Estate Maintenance Assistant

3 days ago


Huntingdon, United Kingdom North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Our Estates team is for a dedicated maintenance assistant to join them in effective delivering of maintenance services to the mechanical services and assets that underpin the delivery of healthcare services. We offer a full time permanent role based at Hinchingbrooke Hospital with cross site duties to retained estates at Peterborough and Stamford & Rutland Hospital.

You will join a supportive and friendly team of professionals to which you will bring a broad range of skill sets to undertake basic fault finding and conduct routine maintenance to range of mechanical systems.

No formal qualifications are essential, however a thorough understanding of mechanical systems are required along with an attention to detail. You will take pride in the highest standards of work.

You must possess good literacy skills and the ability to work on your own and work as part of the maintenance team to achieve shared goals.

You will interact with a variety of people including staff, service users and visitors and therefore must have excellent customer service skills and be able to communicate effectively with a range of people in care environment.

If you are looking to commence a career in estates and facilities services, we are willing to support and invest in you with a tailored career path and to build on your existing skill sets.

You will carry out maintenance, inspection and non-routine repairs on a range of engineering plant and equipment. The plant and equipment includes, drains, low-pressure hot water systems, plumbing systems, pumps, ventilation plant and other mechanical systems.

You will assists maintenance craftsmen in technical aspects of their work including calorifier and boiler strip downs and cleaning and drain clearance.

You will carry out the work at the request of supervision or, in the absence of supervision, at the request of management and you will use your initiative to perform minor repairs or essential emergency work without being told provided it is safe to do so

You will comply with operational, technical and health & safety standards and procedures.

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.

Benefits to you
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
- NHS Pension Scheme:

- Flexible working opportunities;
- Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
- Career development and training;
- Wellbeing support and activities;
- In-house physiotherapy Service;
- On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
- Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
- Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Provide and receive routine information to inform work colleagues, patients, clients. Exchange routine information with colleagues and external contacts.
- Knowledge of a range of procedures for basic testing and repair of estates and maintenance equipment, level 3 vocational qualification or equivalent experience.
- Organise own day to day work tasks or activities / plan and organise straightforward activities some ongoing. Plans own work. Cleans and tidies plant rooms and workshops. Records plant data and utility meter readings.
- Highly developed physical skills, accuracy important, manipulation of fine tools and equipment. Prepares and uses equipment, materials and tools for assembly, inspection, maintenance and repairs for example use of hand tools, electric drills, pillar drill and grinding wheels.
- Liaises with and assists other trades and specialist contractors where work requires multiple persons or multiple trades. Liaises and assists other facilities staff and contractors where work involves other services such as capital works, cleaning, emergencies and mechanical isolations.
- Liaises with supervision on planning of work, work progress, state of repair, procedures, safety, equipment, spare parts and tools. Work may be interrupted by supervision to leave one job to go to another.
- Works in hazardous areas such as plant rooms taking safety measures to avoid danger and prevent injury to themselves and to others and to prevent damage to equipment. Keeps hazardous areas locked to keep unauthorized persons out.
- Installation and or repair and maintenance of physical assets. Maintains equipment and repairs health service property and equipment
- Demonstrate own activities to new or less experienced employees/day to day supervision providing practical training. Supports induction of new starters, professional supervision and training of apprentices, trainees and support workers.



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