Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 264-6791300-COR
- Employer
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kettering General Hospital
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Maintenance Assistant Mechanical
Band 3
Job overview
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit a highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic Mechanical Maintenance Assistant to join our multi-Skilled Estates team providing operational maintenance services to a large acute hospital and associated properties.
You will be a keen and enthusiastic team member with a recognised plumbing and water safety experience and qualifications within a complex building services environment.
Benefits include:
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata)
- Bank Holidays
- Good pension scheme
- Band 3 pay scale (subject to NHS T&C’s) (subject to suitable qualifications)
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the closing date indicated should we feel we have received sufficient applications.
If you are successful in your application for this position your commencement date will coincide with the Trust’s Induction programme held on a monthly basis. Attendance on the full induction programme is a mandatory requirement prior to starting in the work area. Therefore, if parts of this induction fall outside of the normal contracted hours of duty for this position, you will be requested to make arrangements to enable you to fully attend the Induction.
The informal contact details contained in this advert are for enquiry purposes only.
Main duties of the job
This post is to join part of the Maintenance Team of Kettering General Hospital who provides maintenance services, both planned and reactive, for the properties belonging to the Hospital
The main role for this post holder will be to undertake planned preventative maintenance tasks and reactive jobs ensuring the trust comply with statutory and mandatory compliance.
The post holder is expected to provide a comprehensive repair and maintenance service for Mechanical Engineering systems and installations in all buildings occupied and operated by the Hospital
The post holder will carry out necessary maintenance tasks to ensure the safe and continuous operation of the Mechanical engineering services and the building plant located in the Trust.
The post holder will undertake specific maintenance tasks and will carry out maintenance and repairs across a wide range of interconnected highly complex plant and equipment, reporting to Mechanical Supervisor
The post holder will be working to established Mechanical engineering procedures, good practice, organisational and broad occupation policies. Often working to measured standards and procedures which require specific training; in first line response situations the post holder will need to establish how such policies can be implemented.
The Estates Department are currently looking for three applicants to be able to cover two shift patterns from Mon-Thu 08:00 till 16:30 and fri 08:00 till 16:00.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- A qualification in a plumbing/mechanical services e.g. NVQ level 2
Desirable criteria
- GCSE Maths Grade C or above
- GCSE English Grade C or above
Experience
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of the mechanical maintenance of buildings services
- Good knowledge of Health and Safety issues in connection with the Construction Industry.
- Minimum of 5 years plumbing or mechanical work experience.
- Experience of working within a customer-focused repairs and maintenance service.
- Experience of working in a team and in a commercial environment.
- Experience of working with a range of portable tools, small plant, ladders and equipment to enable duties of the job to be carried out.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in the NHS maintenance setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to record detailed and accurate repairs information relating to repair inspections or completed repair jobs.
- Able to use mobile electronic equipment (handhelds).
- Able to participate in the repairs and maintenance out-of-hours emergency service when required.
- Capable of working at heights from scaffold platforms, ladders or mechanical equipment.
- Able to carry out a repair job or improvement task that involves physical strength, stamina and standing, kneeling or crouching.
- Must hold a current valid driving licence.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Harris
- Job title
- Maintenance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07568 103201
- Additional information
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