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We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Technician – Mechanical. This will be to join our team based in Reading. The salary for this role is from: £34,815 - £42,814 (depending on experience) plus on call allowance.

We are seeking a qualified maintenance plumber to join a team working across Hospital & Health clinic sites based in Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. This is a maintenance role working as part of a team to carry out all PPMs, breakdowns, and reactive mechanical / plumbing tasks.

The Ideal Candidate will need:

• Strong background in mechanical maintenance and plumbing within commercial environments
• Must have a solid reactive maintenance background but also be comfortable with additional Duties

Requirements for the role:

Qualifications – At least one of the below:

• Strong background in mechanical maintenance and plumbing within commercial environments
• Must have a solid reactive maintenance background but also be comfortable with additional Duties
  
• BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training.
  
• NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
  
• Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent

Additional Requirements:

• Driving licence is essential
• Must be comfortable using technological devices to log jobs.
• On-Call availability
• Desirable to have industry experience
• Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team as this role will require you to work cohesively with other Technical Disciplines.

Please note, DBS Checks & DVLA checks will be required for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance in accordance with all NHSPS Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policies, relevant NHSPS Technical Guidance, Process and Procedures, Statutory Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and any applicable aspects of HTMs
• Ensure that new or revised practice and policies are implemented within own work areas.
• Deliver Scheduled, Reactive and Remedial maintenance services as directed by the PPM planner (CAFM), helpdesk or Technical Services Supervisor, ensuring that operational standards are always maintained.
• Duties may include (but not limited to) fault finding, minors repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments.
• You may be required to undertake tasks in disciplines other than your own.
• Ability to assess problems to determine the best course of action, this would include complex technical issues and be able to communicate technical and or complex information to various stakeholders.
• To maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises where required, ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
  
• Reactive and planned maintenance and additional works including mechanical and plumbing,
  
• Mechanical maintenance including commercial plumbing, pumps, taps, TMVs, blockages, unvented water heaters, cold water systems.
  
• Completing paperwork required within the role including updated logbooks and job sheets
  
• Carrying out additional training as and when required
  
• Participating in other duties when required including minor fabric and electrical tasks

Benefits:

• On-Call allowance (rota dependant)
• Company van and tools provided.
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays on top)
• Access to group personal pension plan including SMART contributions into which the company will contribute up to 6% towards your savings,
• Training and development opportunities
• NHS Bluelight discounts.
  

Who are we?

We are part of the NHS family with 6,000 professionals supporting over 3,000 healthcare properties across England. Our purpose is to enable excellent patient care by being the best property and facilities provider to the NHS.

Our services include estate strategy and optimisation, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration without 7,000 customers who range from Integrated Care Systems, health providers, charities and more.

Our culture and values seek to place our NHS colleagues and their patients, at the heart of everything we do.

We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

Best of luck with your application!