Engineering Technician

1 week ago

Worthing, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Full time

Job summary

Are you a qualified or newly qualified within the last 12 months Building Engineer looking to make a positive difference in your community? Do you want to feel like you are doing something more than just 'turning up' every day?

At University Hospitals Sussex we are looking for Mechanical & Electrical Engineers at all levels to be a part of our Estates department, in a collaborative and dynamic team that values your expertise and encourages innovation.

You will deal with a wide range of challenges and solve problems that do not exist anywhere else, and your engineering skills will directly contribute to improving patient care and outcomes, making a tangible difference in people's lives.

You will receive extensive training and development opportunities, including access to courses and certifications to help you advance in your career.

Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave, as well as health and wellbeing programs.

Main duties of the job

To maintain and repair a wide range of Mechanical, Electrical and Medical Plant & Equipment and Building faults

Deputise for Team Leaders

Undertakes an Authorised Person/ Competent Person roles, Legionella, medical gases pipeline systems, electrical safety and ventilation as required or deputy responsible person role

Calls to approved Contractors for maintenance breakdowns and repairs when required.

To be included on the On-Call Rota, to meet emergency and urgent situations out of core working hours.

Deal with Major incidents such as loss of electrical services to critical areas Loss of Medical gas to critical areas, loss of heating and hot water services to critical areas.

Assist to motivate, train and develop the maintenance team and apprenticeship scheme, ensuring the effective use of labour and materials to provide an efficient maintenance service for the Trust's building assets and to support Trust Managers

Planned maintenance and repair of the Mechanical and Electrical plant, equipment & services

Escalation of calls to approved to team leaders for Contractors for breakdowns and repairs.

Plan and prioritise work

When on call the priority will be to make safe and carry out repairs as necessary

To maintain and repair a wide range of Mechanical, Electrical and Medical Plant & Equipment and Building faults

Deputise for Team Leaders upon request

Undertakes an Authorised or Competent Person roles, Legionella

To be included on the On-Call Rota

Deal with Major incidents such as loss of electrical services to critical areas, Loss of Medical gas to critical areas, loss of heating and hot water services to critical areas.

Assist to motivate, train and develop the maintenance team and apprenticeship scheme

To develop and maintain good working relationships within the hospital

To assist the wider Estates Team in the implementation of major services shutdowns, commissioning arrangements for new developments and hand-over procedures for the engineering systems.

To assist in the provision of data for Statutory Returns to the Department of Health and others.

To be prepared to work outside normal working (core) hours when required

Following appropriate training

To create, issue and authorise Permits-to-Work for Hot work, working at Heights and other general work/risk-based Activities

Contractor management on site

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

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 ourWellbeing Programmefor 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.

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.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please, kindly review the attached job description and person specification for comprehensive details regarding the position.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Completed and passed a 4-year apprenticeship City & Guilds or NVQ level 3 Mechanical / plumbing training for Electricians or Electrical training for Mechanical

Desirable

Continuing Training to latest Electrical Regulations Competent person - Medical Gas Authorised Person Electrical Training for Electrical Technicians Legionella responsible person training for Mechanical Technicians

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

A significant amount of post qualification experience as an Engineering Maintenance Craftsman / Electrician/ Mechanical Engineer with sufficient knowledge and experience be on call Proven communication skills Postholder to be multi-skilled and able to deal with Mechanical, Building and Electrical Maintenance Depth working knowledge of Engineering Systems and experience in maintenance

Desirable

experience working in a health care environment

Skills

Essential

Complex fault diagnosis skills required Able to plan and priotitise work Able to operate and use computer controlled systems Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

Desirable

Utilisation of computer based Risk and Asbestos Register

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)

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