Maintenance Assistant - Mechanical

Derbyshire Support Facilities Services; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nest Pension with up to 8% employer 2

Job summary

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited (DSFS) seeks a Maintenance Assistant to work within the estates department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The role supports tradespeople, learns varied electrical, plumbing and mechanical tasks, and uses CAFM systems to manage jobs.

Salary range £25,949–£29,139 per year pro rata. DSFS emphasizes continuous improvement and a diverse, flexible workforce, with Pension Nest and no sponsorship currently offered.

Qualifications

• Vocational Level 2 qualification (or circa 2 years of experience working on the tools in a relevant role).
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Previous experience carrying out work in a construction environment.

Responsibilities

• Completing Reactive/Planned and Backlog Maintenance within existing capabilities and qualifications.
• Supporting tradespeople where necessary or carrying out semi-skilled jobs independently.
• Undertaking any training to carry out a wide variety of maintenance tasks.
• Being appointed to Competent Person roles commensurate with your experience.
• Delivering good customer service and acting as an ambassador for DSFS.

Skills

Hand & power tools handling

Reading engineering drawings

Customer service

Learning quickly

Education

Vocational Level 2 qualification

Tools

CAFM software

Job description

Our people are our greatest strength and through our people we strive to make continuous improvements.

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Site Dsfs Limited - Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £25,949 - £29,139 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 24/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

DSFS requires a highly motivated Maintenance Assistant who will be based within the estates department at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The role will support various tradespeople within the workshop and so the post-holder will learn a wide mix of electrical, plumbing and mechanical skills in addition to their core skillset.

The post-holder will be required to support the building and electrical workshops as required and within the capabilities of their skills.

Nest Pension with up to 8% employer contributions making it one of the most generous private sector pensions.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

Completing Reactive/Planned and Backlog Maintenance installation work within existing capabilities and qualifications, supporting tradespeople where necessary or carrying out semi-skilled jobs independently.

Undertaking any training that may be required to carry out a wide variety of maintenance tasks.

Being appointed to various Competent Person roles commensurate with your skill, training and experience.

Delivering good customer service and able to always act as an ambassador for DSFS.

Using the MICAD & Zetasafe CAFM systems correctly and ensuring jobs are raised and closed off for all work undertaken.

Ensuring that the estates department delivers to its customers a service that is responsive, reliable and meets statutory and mandatory requirements. Our key customers include Chesterfield Royal Hospital and offsite locations such as GP surgeries, community clinics etc.

For more details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Vocational Level 2 qualification (or circa 2 years of experience working on the tools in a relevant role).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Previous experience carrying out work in a construction environment.

Experience

• Experience of assisting tradespeople to carry out maintenance and installation work.
• Experience of carrying out minor maintenance tasks without supervision.
• Experience of using a variety of hand and power tools accurately and safely.
• Experience of using Computer Aided Facilities Management software to manage and complete jobs.

Skills and Knowledge

• Able to quickly learn new skills.
• Good hand/eye co-ordination
• Able to source information to understand how to correctly install materials and carry out installation work.
• Able to use hand and power tools to complete smaller maintenance tasks independently and to a high standard
• Able to read and understand engineering drawings within area of expertise.

Personal Attributes

• Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.
• Able to communicate effectively with customers in other departments and with hospital and RPC colleagues.
• Committed to continuous improvement and learning.
• Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.
• Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

When DSFS Ltd are able to offer sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK), applicants will be required to provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (