Maintenance Craftsperson

We are seeking to employ fully qualified Mechanical Craftspersons to join a busy estates maintenance department to work on all trust sites as required.

Experience in a Hospital or other large and complex buildings would be desirable.

To efficiently maintain and provide a reliable Engineering, building and grounds services at St Richards Hospital and other sites. Performs work including activities which are complex and/or non-routine. Responsible for calibration and fault finding on a wide range of plant and equipment.

Undertaking maintenance, repairs, minor improvement and capital works across the hospital as directed by management, ensuring compliance with hospital safety standards and procedures.

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

**Improving lives**: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

**Build a career with us**: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

The Mechanical Craftsperson will be employed on work Appropriate to their core skills. They will however be expected to perform in areas where deemed competent and suitably trained to multiskilled level, with the intention of reaching levels of flexibility and competence to enable them to work independently or together with other trades.

A Technical knowledge and understanding of the following core skill areas are required:
- Sewage and waste disposal.
- Air Conditioning and ventilation.
- Boilers, steam and low-pressure hot water, gas fired.
- Cole water storage tanks.
- Compressed air plant services and services.
- Domestic hot water services and water softeners

For full description please refer to attached job description & person specification