Senior Mechanical Craftsperson

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Greater London seeks a skilled mechanical craftsperson to lead the in-house maintenance team. This role involves fault-finding, leading maintenance efforts, and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements for all mechanical systems. The successful candidate will be responsible for high-quality service delivery and will work within a dynamic healthcare environment aimed at continuous improvement. We seek someone who can demonstrate leadership and initiative in ensuring operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Qualified mechanical craftsperson with extensive experience in building maintenance.
• Ability to diagnose and repair HVAC/ventilation systems.
• Competent in managing contractors and ensuring safety protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical maintenance team and ensure high standards of service.
• Perform fault-finding and repairs on critical systems and equipment.
• Monitor and document maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.

Skills

Fault-finding

Maintenance duties

Leadership

Compliance with legislation

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the in‑house mechanical maintenance team as senior and lead mechanical craftsperson, including fault‑finding and maintenance duties.
• Maintain all building fabric, mechanical and electrical services, and equipment within Trust properties, liaising with mechanical contractors for day‑to‑day service delivery.
• Ensure all buildings, plant and equipment are mechanically serviced and maintained throughout the Newham University Hospital Retained Estate in accordance with statutory and mandatory requirements, including Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Reactive Maintenance (RM), minor works, major overhauls and replacements.
• Work independently as a self‑starter, maintaining initiative across all tasks.
• Lead the estates mechanical team and contractors to complete, record and document statutory, critical and routine maintenance.
• Repair, fault‑find and diagnose 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 off‑trade in emergencies as directed and assist with staff training.
• Follow Trust policies, maintain communication, ensure safe systems of work, site induction, risk/COSH assessments and permit‑to‑work compliance. Report unsafe practices or equipment.
• Act as a Competent Person on mechanical/electrical systems, support audits and ensure compliance with legislation, safety alerts, HTMs, HBNs and codes of practice.
• Ensure financial compliance and value for money in contracts and purchases, hold AP/CP accreditation and perform duties accordingly.
• Participate in the Estates Craftsperson Team on‑call cover for Newham University Hospital and implement CAS/safety alerts with guidance and remedial action.
• Raise and distribute planned/reactive work instructions, follow up and report outcomes. Assist the Operations Manager in investigations, complaints and specifications for improvement schemes.

About Barts Health

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 its 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.

The full job description for this role includes an overview of key tasks and responsibilities. The person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view the attachments below for details.