Estates Technican - Mechanical​/Plumbing

The Estates Department plays a vital role in supporting the delivery of high-quality healthcare by ensuring the safety, reliability, and continuous operation of engineering services and building infrastructure across all West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust sites.

As an Estates Technician, you will be an integral member of a highly skilled and dedicated team, using your specialist engineering knowledge and practical expertise to maintain, repair, and optimise a diverse range of plant, equipment, and systems. Your work will directly contribute to creating a safe, efficient, and comfortable environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a forward-thinking NHS organisation, where your skills and experience will be valued, and where you can make a meaningful difference every day through the delivery of high-quality engineering services.

To provide technical assistance for mechanical / electrical staff and contractors ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.

To undertake complex fault diagnosis on Mechanical and electrical services and fault rectification, maintenance, and M&E installation work across the Trust.

To undertake special Departmental projects as identified by the Estates Manager, Estates Officers and or Team Leaders.

Be fully conversant on the Estates Decontamination equipment, for washer disinfectors and sterilisers. Undertake all aspects of testing, insurance inspections and monitoring of decontamination equipment, pressure vessels and lifting equipment.

To undertake the duties of an Authorised Person (AP) or Competent Person (CP) for specific engineering disciplines as required to do so by the Estates Managers.

To deputise for the Team Leaders at times of absence when delegated the authority to do so.

The post holder will report to the Estates Team Leaders on a daily basis

#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.

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Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on the job role.

• Recognised apprenticeship in a mechanical or electrical trade
• C&G or NVQ Level 3 in an Engineering discipline or equivalent
• Evidence of CPD
• BTEC, ONC/HNC in Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience e.g. time served tradesman.
• Current Competent Person certificate in various technical systems such as low voltage electrical, medical gas, decontamination, etc.
• Electrical AM2

• Previous experience of working in an engineering and/or building maintenance role
• Evidence of a maintenance background with skills to carry out minor mechanical/electrical/building repairs
• Previous experience and knowledge of Database and spreadsheet systems
• Experience and Knowledge of Microsoft office programmes.
• Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment
• To have knowledge of:
  Low Pressure Hot Water Systems
• To have knowledge of: HTM documents including: HTM 01 Decontamination, HTM 03 Heating and ventilation HTM
  06 Electrical services

• Ability to work with no supervision
• Good organisational skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems
• IT competent
• Good communication skills, for effective working interpersonal relationships throughout the organisation
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
• Evidence of good written and spoken communication skills
• Organised approach to work
• Able to follow written instructions and procedures
• Ability to understand and interpret drawings
• Ability to analyse, interpret and action data results.
• Knowledge of Electrical…