Mechanical Craftsperson (Plumber)

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Greater London is seeking a highly motivated Maintenance Mechanical Craftsperson. The role involves maintaining mechanical building services across various sites, ensuring compliance with health regulations. Candidates should have completed a mechanical apprenticeship and possess skills in fault-finding and team collaboration. This position includes participation in an emergency on-call rota. The trust values inclusivity and a high standard of patient care.

Qualifications

• Recognised apprenticeship in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Qualified with Mechanical ONC and/or HNC level of education.
• Good working knowledge of Health & Safety principles within mechanical engineering.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair mechanical building services and equipment.
• Ensure compliance with statutory maintenance works.
• Participate in the Estates emergency on-call rota.

Skills

Preventative and reactive mechanical maintenance

Fault-finding skills

Teamwork

Education

Mechanical engineering apprenticeship

Mechanical ONC or HNC

Tools

Concept CAFM System

Job description

The Estates Hard FM Team is responsible for the day to day repairs, PPM and operational testing for a wide range of building services and equipment located in the Trust.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and flexible Maintenance Mechanical Craftsperson to join our multi-Skilled Estates team at Mile End Hospital and Royal London Hospital Retained Estate site providing operational maintenance services throughout the Trust and its associated properties and sites.

You will be a keen team member with a recognised building services mechanical/ plumbing apprenticeship or equivalent and have post qualification experience with in a complex building services environment. Duties will include statutory maintenance works as instructed to ensure compliance with current HTM's, Water Regulations, ACOP's and Trust policies.

To undertake duties of a Competent Person (CP) in accordance with the relevant NHS HTM Guidance.

Also to maintain and repair cold & hot water systems & plant including calorifiers, water tanks, plate heat exchangers , air handling plant etc..

Applicants should have a good all round ability and be capable of working on their own initiative to undertake planned preventative and reactive maintenance and specialist engineering duties. This position will require you to participate in the Estates emergency on-call rota which includes out of hours working at all Barts Health Trust sites.

Main duties of the job

house mechanical maintenance team including undertaking a wide range of fault-finding and maintenance duties. He/she will be maintaining Mechanical building services, and equipment within the Trust properties. To liaise and or coordinate directly with mechanical contractors in the day to day running of the Estates service delivery within the Mile End Hospital and or Royal London Hospital Retained Estates within Barts Health Estates & Facilities Services.

Under direction of the Senior Mechanical Craftsperson and or Estates Supervisor ensure all buildings, plant and equipment are mechanically serviced and maintained throughout Mile End Hospital and or Royal London Hospital Retained Estate in accordance with Statutory & Mandatory requirements in a timely manner. Including Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Reactive Maintenance (RM), minor works, major overhauls, and replacement. In addition, the Mechanical Craftsperson will be required to be a self-starter who is able to work on his/her own initiative.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To have served a recognised apprenticeship in a mechanical engineering discipline or have equivalent experience.
• Qualified with Mechanical ONC and or HNC level of education and or equivalent qualification.

Experience

• Good working knowledge of preventative and reactive mechanical maintenance and associated HTM's.
• Experience of performing planned and reactive work within mechanical team.
• Experience of healthcare mechanical building services and previous experience of working within Estates mechanical team.
• Knowledge of information systems for the management of maintenance activity (Concept CAFM System).
• Understanding Standing Financial Instructions in relation to procurement and commissioning of external contracting services.

Knowledge

• A good working knowledge of Health & Safety principles within mechanical engineering and building systems. Knowledge of mechanical maintenance to meet relevant HTM's.

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.