Maintenance Assistant | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Maintenance Assistant to join the Estates team. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on mechanical, electrical and building fabric systems across Trust sites.

You will assist skilled trades, carry out routine inspections, fault finding and basic testing, and help ensure safe, reliable operation of engineering services and plant. Flexibility is required to cover early shifts (06:00–20:00) and occasional site redeployments to meet

Responsibilities

• Undertake planned preventive and reactive maintenance across mechanical, electrical and building fabric systems.
• Provide multi-trade maintenance support across the Trust estate and assist skilled trades.
• Carry out routine inspections, fault finding, basic testing and repairs in line with procedures and HTMs.
• Support Water Safety compliance activities including outlet flushing, temperature monitoring and TMV maintenance.
• Work to established engineering procedures and contribute to safe operation of plant and rooms.

Job description

Maintenance Assistant | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

This post is to join part of the Maintenance Team of North West Anglia Foundation Trust who provides maintenance services, both planned and reactive, for the properties belonging to the Hospital

The post holder is expected to provide basic repair and maintenance services for Mechanical, Electrical and Building maintenance systems and installations in all buildings occupied and operated by the Hospital

The post holder will carry out necessary maintenance tasks to ensure the safe and continuous operation of the engineering services and the building plant located in the Trust.

The post holder will undertake specific maintenance tasks and will carry out maintenance and repairs across a wide range of interconnected highly complex plant and equipment, reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor/Estates Manager.

The post holder will be working to established engineering procedures, good practice, organisational and broad occupation policies. Often working to measured standards and procedures which require specific training; in first line response situations the post holder will need to establish how such policies can be implemented.

• To undertake planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance and minor installation workswithin a safe environment and to a high qualityacross a range of mechanical and electrical engineering plant, equipment and building fabric systems.
• To provide a multi-trade maintenance service supporting electrical, mechanical and fabric disciplines across the Trust estate.
• To carry out routine inspections, fault finding, basic testing, repairs and maintenance activities in accordance with departmental procedures, safe systems of work and relevant Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs).
• To assist skilled craftsperson's, supervisors and specialist contractors with maintenance, repair and improvement works.
• To support Water Safety compliance activities including outlet flushing, temperature monitoring, TMV maintenance, shower maintenance and associated record keeping.
• To maintain plant rooms, workshops, equipment and work areas in a clean, safe and orderly condition.
• To be expected to work within the trusts agenda for change core hours of 06:00 to 20:00 to assist in completing tasks outside of the traditional 08:00 to 16:30 working pattern. This will include participating in the monthly generator tests, quarterly critical AHU cleans and other critical tests that predominantly are carried out from 06:00 hours.
• To work flexibly across Trust sites and participate in altered working patterns where service needs require.

Priority is given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.

Please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Oct 2026