Job summaryThis is an excellent opportunity to use your engineering/building services experience in helping to provide an improved environment for the delivery of clinical care. This post will suit someone with a mechanical background.Our focus on improving the Trust facilities and environment has created an opportunity for an individual to join a team of skilled trades people. You will provide an effective and efficient maintenance service to the engineering and mechanical services plant, equipment and the buildings of the trust.Main duties of the jobYou will need to have experience of working in an engineering/building maintenance environment. You will have good customer care skills, and be able to work on your own initiative. A degree of flexibility is required as you will be required to participate in the on-call rota.This role will be based at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough Berkshire SL2 4HLAbout usFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialtiesJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesDIMENSIONS OF JOB:To be responsible for the service, testing and diagnose repairs needed to plant and equipment, including ordering of parts and fitment, within the trust buildings and plant. Be able to calibrate advanced mechanical and electrical installations including electronics. Understand, interrogate and rectify faults on the Building Management System. Take part in an on-call system and provide the hospital with late shift cover and stand in for leave and sick. Safe operation of plant and systems, steam, water treatment and electricity.PURPOSE OF JOB:Assist the Estates Supervisor with all aspects to PPM and SPM to provide a safe compliant environment for staff and patients.KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:1 Carry out maintenance and minor works on engineering plant, equipment and services.2 Act as lead for direction and guidance with regard to mechanical services for other craftsman within the department.3 Carry out all duties in a safe and compliant way.4 To assist/ advice personnel in relation to Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM, SPM) issues within the lead roll.5 To be self motivated and take control of any break down/repairs ordering new parts and keeping the team leader and supervisor up-dated with progress.6 Keep training and registration up to date with regard to current standards and amendments.7 To advise other department managers with regard to small electrical/ mechanical improvement/ project works and assist with budget costs for work under his/her supervision.8 To be able to time manage work and actively record times to enable the department to meet the trusts set Tasks per man for ten hours.9 To liaise with departmental managers with regard to shutdowns and interruption to service for works to be carried out by direct labour or contractors.10 Participate in the departments on call.11 Be available to work outside normal working hours.12 To be actively involved in the training and development of staff including apprentices.13 Participate in the trust appraisal system14 To ensure an effective and responsive approach to customer care.15 Carry out condition reports and report back with written report on plant and equipment to enable management forecast back log spend.16 Understanding of HTMs 01, Decontamination, 03 Heating and Ventilation, 04 Water Systems,17. Cross site working (mobile) between Frimley Health owned and managed sites.Person SpecificationSkillsEssentialLogical and organisedIT LiterateEvidence of good written and communication skills for effective working relationships throughout the organisation.Ability to cope with demanding scenarios.Good organisational skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems.A dedicated and committed member of a team.Customer service skillsAbility and willingness to undertake emergency-situation repairs.DesirableNHS experienceKnowledge of HTMsQualificationsEssentialLevel 3 City & Guilds Craft or NVQ equivalents electrical installation/maintenance or equivalent experienceDesirableIEE 18th EditionGas Safe registered/ trainedONCWater bylawsLift TrainedNurse call systems trainedBMS Understanding/ qualificationHydro pool trainedDecontamination control, trained (autoclaves)Medical gas trainedExperienceEssentialPrior experience in an engineering serviceExperience in training colleagues in an Estates departmentExperience working in the building tradesExperience working in large industrial/commercial environmentsDesirableService within the field of maintenance, focus on service supply, problem solving keeping the client informed.Problem solving BMS systemsExperience working in an Acute Hospital EnvironmentSpecial RequirementsEssentialBe available for out of hours/on-call dutiesBe able to travel between Trust sites when requiredBe able to work overtime at short notice.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Employer detailsEmployer nameFrimley Health NHS Foundation TrustAddressWexham Park HospitalWexham StreetSloughSL2 4HLEmployer's websitehttps://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)