Maintenance Technician – Mechanical

The Methodist Church in Britain; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

On-call payment

Bank holidays

NHS Pension

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Maintenance Fitter to support reactive and planned maintenance across its estate. The role involves servicing building services, mechanical systems, and associated plant on a multi-site NHS estate in Coventry and surrounding areas.

You will perform installation work, fault finding, testing, and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining engineering plant and services.
• Experience in a busy maintenance environment and care settings.
• Ability to use engineering tools for analysis and fault finding.

Responsibilities

• Support reactive, planned and scheduled maintenance of building services and mechanical systems across the estate.
• Carry out mechanical services installation works and test mechanical appliances as trained.
• Conduct fault finding and repairs on heating, air conditioning, lifts, medical equipment and controls when trained.
• Ensure work complies with health and safety regulations and risk assessments.
• Interpret works from instructions, drawings and specifications.
• Assist with ordering spares and liaising with suppliers.

Skills

Maintenance & repair

Fault finding

Communication

Multi-tasking

On-call readiness

Education

Level 3 mechanical/electrical qualification

GCSE English and Maths

IEE electrical regulations qualification

Tools

Electrical testing equipment

Job description

This full-time Maintenance Fitter post sits in the Estates team at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, which runs mental health and learning disability services. The work centres on reactive, planned preventative and scheduled maintenance of mechanical systems and building services across the Trust's estate, including off-site properties. The Trust operates from around 50 sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull, and the post carries an on-call rota. Previous applicants are excluded from this recruitment.

What the job involves

• Support the maintenance team with routine reactive, planned preventative and scheduled maintenance of building services and mechanical systems across the Trust estate
• Carry out mechanical services installation works and check and test mechanical appliances where suitably trained
• Carry out fault finding and repairs on heating, air conditioning, lifts, medical equipment and controls where suitably trained
• Ensure all work complies with health and safety regulations, procedures and risk assessments, with emphasis on statutory compliance
• Interpret works from instructions, drawings and specifications
• Assess equipment and materials needed for installations and assist with ordering spares and liaising with suppliers
• Assist Estates Officers with surveys, inspections, small scheme estimates, project coordination and commissioning
• Carry out basic electrical safe isolation and reconnection as part of mechanical installation and maintenance work
• Investigate and test fire alarm and security systems where suitably trained
• Keep building and site service records up to date and flag health and safety issues
• Assist Estates Officers in organising and prioritising day-to-day requisition maintenance
• Take part in the Trades on-call rota and duties

What’s required

Qualifications

• Level 3 mechanical and/or electrical qualification, or apprenticeship or other suitable training in a mechanical discipline to Level 3
• GCSE English and Maths, grades A to C
• Current IEE electrical regulations qualification

Experience

• Experience of carrying out maintenance on a wide range of engineering plant and services
• Experience of working in a busy maintenance organisation and understanding care environment requirements
• Experience using engineering tools and equipment for analysis and fault finding
• Demonstrable good engineering skills and experience

Skills & knowledge

• Able and willing to work on and maintain a wide range of building services plant and equipment
• Able to communicate clearly, concisely and courteously
• Able to approach work in a methodical and logical order
• Able to stay focused, handle interruptions and resume tasks without losing efficiency
• Able to multi-task and work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Enthusiastic and highly motivated, with excellent interpersonal skills

Other

• Prepared to take part in the on-call rota

What’s offered

• 27 days annual leave
• On-call payment
• Bank holidays
• NHS Pension