Mechanical Engineer - L3 (Days)

Mitie; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Finance scheme

Choices lifestyle benefits platform

MiDeals discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

Life cover

Job summary

Mitie is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Technician to support planned and reactive services at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. The role covers site-wide mechanical systems with a focus on safety, reliability, and compliant operation.

You will perform PPMs, maintain equipment per manuals, and respond to faults while coordinating with subcontractors and ensuring clean, safe work areas. A DBS check and relevant qualifications are required.

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical and/or multi-skilled building services maintenance, including DHW, LTHW and ventilation systems.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety legislation and safe working practices.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with a focus on high-quality service.
• Ability to pass a DBS check prior to employment.
• General building/fabric maintenance experience desirable.
• 18th Edition and/or City & Guilds 2391 qualifications desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) per contract requirements and schedules.
• Maintain mechanical plant and equipment per O&M manuals and standards.
• Respond to reactive maintenance tasks within service levels and complete reports.
• Assist with supervising subcontractors and ensure safe systems of work.
• Keep plant rooms and service areas clean, safe, and organized.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Building services

Health & safety

Customer service

DBS check

Education

18th Edition

City & Guilds 2391

DBS check

Job description

Join Mitie - the future of high performing places.ROLE: Mechanical Technician-DayshiftHOURS: 37.5 hours per week (Shift Pattern: 7:00am to 3:00pm and 12:00pm to 8:00pm on a rotational basis)LOCATION: Royal Victoria Infirmary & Freeman Hospital, Newcastle

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Technician who will support the delivery of planned and reactive mechanical maintenance services across the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital sites, ensuring all plant and equipment remain safe, compliant and fully operational.

Role Responsibilities:

• Complete planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities in line with contractual requirements and maintenance schedules.
• Maintain mechanical plant and equipment in accordance with O&M manuals, legislation, industry standards and best practice.
• Respond to reactive maintenance tasks within agreed service levels, completing all associated reports and documentation accurately.
• Assist with the supervision of subcontractors, ensuring compliance with safe systems of work, policies and procedures.
• Ensure all plant rooms and service areas are maintained in a clean, safe, secure and organised condition.

Required Qualifications:Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.

Required Qualifications:

• Previous experience in mechanical and/or multi-skilled building services maintenance, including DHW, LTHW and ventilation systems.
• Good understanding of Health & Safety legislation with the ability to work safely under own initiative and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication, customer service and problem-solving skills, with a commitment to delivering high-quality service standards.
• Ability to pass a DBS check prior to commencement of employment.
• General building maintenance or fabric maintenance experience is desirable.
• 18th Edition and/or City & Guilds 2391 qualifications are desirable.
• Commitment to personal development and expanding competency across building services disciplines.

There's a place for you at Mitie, join us today!

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

Since 1987, Mitie's 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.

Mitie is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups, including children and adults at risk, and expects all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced criminal record check with appropriate barred list checks and satisfactory references. All colleagues are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

This role is considered regulated activity and therefore subject to the following:

-It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. adults, children or both).

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and Mitie is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust