Job summary
- Main area
- Maintenance
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Participation in the out of hours engineer call out rota
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participation in the out of hours engineer call out rota)
- Job ref
- 153-CO04205-A
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 £29,970 - 36,483 pa (2024/25) plus local RRP (£3,277 pa).
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Mechanical Engineer
Band 5
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
The Estates Department provides a comprehensive maintenance, repair and installation service of the buildings, grounds, engineering services and associated equipment throughout the Trust that requires any appointed candidate to be flexible in their approach to working hours as and when based on the needs of the trusts must have served a recognised Mechanical or Building Services apprenticeship and gained a wide experience in building engineering services and plant maintenance with City and Guilds level 3 qualification plus equivalent experience in a mechanical maintenance environment.
You must hold a current UK (manual) driving licence and reside within half an hour normal travel time to fulfil on-call duties.
The role is Monday – Friday with participation in an emergency on-call service plus opportunities for overtime.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Main duties of the job
Repairing mechanical equipment and planned maintenance duties as required by the trust to include but not limited to AHUs, Calorifiers, Water systems, drainage systems. Working in plant rooms and boiler rooms to conduct repairs and perform maintenance activities. Ensuring a tidy work area at all times, during and after any activity and ensuring all further work requests are escalated appropriately. Participate in the mechanical call out rota with flexibility to cover.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
This post is part of the Strategy & Transformation Directorate that University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust may transfer to an NHS ‘wholly owned subsidiary’; the proposed date of transfer is October 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing, expanding, organisation with a strong commitment to NHS values and putting patients first. The NHS wholly owned subsidiary will continue to offer NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions to current employees who transfer in October as well as to new employees recruited after that date.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a detailed job description and outline of main responsibilities, please refer to the attached documentation.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of the mechanical and plumbing systems in complex premises.
- In depth knowledge of all relevant legislation and technical guidance.
- Significant experience working in a complex engineering/building environment.
Desirable criteria
- In depth knowledge of all relevant Health Technical Memorandum’s
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- City and Guilds level 3 in Electrical Building services maintenance plus specialist training and experience gained through a relevant apprenticeship plus additional specialist knowledge and experience gained through specialist training, short courses and C.P.D.
- You must hold a current UK (manual) driving licence and reside within half an hour normal travel time to fulfil on-call duties.
Desirable criteria
- Authorised/Responsible and/or Competent Person in one or more of the following specialism’s:- LV Electrical Systems HV Electrical Systems Heating and Ventilation Systems Decontamination Safe Water Systems Medical Gas Pipeline Systems (MGPS) Confined Spaces.
Experience
Essential criteria
- You must have served a recognised Mechanical or Building Services apprenticeship and gained a wide experience in building engineering services and plant maintenance with City and Guilds level 3 qualification plus equivalent experience in a mechanical maintenance environment.
- The Estates Department provides a comprehensive maintenance, repair and installation service of the buildings, grounds, engineering services and associated equipment throughout the Trust that requires any appointed candidate to be flexible in their approach to working hours as and when based on the needs of the trust.
- Skilled in maintenance, fault finding, test & repair work on a very wide range of complex engineering services & equipment, with the ability to work unassisted in varying, often technical and challenging environments whilst complying with Health & Safety/ environmental regulations and standards.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jayson Mundy
- Job title
- Mechanical Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000193182
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