Senior Mechanical Craftsperson

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The post holder will be the senior mechanical craftsperson leading the in-house maintenance team across Newham University Hospital Retained Estate within Barts Health Estates & Facilities Services. You will oversee fault-finding and maintenance for boilers, HVAC, and associated systems, coordinating with external contractors and ensuring compliance with safety and statutory requirements.

Reporting to the Estates Operations Manager, you will drive PPΜ and RM activities, conduct quality reviews,

Qualifications

• Must hold AP/CP accreditation and be a Competent Person.
• Experience in hospital estates maintenance and lead roles.
• Strong fault-finding skills across mechanical services.
• Ability to coordinate with mechanical contractors and staff.
• Familiar with safety, risk assessments and statutory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead estates mechanical team and contractors to complete planned and reactive maintenance.
• Ensure PPM, RM, minor works, major overhauls and replacements are delivered on time.
• Repair, fault-find and diagnose boilers, HVAC, controls, and generators.
• Develop improvement plans and monitor quality, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness.
• Work on-call in Estates Craftsperson Team as required and coordinate with Ops Manager.
• Maintain safe systems of work, site inductions, COSHH/risk assessments and permit-to-work.

Skills

Boilers fault-finding

HVAC/ventilation systems

Electrical systems

CAD data systems

Generators

Team leadership

Education

AP/CP accreditation

Tools

CAD software

Job description

The post holder will be responsible as the senior and lead mechanical craftsperson within the in-house mechanical maintenance team including a wide range of fault-finding and maintenance duties. He/she will be responsible for maintaining all Building Fabric, Mechanical and Electrical building services, and equipment within the Trust properties. To liaise and or coordinate directly with mechanical contractors in the day to day running of the Estates service delivery within the Newham University Hospital Retained Estates within Barts Health Estates & Facilities Services.

Under direction of the Estates Operations Manager ensure all buildings, plant and equipment are mechanically serviced and maintained throughout Newham University Hospital Retained Estate in accordance with Statutory & Mandatory requirements in a timely manner. Including Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Reactive Maintenance (RM), minor works, major overhauls, and replacement. In addition, the Senior Mechanical Craftsperson will be required to be a self-starter who is able to work on his/her own initiative.

Lead estates mechanical team and contractors to ensure statutory, critical, and routine maintenance is completed, recorded, and documented.

Skilled in repair, fault-finding, and diagnosis of boilers, pressure systems, medical gas, HVAC/ventilation, controls, heating/hot water, CAD data systems, and generators.

Develop improvement plans for poor performance. Review works for quality, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness.

Work outside trade in emergencies as directed.

Assist with staff training.

Follow Trust policies, maintain effective communication, and ensure safe systems of work, site induction, risk/COSH assessments, and permit-to-work compliance.

Report unsafe practices/equipment.

Work safely on mechanical/electrical systems as Competent Person. Support audits with Estates Ops Manager to ensure compliance.

Implement legislation, safety alerts, HTMs, HBNs, codes of practice.

Ensure financial compliance and value for money in contracts/purchases.

Hold AP/CP accreditation and perform duties accordingly.

Participate in Estates Craftsperson Team on-call cover for Newham University Hospital.

Implement CAS/safety alerts with guidance/remedial action.

Raise/distribute planned/reactive work instructions, follow up, and report outcomes.

Assist Ops Manager in investigations, complaints, and producing specifications for improvement schemes.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Martin Brabazon Job title: Senior Head of Estates Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 020 7363 9267

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