Maintenance Technician (LW)

NHS Scotland; Windygates; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking a Maintenance Technician to join the Central & North-East Fife area, based at Cameron Hospital. The role involves planned maintenance, testing and minor repairs to plant, equipment and buildings, plus routine plant room duties and assistance to craftspeople.

A Full UK driving licence is essential, and the PVG Scheme check is a requirement prior to appointment. You must have permission to work in the UK and be prepared to work across the Central & North-East Fife area as

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence required.
• Experience with planned maintenance and minor repairs is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned maintenance, testing and minor repairs to plant, equipment and buildings.
• Assist craftsmen in duties and carry out daily plant room routines.
• Clean plant and equipment and support preventive maintenance tasks.

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join our Maintenance Team within the NHS Fife Central & North-East Fife Sector.

The Maintenance Technician role involves planned maintenance, testing, minor repairs to plant, equipment and buildings, cleaning of plant & equipment, daily plant room routines and assisting the craftsmen posts to carry out their duties.

A Full Driving Licence is essential.

This post is based at Cameron Hospital, but you are required to work anywhere in the Central & North East Fife Area.

Your salary is dependant on the level of qualifications, knowledge and experience of multi-trade abilities.

For informal enquiries please contact Neil Adamson, Estates Officer Engineering on 01334 696018.

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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