Mechanical Engineer

NHS Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland seeks to hire a professional to deliver essential mechanical services for healthcare facilities, focusing on maintenance, repairs, and installations to ensure patient safety and well-being. The role emphasizes quality service while adhering to legislative standards and promoting an inclusive workforce.

Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance, repair, and installations services for healthcare facilities.
• Ensure safety and compliance with relevant legislation standards.

Job description

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.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Job Purpose

To provide mechanical services to meet the needs of the board healthcare facilities to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients, by delivering a planned maintenance, repair and installations service which represents quality and value for money at all times.

To provide a safe maintenance service to all plant, equipment and service infrastructure within the Board’s hospitals and premises ensuring delivery of all works to relevant legislation standards incorporating STHM 03 – 01-part A&B.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact [e-mail]

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.