Estates Technician

Job description

Job summary

Are you a qualified Electrical or Mechanical Technician with relevant practical experience? Join our Estates Engineering Team and play a pivotal role keeping our Trust's critical services running 24/7. You'll be tackling Planned Preventative Maintenance, emergency breakdowns and installations across multiple sites.

What You'll Bring

• Recognised Electrical or Mechanical Technician qualification
• Practical experience working on a broad range of estates plant and systems
• Proven ability to escalate serious issues to management when required
• Technical knowledge of specifications, drawings and manuals
• Flexibility to travel across multiple Trust sites in your own/ Trust vehicle
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise under pressure
• Commitment to health, safety and high-quality workmanship
• Team member with shared goals of improvement, development and excellence.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary .
• Ongoing professional development
• Training opportunities
• A supportive, collaborative team environment
• The chance to make a real difference to patient care by keeping essential services operational.

Ready to power our Trust's estates and keep vital services running around the clock? Click "Apply Now" for more information. We can't wait to hear from you!

**Previous applicants need not apply**

Main duties of the job

What You'll Do

• Operate on a day shift you will be actively responding to breakdowns and job requests.
• Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance and fault-finding on generators, fire alarms, lighting and power, distribution boards, boilers, air-handling units, chiller plant, medical gas systems, calorifiers and hot & cold-water networks

Undertake maintenance, improvement and minor capital works on all facilities across the Trust.

• Evaluate and respond effectively to emergency situations, prioritising safety for patients, staff and the public
• Conduct and document your own risk assessments for medium and high-risk tasks
• Ensure strict compliance with Trust policies, statutory standards and health & safety legislation

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An approved apprenticeship in an electrical or Mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.

Knowledge

Essential

• Work history and supporting information demonstrates an understanding of the importance of effective team working and contribute to team progression.
• Significant relevant experience post apprenticeship.

Desirable

• Recent practical working experience of Electrical/Mechanical systems.

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• An approved apprenticeship in an electrical or Mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.

Knowledge

Essential

• Work history and supporting information demonstrates an understanding of the importance of effective team working and contribute to team progression.
• Significant relevant experience post apprenticeship.

Desirable

• Recent practical working experience of Electrical/Mechanical systems.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon,

SS16 5NL

United Kingdom

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