Application Deadline: 16 September 2025
Band: Band 5
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Job summary
We have great opportunities for a qualified Mechanical Engineer, eager to make a positive impact in your community? Do you want to feel like you’re doing something more than just ‘turning up’ every day?
You’ll be part of a collaborative and dynamic team that values your expertise and encourages innovation.
In this role, you will tackle a wide range of unique challenges, using your engineering skills to directly improve patient care and outcomes, making a real 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 — you can also earn additional income if you qualify to participate in the on-call rota, increasing your earning potential.
This is a fantastic opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to something truly meaningful.
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, e.g. 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
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
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)
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
