Building Maintenance Engineer

Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

4 days on 4 days off 07:00 - 19:00 and 19:00 - 07:00.

Band 5 - £23.00

1 year placement.

Do you have experience as a Estates or Building Maintenance Engineer with a bias towards mechanical or electrical jobs? Do you want to use your skills in a healthcare setting which will directly impact on the services offered to your local community?

If so, then Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trustwant to hear from you!

We have a new role for a Building Maintenance Engineer at Coventry and Warwickshire based at Cauldon Centre, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2TE within the Estates & Facilities team. We are looking for somebody to start ASAP.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

To participate in the provision of an Estates service primarily undertaking Building and joinery day-to-day reactive repairs, planned maintenance, installation, and minor improvements. It will be anticipated that some general building repair duties will also be required to be undertaken.
The post holder will be required to carry out small works as required. Plan, set out, manufacture, assemble, erect, and install new works utilising relevant drawings, specifications, instruments, machinery, tools, and equipment. Test, certify and commission services and equipment upon completion. Assist in developing cost plans for small works with the P&ED team as required.
Provide a professional robust estates maintenance and repair service within the buildings and grounds of CWPT properties.
Execute a range of controlled operations e.g., isolations, interruptions of mechanical supplies, under guidance.
Participation in the Estates emergency on-call rota or any other rota as required to meet the service demands.
To follow all the Trust Policies and Safe Working Procedures.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

City & Guilds/NVQ Level 3 or HNC in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services.
Completion of an apprenticeship in a mechanical and/or building engineering discipline.
Significant on-the-job experience in building maintenance and basic joinery skills.
Previous experience in working in a highly reactive environment.
Ability to travel between sites.
Health & Safety Awareness.
Great communication and well-developed personal skills and the ability to prioritise own workload without supervision when needed.

A full job specification is available upon request:

You will be working with another person with a day team around 08:00 - 16:00 to support (Occasionally working alone to cover sickness & annual leave).
2 consecutive weeks days, 2 consecutive weeks nights.
You will use Mobile App used to receive jobs - endpro, manual log book to record updates and nights will mostly include follow up jobs & water flushing.
We are looking for experienced, knowledge is key and that you have worked in the sector and are proactive and organised.
You will be working in secure units so will have access set up and carry a PIT alarm, please be aware of the mental health environment you could be exposed to.

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits:

Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
Dedicated consultants
Flexible working options
Free DBS and free training
Build holiday allowance
Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days
Stakeholder pension scheme

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 126,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.