Mechanical Craftsperson

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT; Mexborough; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in England is seeking a Mechanical Craftsperson to perform maintenance on engineering equipment. Candidates should possess mechanical services experience and fault diagnosis skills, ensuring regulatory compliance. The position offers a salary range of £31,049 to £37,796 annually, includes a comprehensive benefits package, and encourages discussions on flexible working arrangements. Join a team dedicated to providing exceptional service and care for our patients.

Benefits

Extensive range of learning opportunities

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in fault diagnosis and ability to analyze complex systems.
• Mechanical engineering apprenticeship required.
• Ability to engage with both technical and non-technical staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance, repairs, and minor improvements across the Trust.
• Calibration and fault finding on engineering plant and equipment.
• Performing out-of-hours work as required.

Skills

Mechanical building services experience

Fault diagnosis skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Diagnostic and fault finding skills

Multi-disciplinary team working

Education

Mechanical engineering apprenticeship

C & G Part II Full Technological Cert

Tools

CAFM software (Planet)

Piped medical gas systems

Job description

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Mechanical Craftsperson

The closing date is 22 January 2026

To participate in the effective and efficient day to day operation and maintenance of all types of engineering plant and equipment associated with a modern day NHS Foundation Trust Hospital.

Maintenance Craftsperson will be employed on work appropriate to their core specialist skills and should possess levels of flexibility and competence to allow them to perform the following.

Performs work including activities, which are complex, and/or non-routine. Responsible for calibration and fault finding on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment (steam, raising plant and associated equipment, sterilizers, washer/disinfectors, piped medical gas systems, low pressure hot water systems and natural gas systems.

Main duties of the job

Undertaking maintenance, repairs, minor improvements and minor capital work across the Trust, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues. At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

Benefits

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers

Job responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully. Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Certificate of sponsorship

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Please note that from 9th April 2025, band 2 & 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience on aspects of mechanical building services including boiler plant compressed air pumping installations
• Heating Controls
• Pressure systems
• Experience in fault diagnosis and have the ability to interpreted and analyse complex critical equipment and systems.
• Experience in identifying problems with Building management systems.
• Heating and ventilation systems, carrying out annual verification of Critical AHU system in accordance with HTM03-01
• Piped medical gas systems
• Decontamination equipment - sterilizers, washer disinfectors
• Working in a frontline customer service based organisation
• Experience in identifying and rectification of legionella risk assessment surveys.
• Experience in identifying and rectification complex problems in mechanical systems.
• Experience in using CAFM software(Planet)
• Air conditioning systems

Qualifications and Training

• Mechanical engineering apprenticeship
• Customer care and team based working
• Gas Safe regulations
• CP Water, CP Vent , CP Medical Gas , CP Pressure
• C & G Part II Full Technological Cert
• Course 205-3 Mechanical Engineering Maintenance Part 2
• Electrical skills training

Personal attributes and Skills

• Multi-disciplinary team working
• Communicate effectively verbal and written
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Able to prioritise workload
• Excellent diagnostic and fault finding skills
• Familiar with PPM Management systems and Data bases
• Liaise with specialist service contractor
• Liaise with departmental managers
• Team player conscientious and methodical
• Willing to participate in flexible versatile working, out of hours working, recall to work across all Trust sites
• Participate in NVQ training
• Ability to address problems and seek solutions
• Participate in the on call rota for mechanical staff
• Effective communication style.
• Self-motivated
• Effectively communicate both technical and non-technical advice to clinical professionals
• Liaison between estates and other directorate to provide effective communication where service delivery or there is a risk to patient care
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients to provide reassurance and information about estates activities
• Experience of carrying out point of work risk assessment.

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.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata