Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4 Plus £4,000 RRP
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-7565012-F
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- west suffolk hospital
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum plus £4,000 RRP
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Mechanical Craftsman
NHS AfC: Band 4 Plus £4,000 RRP
Job overview
The Estates department are responsible for ensuring the safety and continuity of the Engineering and building infrastructure across all West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust owned sites.
The Estates Craftsperson will form a core part of this service delivering engineering knowledge and skills to ensure plant and systems are maintained and operated to the highest possible quality.
Main duties of the job
· To perform work including activities which are complex and/or non-routine
· To be responsible for maintenance repairs, calibration and fault finding on a wide range of mechanical engineering plant and equipment such as but not limited to Low Pressure Hot Water Systems, Steam Raising Plant and associated equipment, Cold Water Systems, Plumbing Systems, Steam Sterilizers, Medical Gas Pipe Systems and Washer Disinfectors.
· To undertake new installations and improvements across the Trust as directed by management ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures
· The post holder will report to the Estates Team Leaders on a daily basis.
· The Senior Estates Manager ‘may’ require the post holder to participate in the Estates out of hours on-call service after suitable training. They must work flexibly; including working one weekend day per month to conduct PPM and reactive tasks (a selected day in lieu will be awarded the following working week). Overtime is available and encouraged.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see full the job description and person specification attached for more details on the job role.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- Recognised Trade Apprenticeship in mechanical discipline.
- City & Guilds Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- City & Guilds Level 3 in Plumbing Services or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- HNC Mechanical Engineering
- HVAC qualification.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Completion of a structured training programme in Mechanical Engineering
- To demonstrate relevant experience in the same trade
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an Acute Hospital Environment.
- An understanding of electrical lighting, power and controls systems
- • To have knowledge of: Mechanical installations in accordance with the Water Regulation Advisory Scheme, HTM 04 Water Systems , Decontamination HTM 01, Medical Gases Pipe Systems and HTM 02 Heating & Ventilation HTM 03
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good organisational skills and the ability to address and develop solutions to problems.
- Effective communication skills for effective working relationships throughout the organisation
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- IT / PC skills to be able operate the various computer systems
- Evidence of good written and spoken communication skills.
- Able to follow written instructions and procedures
- Ability to understand and interpret work plans and drawings.
- High standard of workmanship and high quality completion on all work undertaken.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to cope with demanding and stressful scenarios.
- Ability to cope with new and changing demands.
- Attention to detail.
- Approachable and tactful
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties
- Ability to understand and interpret engineering drawings.
- Ability to work at height using access from ladders/scaffold and an ability to work in confined spaces.
- A dedicated and committed member of a team.
- Ability and willingness to undertake emergency situations repairs
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ady Powell
- Job title
- Estates Operations Maintenance Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977396556
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