Mechanical Technician

The Methodist Church in Britain; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking a Mechanical Technician to support safe installation, operation, and maintenance of hospital building services. The role includes on-call duties and involvement in estates projects, with opportunities to lead and train others.

You will bring NVQ4/HNC or equivalent, ILM 4, and IOSH Safe Working practices, with substantial hands-on mechanical experience in a hospital or similar environment.

Qualifications

• HNC, NVQ4 or equivalent.
• ILM Level 4 or equivalent.
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Carry out and supervise the safe installation, operation, maintenance and repair of mechanical building services.
• Work through mostly non-routine procedures and practices across the Trust's mechanical services.
• Carry out installation, reactive and preventative maintenance, fault diagnosis, repairs, modifications and calibration.
• Respond to emergencies, acting promptly and safely where failure could cause serious injury, damage or loss of life.
• Join the out-of-hours on-call team supporting the Trust.
• Take on nominated specialist Estates roles such as Authorised Person or Person in Charge for specific areas.
• Support specific projects or tasks.
• Coach, train and develop other team members.

Skills

Commercial mechanical building

Maintenance management

MS Office

Education

HNC/NVQ4

ILM Level 4

IOSH Managing Safely

Tools

Micad IPR

Planet FM

Building Management Systems (BMS)

Job description

This Mechanical Technician post sits in the on-site engineering team within Estates at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, reporting to the Mechanical Officer. The work covers the safe installation, operation, maintenance and repair of the Trust's plant, equipment and buildings, including heating, water, ventilation, lifts and drainage. The post carries an out-of-hours on-call rota and emergency work under pressure, with steam plant experience an advantage. Fit depends on intermediate-level technical training to NVQ4 and at least five years in relevant work.

What the job involves

• Carry out and supervise the safe installation, operation, maintenance and repair of mechanical building services
• Work through mostly non-routine procedures and practices across the Trust's mechanical services
• Carry out installation, reactive and preventative maintenance, fault diagnosis, repairs, modifications and calibration
• Respond to emergencies, acting promptly and safely where failure could cause serious injury, damage or loss of life
• Join the out-of-hours on-call team supporting the Trust
• Take on nominated specialist Estates roles such as Authorised Person or Person in Charge for specific areas
• Support specific projects or tasks
• Coach, train and develop other team members

What’s required

Qualifications

• HNC, NVQ4 or equivalent
• ILM Level 4 or equivalent
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent

Experience

• Extensive experience in a similar role, with at least five years of relevant working experience

Skills & knowledge

• Commercial mechanical building services
• Maintenance management, legislation, standards, systems and processes
• MS Office

Nice to have

• Authorised Person certification for water or ventilation
• Person in Charge certification for work at height or confined space
• Competent Person certification for pressure systems (PSSR) or medical gases
• Significant hospital experience
• Lifts and building management systems (BMS) experience
• Steam plant and equipment experience
• Micad IPR and Planet FM

What’s offered

• Full supplementary training provided
• Supported study and training towards recognised qualifications
• Investment in personal and professional development
• HCAS paid on top of basic salary
• Four staff networks and EDI programmes