Technician (Mechanical) - Scarborough

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management’; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Relocation package up to 30% of salary

Job summary

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management LLP (YTHFM LLP) is seeking a motivated Maintenance Technician (Mechanical) to join the Estates Department at Scarborough Hospital. The role focuses on maintaining building services and engineering systems within a busy NHS environment.

You will join a multidisciplinary team and be flexible with on-call/shift duties to ensure safe, reliable facilities. A strong emphasis on safety and teamwork is required.

Qualifications

• Requires BTEC, City & Guilds Craft Certificate or NVQ 3 in mechanical engineering.
• Experience in a mechanical maintenance environment is desirable.
• Good general knowledge of building services and engineering maintenance.
• Ability to travel across Trust sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Based at Scarborough Hospital and available to work at any Trust site.
• Maintain a range of engineering services and building services.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary maintenance team to support operations.
• Be flexible regarding hours and on-call/shift duties.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Building services

Teamwork

Health & Safety

Education

BTEC or City & Guilds Craft Certificate or NVQ 3 in engineering

NVQ 3 in engineering

BTEC

Job description

Main area Maintenance Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: On-Call/Occasional shift work Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-Call/ Occasional shift work.) Job ref 419-8172219-TM-FM

Employer York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management’ Employer type NHS Site Scarborough Hospital Town Scarborough Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Technician (Mechanical) - Scarborough

Band 5

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Our Values

• We are KIND
• We are OPEN
• We pursue EXCELLEZENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

Job overview

Contract - Permanent

Base - Scarborough

Are you a highly motivated Maintenance Craftsperson with a mechanical background?

Are you looking to develop your career?

If so then we have a role for you!

The Estates Department are looking to recruit a highly motivated Maintenance Technician (Mechanical), to work as part of a multidisciplinary maintenance team, primarily within the Scarborough area.

The department provides management, development, maintenance and operational support for the Trust's buildings and engineering infrastructure. The role is critical to the Estates Department's very busy maintenance support service, and is demanding covering a wide range of engineering services for you to hone your skills on.

The role offers a significant opportunity to contribute to the smooth functioning, and maintenance, of a range of engineering services in the Trust's clinical, and non-clinical facilities, within a very busy directorate, and to be part of a team that is constantly working to improve the quality and safety of the Trust's healthcare facilities.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be based at Scarborough Hospital, but must be willing to work at any of the Trust's sites. You must be flexible regarding hours of duty and will be expected to undertake appropriate training, including Health and Safety training.

The successful candidate will have a good general knowledge of building services and engineering maintenance, backed up by a BTEC, City and Guilds Craft Certificate or NVQ 3 qualification in an engineering discipline (preferably mechanical engineering).

The successful candidate must be able to work co-operatively as part of a team, comprisingskilled and semi-skilled maintenance colleagues, and have demonstrable experience of working within a maintenance environment. In addition, the successful candidate should be reliable, resilient, enthusiastic, motivated and be able to work under pressure, with minimum supervision.

The successful candidate must have the ability to transport themselves and equipment throughout the community over the course of a normal working day.

Working for our organisation

To find out more about working for our Trust, please visit:

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr. [e-mail].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• Recognised and registered ETIB or CITB (or equivalent) craft/modern apprenticeship or Time served apprenticeship (level 3)
• Current driving license with the ability to drive category B.
• HNC Mechanical Engineering
• Further specialist qualifications (minimum of three of the below on appointment, rest to be achieved within 2 years): Ventilation (CP) Medical gas (CP) Willingness to undertake necessary training that are essential to the role.

Experience and Knowledge Required

• Experience of Mechanical infrastructure
• Awareness of Health & Safety procedures and use of PPE.
• Formal training/experience of NHS Ventilation Systems
• Formal Training/experience of Medical Gas Systems

York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management LLP (YTHFM LLP) provides a full range of estates and facilities services to York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, together with project management for capital investments. YTHFM LLP is a partnership between York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management Limited.

New starters will be employed by YTHFM and not directly by the NHS, however, they will enjoy the same terms and conditions as NHS staff covered by Agenda for Change. YTHFM employees have access to the NHS pension scheme.

For further information about York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management type ythfm.co.uk in your internet search bar.

DBS Checks

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary either in 1 payment or over a six month period once you start employment. By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for.

Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check - basic, standard and enhanced.

The sensitive applications route gives transgender applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate that could reveal their previous identity. To contact the sensitive applications team, please telephone [phone] or email [e-mail] .

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please note, the selection processes at York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.

Agile and Flexible Working

We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and have recently launched our new Agile and Flexible Working policy to support this, entitling all staff to request flexible working from day one – for all posts. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Relocation Package

The YTHFM offers a generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully.

A bit more about us and the surrounding area

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country that is home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York - consistently voted one of the best places to live in the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.

Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.

Sponsorship

Please note that, under current Home Office Immigration Rules, sponsorship is not available for all roles we advertise. Applicants who require sponsorship may wish to check the requirements for this position by reviewing the criteria on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Name Cameron Addison Job title Mechanical Services Manager (Scarborough) Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01723 385186