Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-8938-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Closing
- 17/03/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/03/2025
Employer heading

Building Craft Operative Joiner Multiskilled
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
To provide a flexible, high quality responsive and comprehensive building maintenance service ensuring that the structure and fabric of the Trust's assets are maintained to an acceptable standard.
We are looking for a suitable applicant to join our Estate Management Team that maintains and develops a substantial estate at one of the country’s foremost Teaching Foundation Trusts.
Main duties of the job
Duties will involve the undertaking of major repairs and maintenance across this site. Duties will also include carrying out regular inspection of plant and equipment whilst ensuring irregularities are promptly reported.
Applicants must have relevant experience in a building services maintenance environment or a similar role, as well as knowledge of basic health and safety, and moving and handling techniques. Applicants must also have good communication skills, be numerate and computer literate, have the ability to follow instructions, and work to conflicting priorities.
Working for our organisation
To provide a fully comprehensive Estate Management Service to the Trust including operational maintenance, to ensure maximum life utilisation and reliability of its assets and equipment.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Joinery
Other Factor
Essential criteria
- Must demonstrate an active commitment to quality and customer service.
- Must be self-motivated and able to work with the minimum of supervision.
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Good communicator
- Understand the value of customer service and how to achieve this.
- Commitment to good customer service.
- Interpret and convert works instructions, specifications, drawings and customer requirements into effective outcomes.
Experience
Essential criteria
- A competent tradesman, producing quality work consistently, whilst also providing VFM. Ability to extend this role across other building related trades.
- Must be able to demonstrate a high degree of versatility and flexibility across the full spectrum of building related trades, in construction, renovation and maintenance.
- This includes inter alia the ability to work with a variety of related materials, brick laying, plastering and painting trades.
- Full working knowledge and application of Trust and departmental policies and procedures as they relate to the sphere of the work.
- Experience in woodwork and machinery
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Healthcare establishments.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Athia Begum
- Job title
- Building Manager- Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2714417
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