Maintenance Technician - Mechanical

NHS Property Services Ltd; Coventry; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare property management company is seeking a Maintenance Technician – Mechanical based in Coventry. The role involves delivering building services maintenance and repairs, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and maintaining effective site log books. Applicants should have NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering or equivalent and previous experience in building maintenance. A full UK driving license is essential. This full-time position offers a starting salary from £39,000, plus an on-call allowance.

Benefits

On-call allowance

27 days holiday

Group personal pension plan

Training and development opportunities

NHS Bluelight discounts

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving license.
• Experience in building maintenance is essential.
• Must be comfortable using technological devices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scheduled, reactive, and remedial maintenance services.
• Ensure compliance with safety and technical policies.
• Maintain effective site log books.

Skills

Building maintenance experience

Technical problem assessment

Communication of technical information

Use of technological devices

Education

NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

BTEC City & Guilds

Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent

Tools

Company van and tools

Job description

The key function is to support NHS Property Services in delivering building services maintenance and repairs across the NHS to ensure buildings are maintained to the highest standards and to provide a safe and secure environment for visitors, customers, and employees.

Main duties of the job

Ensure compliance in line with all processes/procedures and policies that meets organisational standards/requirements including but not limited to our Health & Safety Policy/HTMs (Health Technical Memoranda) and SFG20. Ensuring new or revised policies are implemented within own work areas. Deliver planned and reactive maintenance services from the PPM planner, ensuring that operational standards are maintained at all times. Duties may include fault finding, mineral repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments. Ability to assess problems to determine the best course of action, including complex technical issues. Maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

About us

Established in April 2013, the company is a limited company but also part of the wider NHS family. Having inherited responsibility for the facilities and property management functions previously managed by NHS primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, we own and run properties that range from listed buildings and former workhouses through to award-winning, state-of-the-art integrated health campuses. Our aim is to deliver a fit for purpose estate in partnership with NHS organisations, generating cost efficiencies that will benefit our tenants, patients and the wider health economy.

Job responsibilities

We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Technician – Mechanical. This will be to join our team based in Paybody building. The starting salary for this role is from £39,000 (depending on experience) plus on-call allowance. This is a permanent, full‑time position working 37.5 hours per week (Monday–Friday 8am–4pm). This is a mobile role covering Coventry, Warwick & Tamworth.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure compliance in accordance with all NHSPS Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policies, relevant NHSPS Technical Guidance, Process and Procedures, Statutory Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and any applicable aspects of HTMs.
• Ensure that new or revised practice and policies are implemented within own work areas.
• Deliver scheduled, reactive and remedial maintenance services as directed by the PPM planner (CAFM), helpdesk or Technical Services Supervisor, ensuring that operational standards are always maintained.
• Duties may include fault finding, mineral repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments.
• May be required to undertake tasks in disciplines other than your own.
• Assess problems to determine the best course of action, including complex technical issues and communicate technical or complex information to various stakeholders.
• Maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises where required, ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

Qualifications

• BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training.
• NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Experience

• Previous experience working within a building maintenance environment.
• Experience with method statements or permit to work.
• Experience maintaining services to SFG20.

Additional requirements

• Driving licence is essential.
• Must be comfortable using technological devices to log jobs.
• On-call availability.
• Desirable to have industry experience.
• Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team, working cohesively with other technical disciplines.

Benefits

• On‑call allowance (rota dependent).
• Company van and tools provided.
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays on top).
• Access to group personal pension plan including SMART contributions into which the company will contribute up to 6% towards your savings.
• Training and development opportunities.
• NHS Bluelight discounts.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.