Skilled Tradesperson Mechanical (Plumber)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Swindon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave + holidays

NHS Pension

Qualifications funding

Flexible working

Occupational health

Staff discounts

Salary sacrifice

Onsite nursery (Exeter)

Car lease

Cycle to work

Job summary

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical) for the Maintenance Department to cover both reactive and planned mechanical work. The role is a 37.5-hour weekday day shift, with supervision on boiler plant limited to safe areas, and training available for macerator and drainage tasks.

Key duties include diagnosing faults, carrying out reactive and planned maintenance, and working across a range of mechanical systems.

Qualifications

• Mechanical services background required.
• Experience working on a range of general building types.
• Strong fault-finding capabilities.
• Able to communicate services diplomatically to customers.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive repairs to plumbing, heating pipework and radiators.
• Repair and maintain macerator units and drainage systems (training provided).
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance on mechanical systems and fixtures.
• Undertake repair, alteration and new works on mechanical systems in the department.
• Maintain plumbing control equipment, valves, storage vessels, and thermostatic controls.
• Maintain drainage equipment of varied types and grades.
• Diagnose faults with limited information and propose solutions.
• Work on a wide range of mechanical systems with varying complexity.
• Supervise boiler plant, heat exchangers and BMS controls when required.
• Explain aims and services of the Maintenance Team to customers diplomatically.
• Provide regular feedback to the works supervisor.
• Leave patients, staff and visitors with a clean, safe, pleasant environment.

Skills

Mechanical services

General buildings experience

Skilled fault finding

Customer-facing diplomacy

Job description

This Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical) post sits in the Maintenance Department of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and covers both planned and reactive mechanical work. The core of the job is repairing plumbing, heating pipework, radiators, macerator units and drainage, alongside planned preventative maintenance and skilled fault finding on mixed systems. It is a weekday day-shift role of 37.5 hours, and unsupervised work on boiler plant, heat exchangers and BMS controls is excluded. Preference goes to staff holding Priority or At Risk status, including NHS At Risk staff across Devon.

What the job involves

• Carry out reactive repairs to plumbing systems, heating pipework and radiators
• Repair and maintain macerator units and their drainage systems (training provided)
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance on mechanical systems and fixtures
• Undertake repair, alteration and new works on mechanical systems maintained by the department
• Maintain plumbing control equipment, blending and isolation valves, local heating and storage vessels, and thermostatic valves
• Maintain drainage equipment of all types and grades
• Diagnose faults, often with limited initial information
• Work on a wide range of mechanical systems, including some non-mechanical systems
• Work under supervision only on boiler plant, heat exchangers and BMS controls and actuators
• Offer solutions and explain the aims and services of the Maintenance Team to customers in a diplomatic manner
• Give regular, professional feedback on all issues to the works supervisor
• Leave patients, staff and visitors with a clean, safe and pleasant environment

Experience

• Mechanical services background
• Experience working on all types and ages of general buildings

Skills & knowledge

• Skilled fault finding
• Customer-facing manner, able to present services diplomatically

What’s offered

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days
• NHS Pension scheme
• Funding for qualifications such as a care certificate or degree, plus study days
• Flexible working schemes and family-friendly policies
• Occupational health services, including counselling and wellbeing activities
• Staff discounts, including Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts
• Salary sacrifice options, including an onsite nursery at Exeter
• Car lease and cycle to work schemes