emergency repairs and everything in between.

Main duties of the job

As an Estates Maintenance Worker, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our hospitals remain safe, functional, and comfortable for patients, staff, and visitors. Your responsibilities will include:

Planned Maintenance: Executing a range of planned maintenance tasks to keep our buildings and external environments safe and in good order.

Safety First: Prioritising safety by conducting regular inspections and addressing potential hazards to create a secure environment.

Exceptional Service: Delivering outstanding customer service by responding promptly to maintenance requests and collaborating effectively with colleagues.

Flexible Support: Adapting to changing priorities and working flexibly to support our clinical teams and patient care.

To undertake, without supervision a variety of tasks which would include:

• External grounds inspections
• Repair and replacement external paviours and kerbs
• Casting of concrete slabs
• Dismantling and installation of hospital equipment and street furniture.
• Patch plastering

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Experience

• Proven history of working within an Engineering / Building environment.
• Good hand skills working with fine tools.
• Experience and competence to carry out Builders general tasks
• Experience and sound knowledge of plastering

Qualifications

• Educated to City and Guilds Level
• NVQ Training in an Engineering / Building Discipline

Other

• Proactive and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
• Team player.
• Demonstrates commitment to the job.
• Able to manage conflicting demands and plan work as appropriate.

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.