Maintenance Plumber

**Job Description**:
**Job Title - Maintenance Plumber**

**Location - Whalley**

**Contract - 6 month contract**

**Hours - 37.5 hours per week**

**Pay rate - £16.18 per hour**

**We at Vox Consultants are recruiting for a client based in the Whalley area.**

**Job Purpose**:

- To participate in the provision of an Estates service primarily undertaking mechanical day-to-day repairs, planned maintenance, installation, and minor improvements.
- It will be anticipated that some electrical duties will be undertaken as training and experience is gained.
- Participation in the Trust’s Estates tradesman on-call Rota is also required.

**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Carry out Mechanical planned preventative maintenance work in accordance with Estates schedules and accepted good working practices in order to ensure safe and reliable engineering services.
- Where necessary, carry out fault diagnosis and repairs to the hospitals mechanical installations and plant, including ventilation, heating, air conditioning, water systems so as to maintain a safe and reliable service.
- Overhaul, renovate and repair worn, failed or damaged mechanical plant and installations.
- To carry out any necessary mechanical engineering tests or measurements, in compliance with accepted standards, good industry practice and the Estates Department schedule of inspection.
- Become familiar with and when adequately trained carry out basic electrical fault diagnosis and repairs.
- Participate fully in all relevant estates procedures and ensure completion of all necessary documentation in accordance with Estates Department policies.
- Where instructed install and test new mechanical installations in accordance with the current standards, good industry practice and hospital standards
- When required advise others on the correct operation of equipment to which you are conversant.
- Record work information as required for operation of the Planet FM management system.
- Wear the appropriate protective clothing and footwear, uniforms, safety wear and equipment as deemed appropriate to the job and as required by the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Estates Department.
- Where necessary induct and instruct other staff on duties in support of your own.
- When required give assistance and support to other trade disciplines within the Estates Department to ensure an efficient estates service is provided.
- To become fully conversant with the function of all mechanical and electrical systems within the remit of the Estates Department.
- When required provide assistance to the electrical and building trades staff.
- When required participate in the gritting and snow/ice clearance of the Hospital roads and pavements.
- Be able to read, understand and work from engineering and architectural drawings.
- To carry out all duties in a safe manner, having regard for the safety of others.
- To undergo all necessary update and health & safety training
- To carry out routine testing of essential systems and equipment e.g. fire alarm, nurse call systems, steam raising boiler plant, hospital generators, etc., recording results in accordance with Estates Department policy and procedures.
- Become conversant with the hospitals Building Management System to an extent that alarms can be interpreted, actioned, and reset.
- Participation in response/emergency teams for fire, major incident and any other requiring an Estates Department input.
- To assist in the upkeep of a small mechanical material store and to identify and if necessary, order components required to complete repairs.
- To be responsible for the upkeep, tidiness and maintaining of a safe working environment in the workshops and engineering plant rooms.
- Where necessary undertake training and operate any computerized systems that are used within the Estates Department.

**Qualifications**
- Mechanical engineering/mechanical maintenance
- City & guild qualifications or equivalent.
- NVQ Level 3 or evidence of time served equivalent experience.