Estates Maintenance Worker Specialist (Mechanical)NHS

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton Hospital NHS Trust is looking to appoint 3 x Maintenance Worker Specialist (mechanical bias). The role is suitable for a mechanical tradesperson from a plumbing, engineering or pipefitting background who has completed a recognised apprenticeship or equivalent training programme with several years' training experience. Good fault finding and problem-solving skills are essential as is a willingness to undertake additional training when required. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of heating, ventilation systems and water services. Any previous steam systems experience would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will be part of a modernising team being motivated, forward-thinking, enthusiastic individuals who are passionate about delivering a first-class efficient service.

He/she will demonstrate highly developed physical and technical skills and a keen willingness to learn and develop new skills particularly associated with building management controls, steam and pressure systems etc. Successful applicants will be able to repair complex faults on a wide range of systems and facilitate such works having freedom to prioritise activity tomaximise performance.

Job description

He/she will be a team player and will be capable of managing works acting as the person responsible for the issue of Permit to Work (PTW) documentation etc. ensuring necessary procedural documentation is in place at all times. The successful candidate will also be expected to act as a Competent Person for various disciplines with the possibility of progressing to an Appointed Person in the future.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.