Mobile Mechanical Technician

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Technician to maintain and improve critical hospital mechanical plant and building services across its sites.

Working in a skilled Estates team, you will service, repair and optimise systems such as TMVs, BMS, water and steam, with on-call duties and a focus on compliance and patient safety. NHS experience preferred; Level 3 in electrical installation or equivalent essential.

Qualifications

• Level 3 City & Guilds Craft or NVQ equivalents in electrical installation/maintenance.
• IT literate with good written and communication skills.
• Experience in NHS environment and HTMs knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Servicing Thermostatic Mixing Valves (TMVs) and temperature monitoring.
• Plumbing tasks including sink and tap installations.
• Performing planned preventive maintenance (PPM) and statutory planned maintenance (SPM).
• Diagnosing faults and carrying out repairs on engineering plant and equipment.
• Supporting operation and maintenance of critical hospital systems, including water treatment and steam systems.
• Troubleshooting Building Management Systems (BMS).
• Calibrating and maintaining mechanical and electrical installations.
• Coordinating maintenance activities across departments to minimise disruption.
• Producing technical reports and condition assessments.
• Assisting with engineering improvement projects and lifecycle planning.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records and compliance documentation.
• Participating in on-call rota and out-of-hours support.
• Supporting development of apprentices and colleagues through mentoring.
• Working across Frimley Health sites as required.

Skills

IT Literate

Written communication

Communication skills

Problem solving

Emergency repairs

NHS experience

HTMs knowledge

Education

Level 3 City & Guilds/NVQ in electrical installation/maintenance

ONC

IEE 18th Edition

Gas Safe registered

Water bylaws

LIFT trained

Nurse call systems trained

BMS understanding/qualification

Decontamination control (autoclaves)

Medical gas trained

Tools

BMS

Job description

Are you an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Technician looking for a rewarding role where your skills make a real difference?

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated and skilled individual to join our Estates and Facilities team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the safe and effective operation of essential hospital infrastructure, helping to create an environment where outstanding patient care can thrive.

Working within a highly skilled team of engineering professionals, you will be responsible for maintaining, repairing and improving a wide range of mechanical plant, equipment and building services across our hospital sites.

Please note that this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the post.

Main duties of the job

As part of our Estates team, you will play a key role in ensuring that critical engineering systems remain safe, reliable and fully compliant.

You will play a vital role in ensuring our engineering systems, plant and equipment remain safe, reliable and compliant, enabling the delivery of exceptional patient care across the Trust.

Experience or knowledge of the following would be advantageous:

• HTM 03 - Heating and Ventilation
• HTM 04 - Water Systems
• Building Management Systems (BMS)
• Mechanical plant and building services maintenance
• Statutory compliance requirements and safe systems of work

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo

Job responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

• Servicing Thermostatic Mixing Valves (TMVs) and carrying out temperature monitoring.
• Undertaking plumbing tasks, including sink and tap installations.
• Performing planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and statutory planned maintenance (SPM).
• Diagnosing faults and carrying out repairs on a range of engineering plant and equipment.
• Supporting the operation and maintenance of critical hospital systems, including water treatment and steam systems.
• Troubleshooting and resolving faults on Building Management Systems (BMS).
• Calibrating and maintaining mechanical and electrical installations.
• Liaising with departments across the Trust to coordinate maintenance activities and minimise disruption.
• Producing technical reports and condition assessments.
• Assisting with engineering improvement projects and lifecycle planning.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records and compliance documentation.
• Participating in the on-call rota and providing out-of-hours support when required.
• Supporting the development of apprentices and colleagues through knowledge sharing and mentoring.
• Working across Frimley Health sites as required.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if sufficient applications have been received.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

• Level 3 City & Guilds Craft or NVQ equivalents in Electrical Installation/Maintenance or equivalent experience.
• IT Literate
• Evidence of good written and communication skills for effective working relationships throughout the organisation.
• Ability to cope with demanding scenarios.
• Good organisational and communication skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems.
• Ability and willingness to undertake emergency-situation repairs.
• NHS experience
• Knowledge of HTMs

Qualifications

• Level 3 City & Guilds Craft or NVQ equivalents in electrical installation/maintenance or equivalent experience.
• IEE 18th Edition
• Gas Safe registered/ trained
• ONC
• Water bylaws
• Lift Trained
• Nurse call systems trained
• BMS Understanding/ qualification
• Decontamination control, trained (autoclaves)
• Medical gas trained

Special Requirements

• Be available for out of hours/on-call duties
• Be able to travel between Trust sites when required
• Be able to work overtime at short notice.

Experience

• Prior experience in an engineering service
• Experience in training colleagues in an Estates department
• Experience working in the building trades
• Experience working in large industrial/commercial environments
• Experience in the maintenance of engineering service and fault finding within a similar organisation or similar size and complexity organisation.
• Service within the field of maintenance, focus on service supply, problem solving keeping the client informed.
• Problem solving BMS systems
• Experience working in an Acute Hospital Environment
• NHS experience

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.

£33,677 to £40,995 a yearper annum incl HCAS + additional R&R £3,792 per annum