Senior Technician (Specialist Services Mechanical)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is looking for an experienced Mechanical Technician to join their Estates Team in Sheffield. The successful candidate will manage and supervise engineering staff, ensure maintenance and safety across mechanical systems, and have opportunities for training and development. This full-time role offers excellent benefits and supports a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Health and wellbeing packages

Qualifications

• Highly experienced in trade with management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead an effective team.

Responsibilities

• Manage operational and reactive engineering staff.
• Supervise external engineering contractors.
• Perform maintenance duties specific to core trade.
• Conduct regular audits and maintain PPM of Mechanical systems.

Skills

Management skills

Communication skills

Technical expertise in Mechanical systems

Job description

Overview

We're looking for an experienced Mechanical Technician to join our Estates Team at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital. Estates plays a crucial role in keeping our hospitals and services running. From essential power, heating, plumbing and mechanical systems to the inside and outside of our buildings and grounds, Estates staff make sure these are safe and well-maintained for our patients, visitors, and other staff. Our staff have a wide range of expertise and skills – from construction trades and technical skills, building and site management, surveying, and more. Together they carry out vital inspections, maintenance, and repairs across our sites so that we can keep giving excellent care to our patients.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management, administration and workload of operational and reactive engineering staff within Estates.
• Manage and supervise external engineering contractors to ensure works are completed on time and to agreed standards.
• Carrying out the full range of maintenance duties specific to core trade, including non-routine, planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance tasks.
• Developing task lists and carrying out regular audits.
• Attending and advising Trust-wide Steering Groups relating to expertise and ensuring implementation.
• Undertaking regular Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and testing of Mechanical systems.
• Recording and analysing results with reference to historical data and determining appropriate actions and providing condition and non‑compliance reports as necessary.
• Witnessing the testing of new systems, plant and equipment installed on Trust property.
• Reconfirming correct operation on a regular basis and providing appropriate training to other Estates staff and users.
• Being available for on‑call and out‑of‑hours cover with availability to be on‑site within 30 minutes of a call (with additional out‑of‑hours pay).
• Carrying a Trust mobile phone for this purpose and working under own initiative with freedom to make decisions.

Qualifications and Requirements

Highly experienced within trade, with management, people and communication skills needed to lead an effective team.

This is a full‑time position, with typical hours of 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday. There is plenty of opportunity for training and development, including learning skills outside of your core trade (City and Guilds NVQ), training for Authorised Person (AP) status.

Working for our Organisation

You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff.

In the Estates Team Operational team you will be working alongside fellow Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Engineering Technicians and Craft persons, Building Managers and Building Craft persons. All with a commitment to service excellence to our patients and their environment.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we'll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.