Maintenance Assistant - Estates

Medway NHS Foundation Trust; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Estates Maintenance Assistant to join our busy Estates and Facilities team at Medway Maritime Hospital. The role supports day-to-day maintenance tasks and assists maintenance technicians, with opportunities for training and development within the Trust.

Band 2, salary around £25,272 per annum pro rata, and potential to grow within the estate services. We value diversity, support flexible working where possible, and aim to provide a positive work

Qualifications

• NVQ2 or City & Guilds in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience with hospital mechanical and electrical maintenance.
• Working knowledge of Health & Safety regulations and pressure systems requirements.

Responsibilities

• To assist with Estates maintenance activities, which may be demanding or non-routine.
• To carry out minor works and routine planned maintenance activities, as directed by the Estates Management Team.
• Ensure compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures, while taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment.
• Exchange routine information to inform colleagues, staff, patients and contractors.
• Possible travel between Trust sites.

Education

NVQ2 or City & Guilds in an engineering discipline - or an equivalent level of experience.

Tools

CAFM systems

Job description

Job summary

Maintenance Assistant - Estates

Division: Estates & Facilities

Band: 2

Salary: £25,272 Per Annum/Pro Rata

Interview Date: 23-Oct-2025

***This role is subject to job evaluation.***

We are recruiting for a Estates Maintenance Assistant who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual to join our busy maintenance team to undertake a range of maintenance tasks and to assist our maintenance technicians to carry out their day to day functions.

This role provides an opportunity to gain experience and receive training in range of maintenance activities with the potential to develop further within the organisation.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist with Estates maintenance activities, which may be demanding or non-routine.

To be able to carry out minor works and routine planned maintenance activities, as directed by the Estates Management Team.

Ensure compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures, while taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment.

Exchange routine information to inform colleagues, staff, patients and contractors.

Possible travel between Trust sites.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist with Estates maintenance activities, which may be demanding or non-routine.

To be able to carry out minor works and routine planned maintenance activities, as directed by the Estates Management Team.

Ensure compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures, while taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment.

Exchange routine information to inform colleagues, staff, patients and contractors.

Possible travel between Trust sites.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ2 or City & Guilds in an engineering discipline - or an equivalent level of experience.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the maintenance procedures relating to the complex and specialised engineering services, systems, plant and equipment within a hospital Trust - both Mechanical and Electrical.


• Working knowledge of Health & Safety regulations.


• Recognition and understanding of statutory requirements relating to pressure systems.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing a diverse day-to-day workload.


• Proven experience of working in an equivalent role.


• Experience of carrying out unsupervised building fabric maintenance and minor repair work.


• Experience of carrying out routine PPM using computer-aided facilities management (CAFM) systems.

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Essential

• Working on drainage and sewage systems?

Desirable

• Do you have experience working in adverse weather conditions?

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ2 or City & Guilds in an engineering discipline - or an equivalent level of experience.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the maintenance procedures relating to the complex and specialised engineering services, systems, plant and equipment within a hospital Trust - both Mechanical and Electrical.


• Working knowledge of Health & Safety regulations.


• Recognition and understanding of statutory requirements relating to pressure systems.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing a diverse day-to-day workload.


• Proven experience of working in an an equivalent role.


• Experience of carrying out unsupervised building fabric maintenance and minor repair work.


• Experience of carrying out routine PPM using computer-aided facilities management (CAFM) systems.

[e-mail]

Essential

• Working on drainage and sewage systems?

Desirable

• Do you have experience working in adverse weather conditions?

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway Maritime Hospital

Windmill Road

Gillingham, Kent

ME7 5NY

United Kingdom

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