Mechanical Technician

Lewisham and Greenwich; London Borough of Lewisham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust invites an experienced Mechanical Technician to join the on-site Estates team. Reporting to the Mechanical Officer, you will install, maintain, repair and supervise building services essential to our hospitals and community sites, including heating, ventilation, and lifts.

The role includes on-call duties outside normal hours. We value hands-on skills, NHS‑oriented safety, and the ability to work under pressure, with training provided to develop necessary

Qualifications

• HNC, NVQ4 or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience.
• ILM Level 4, or equivalent.
• IOSH Managing Safely, or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Carrying out and supervising the safe installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Trust’s mechanical building services such as heating, hot and cold water, ventilation and air conditioning, passenger lifts and lifting equipment, internal and external drainage.
• Provide support in specialised Estates roles and training of others where required.
• Be part of on-call team to support the Trust out of hours.

Skills

MS Office

Lifts

BMS

Education

HNC, NVQ4 or equivalent

ILM Level 4

IOSH Managing Safely

Job description

Step into a place where exceptional care, patients, culture, and careers come together.

Explore our current vacancies and take your first step toward making a real difference.

Join us. Make a difference. Be part of Team LGT.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the IC S in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced person to join our on-site engineering team as a Mechanical Technician, reporting to the Mechanical Officer, who will be an active member of the Estates team responsible for carrying out, leading, and supervising the safe installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Trust's plant, equipment and buildings.

The post holder will be required to work under pressure in emergency situations where the failure to act promptly or safely may result in serious injury, damage or loss of life. Previous NHS experience is not essential although would be useful, and full supplementary training will be provided.

Please note: This role includes the responsibility of being a member of the on-call team supporting the Trust out of hours.

Main duties of the job

Carrying out and supervising the safe installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Trust’s mechanical building services such as heating, hot and cold water, ventilation and air conditioning, passenger lifts and lifting equipment, internal and external drainage, etc. and ideally you will have an understanding and experience of steam operated plant and equipment.

You will require a well-developed understanding of a range of work procedures and practices, the majority of which are non-routine, and which require intermediate level theoretical knowledge acquired through formal training to NVQ 4, or equivalent, with at least 5 years of relevant working experience.

As well as the full range of duties associated with the post holder's core skills, i.e., installation, reactive and preventative maintenance, diagnose faults, carry out repairs, modifications, calibration, etc., the role often requires specialisation and a multi skilled approach with team members having responsibilities in nominated specialist Estates roles, such as Authorised Person for Water, Ventilation, Work at Height, Confined Space, Pressure Systems, or Medical Gases. This role may also be required for supporting specific projects or tasks, and the coaching, training, or development of others.

We are committed to investing in your personal and professional development and we offer and encourage opportunities for our team to earn recognised qualifications through supported study and training

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the Job Description / Person Specification document.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• HNC, NVQ4 or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience.
• ILM Level 4, or equivalent.
• IOSH Managing Safely, or equivalent
• AP (Water), AP (Ventilation), Person In Charge (Work at Height), Person In Charge (Confined Space), CP (PSSR), CP (Medical Gas)

Experience

• Extensive experience in similar role
• MS Office
• Lifts, BMS

Knowledge

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

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.