Maintenance Assistant

NHS; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Maintenance Assistant to provide support within the mechanical team at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The role involves completing maintenance tasks, supporting tradespeople, and ensuring compliance with Health and Safety standards. Candidates should possess vocational qualifications and experience in maintenance and installation work.

Benefits

Nest Pension with employer contributions

Up to 33 days annual leave per year

Qualifications

• Vocational Level 2 qualification or 2 years relevant experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience in construction environment.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the building and electrical workshops.
• Completing reactive and planned maintenance work.
• Delivering good customer service and acting as an ambassador.

Skills

Team working skills

Good hand/eye co-ordination

Ability to read engineering drawings

Education

Vocational Level 2 qualification

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Computer Aided Facilities Management software

Job description

Go back Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Maintenance Assistant

The closing date is 07 July 2025

We are looking for a Maintenance Assistant to join the Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd estates team to work within our mechanical team in the estates workshop. The workshop provides a maintenance service to Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and external clients. You will need to demonstrate strong team working skills, have good experience of working in a supporting role within maintenance and be comfortable in working to targets and working on your own.

The post-holder will be required to support the building and electrical workshops as required and within the capabilities of their skills.

Some of our many benefits include but not limited to: -

Nest Pension with up to 8% employer contributions making it one of the most generous private sector pensions.

Up to 33 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays).

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

Completing Reactive/Planned and Backlog Maintenance installation work within existing capabilities and qualifications, supporting tradespeople where necessary or carrying out semi-skilled jobs independently.

Undertaking any training that may be required to carry out a wide variety of maintenance tasks.

Being appointed to various Competent Person roles commensurate with your skill, training and experience.

Ensuring that all work is carried out in a manner that complies with all Health and Safety legislation, HTMs and other relevant codes of practise and policies.

Delivering good customer service and able to always act as an ambassador for DSFS.

Using the MICAD & Zetasafe CAFM systems correctly and ensuring jobs are raised and closed off for all work undertaken.

Ensuring that the estates department delivers to its customers a service that is responsive, reliable and meets statutory and mandatory requirements. Our key customers include Chesterfield Royal Hospital and offsite locations such as GP surgeries, community clinics etc.

Working under the direction of the Estates Officers and other managers as required.

Supporting other teams within estates in addition to the post-holder's permanent team, according to the needs of the business.

Acting in such a manner as to always maintain and protect confidentiality.

Supervision of apprentices as required.

Dealing with any other duties as may reasonably be required - this job description should not be considered an exhaustive list.

About us

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.

Job responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• Vocational Level 2 qualification (or circa 2 years of experience working on the tools in a relevant role).
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Previous experience carrying out work in a construction environment.

Experience

• Experience of assisting tradespeople to carry out maintenance and installation work.
• Experience of carrying out minor maintenance tasks without supervision.
• Experience of using a variety of hand and power tools accurately and safely.
• Experience of using Computer Aided Facilities Management software to manage and complete jobs.

Skills & Knowledge

• Able to quickly learn new skills.
• Good hand/eye co-ordination.
• Able to source information to understand how to correctly install materials and carry out installation work.
• Able to use hand and power tools to complete smaller maintenance tasks independently and to a high standard.
• Able to read and understand engineering drawings within area of expertise.

Personal Attributes

• Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.
• Able to communicate effectively with customers in other departments and with hospital and RPC colleagues.
• Committed to continuous improvement and learning.
• Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.
• Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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