Maintenance Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical)

Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nest Pension with employer 8%

Job summary

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited is seeking a Maintenance Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical) to join the Estates team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. You will work on heating, plumbing and ventilation systems, performing planned maintenance and reactive work in a hospital environment.

The role requires on-call duties with additional pay, and opportunities to train as a boiler house operator and to work across workshops including building and electrical trades.

Qualifications

• NVQ3 in a Plumbing/Heating (or equivalent experience).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Significant post qualification training in plumbing, heating, ventilation or medical gas.

Responsibilities

• Completing plumbing, heating and ventilation Planned Preventive Maintenance and reactive work.
• Willing to undertake training to be appointed boiler house operator.
• Willing to undertake training to carry out work on the hospital’s hydrotherapy pool.
• Able to supervise junior staff while working on jobs.
• Delivering good customer service and acting as an ambassador for DSFS.
• Contributing to the estates on-call rota and ensuring service is responsive and compliant.

Skills

Plumbing

Heating systems

Ventilation systems

Medical Gas knowledge

Team supervision

CAFM software

Reading engineering drawings

Job description

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

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Maintenance Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical)

Main area Estates Grade Grade C/D Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 166-DSFS-8218052

Site DSFS - Chesterfield Royal Hospital Town Chesterfield Salary £27,343 - £34,616 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/09/2026 08:00

Job overview

We are looking for a Skilled Tradesperson with a background in heating and/or plumbing to join the Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd estates team to work within our mechanical team in the estates workshop. The workshop provides a maintenance service to Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and external clients. You will need to demonstrate strong team working skills; have good experience of working in a maintenance role and be comfortable in working to targets and working on your own.

The post-holder will be required to work on the tradesperson on-call rota for which additional payments will be made on top of the stated salary.

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

****Previous applicants need not apply****

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 all plumbing, heating and ventilation Planned Preventative Maintenance and reactive work in accordance with industry best practise and statutory requirements.
Willing to undertake training as required to be appointed as a boiler house operator.
Willing to undertake training as required to carry out work on the hospital’s hydrotherapy pool.
Able to undertake cross discipline work that typically falls under building and electrical trades such as safe isolation from a rotary isolator, boarding up of a broken window when on-call, careful replacement of faulty locks etc.
Ensuring that all work is carried out in a manner that complies with all Health and Safety legislation, HTMs and other relevant codes of practise and policies.
To have awareness of relevant standards affecting installation work and to recognise where knowledge may be insufficient, and advice needs to be sought.
Effectively supervising more junior staff whilst working on jobs.
Delivering good customer service and able to always act as an ambassador for DSFS.

Contributing to the estates on-call rota as required.
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.

Dealing with any other duties as may reasonably be required - this job description should not be considered an exhaustive list.

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 under 1000 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• NVQ3 in a Plumbing/Heating (or equivalent experience).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Significant post qualification training in plumbing, heating, ventilation or medical gas.

Experience

• Able to demonstrate significant experience in working with commercial heating, plumbing and ventilation systems, both in terms of maintenance and installation work.
• Experience of working as part of a team, supervising personnel when required.
• Experience of using Computer Aided Facilities Management software to manage and complete jobs.
• Experience working as a Medical Gas, Ventilation or Water Competent Person.
• Significant heating and or plumbing experience

Skills & Knowledge

• Able to utilise trade background to quickly learn new skills.
• Able to source information to understand how to correctly install materials and carry out installation work.
• Knowledgeable with regards to the statutory requirements that apply to installation work and able to find relevant information in documents when required.
• Able to use hand and power tools to produce work to an excellent 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.
• Able to work tactfully to resolve difficult conversations or matters.

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 (www.gov.uk)

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.

References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / [e-mail] and we will be happy to provide assistance.

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