Maintenance Craftsperson - Mechanical

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled mechanical engineer to join their dynamic team. This role involves maintaining and managing the technical infrastructure within a busy NHS foundation trust. You will work closely with engineering teams to ensure the highest standards of service and safety. The position offers a chance to develop your skills in a supportive environment while making a significant impact on healthcare services. If you are passionate about engineering and want to contribute to a vital community service, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship in a relevant trade and substantial experience required.
• Must be a certified person in current trade with health and safety knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical multiskilled service to the Community Engineering Department.
• Responsible for effective maintenance of the Trust’s technical infrastructure.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Electrical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Health and safety knowledge

Education

Recognised full apprenticeship in relevant trade

NVQ level 3 / BTEC national certificate

Tools

Computer building management system

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Minnie Kidd House

Town: London

Salary: £31,944 - £34,937 p.a inc. HCA

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/03/2025 23:59

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory, and cardiovascular services.

Job overview

The post holder will provide a mechanical multiskilled service to the Community Engineering Department and other directorates within Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). Responsible for effective maintenance of the Trust’s technical infrastructure.

Through personal leadership, commitment, and practice, the post holder will secure the highest professional standards of engineering throughout the Trust. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the engineering teams, Capital development, and environment teams.

• Responsible for the effective implementation of the Community’s Health & Safety policies and protocols.
• Demonstrate total commitment, versatility, and flexibility while undertaking all tasks and delegated work as instructed by the engineering team.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload where required and work unsupervised and independently.
• The post holder will be held accountable for effective performance and will need to manage and balance competing priorities.

Main duties of the job

Professional

• Carries out the responsibilities of a competent person for confined spaces.
• When working on call, have delegated responsibility for all Trust engineering assets.
• Work with complex workings of all mechanical/electrical building services plant and equipment located in NHS buildings.
• Responsible for calibrating and maintaining highly specialist equipment associated with pressure/ventilation and other computerised building control systems.
• Install, service, test, diagnose, and repair mechanical/electrical plant and equipment.
• Implement interruptions of engineering services in close liaison with both engineering and clinical managers.
• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance on all of the Trust asset and engineering systems.
• The duty holder (authorised person) takes responsibility for the engineering services on site whilst on duty.
• Deputise for the Mechanical Team Manager in their absence.
• Responsible for personnel management when deputising for the team manager.

Person specification

Qualification and Education

• Recognised full apprenticeship in relevant trade / NVQ level 3 / BTEC national certificate or equivalent training.
• Substantial experience working within this & other trades.
• Certified person (CP) in their current trade or associated trade.
• Authorised person (AP) in their current trade or associated trade.
• Cross over training to another connected trade.
• Further experience in specific areas of trade.

Previous Experience

• Experience of working on a broad range of plant and services, including air, water, gas, steam, and oil.
• Ability to work in a highly pressurised situation such as power failure / gas failure / mechanical or service failure.
• Able to work unsupervised and take the lead within their own discipline on break downs and service shut downs.
• Experience of identifying problems and resolving them or notifying the correct end user of the problem.
• Able to communicate technical information to specialists and non-specialists.
• Ability to organise work / materials and staffing with the correct skill set for jobs.
• Knowledge to obtain or write isolations within a hospital environment.
• Able to manage a team and motivate them.
• Experience of managing Key Performance Indicators.
• Good experience in health and safety and the ability to lead on this.
• Experience of working in a Hospital / health care environment.
• Experience of working in environments such as confined spaces / at height / extreme temperature.
• Experience of operating a computer building management system.

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

• Knowledge of other trades and ability to work together.
• Excellent oral and communication skills.
• Good numerical and critical reasoning skills.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to respond to multiple priorities.
• Work well under pressure.
• Be able to work in a team.
• Proactive, versatile, and problem-solving.
• Experience of operating a computer building management system.
• Driving License for a manual vehicle.
• Good understanding of health and safety law.
• Experience with Microsoft Word / Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to pass on skills and train others as required.
• Ability to evaluate the needs of others under their control and other colleagues.

Physical Requirements

• Heavy lifting.
• Bending and crawling.
• Working at heights.
• Walking.
• Working from ladders.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects, and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that all employees, patients, and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works, or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well as the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the onboarding process.

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