Building Services Engineer Electrical​/Mechanical​/Plumbing

The Estates department at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary is a group of highly skilled electrical, mechanical and plumbing engineers, creative building craft persons, and dedicated support staff.

We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Building Services Engineer to join us. You should be experienced and a time served Electrician, Plumber or Mechanical Engineer looking to progress your career.

You will be part of a 7 person team providing 24/7 cover to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary site, and will be trained to specialise in healthcare ventilation and decontamination.

To ensure the safe and continuous operation of all engineering and building plant and equipment, in accordance with statutory requirements, codes of practice, guidance notes and Trust procedures to an agreed standard.

Out of normal office hours site maintenance responsibility. To be the department's point of contact for all out of hours incidents and breakdowns, carrying out first line assessment, fault finding, repair, substitute of service and/or safe isolation as required.

To be the Trust's Fire Controlling Officer and undertake the duties of that role for the site as a whole during a fire event. To be appointed Authorised Person for roles within Health Technical Memoranda (HTM) 1 to 8.

To carry out line manager duties for contractors.

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, andUlverston

Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies,daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

To provide on site maintenance on a continuous 24 hours 7 days basis. To deal with all breakdowns and maintenance emergencies in accordance with statutory requirements, codes of practice, guidance notes and Trust procedures to an agreed standard. This will involve attending the area, making safe any components or systems and carrying out repairs. The postholder will be required to negotiate and communicate with service managers, matrons and staff in order to maintain essential services but also to agree down time to carry out repairs.

Duties will be undertaken on rotating shifts to enable the Works Department to provide a 24 hour service 7 days a week. Liaise with all other Building Services Engineer staff to ensure that leave and absences are covered from within the team.

When on shift directly call out specialist services contractors to deal with site specific issues that put the viability of the Trust or Departments l out, control, liaise with and monitor contractors working out of hours. This may include supervision of emergency breakdown visits but will also include supervision of planned contractor visits on maintenance or capital project work. The Building Services Engineer will be the main point of contact for the contractor on site, advising and supervising as required.

Communicate and negotiate with service staff to ensure access to site for the contractor and continuation of service for patients. Follow up any emergency callouts with a purchase order where a call off order is not in place.

Supplementary support to the contractor may include isolating/reinstating services and automatic fire alarm detection as required. Accept and securely store out of hours deliveries to the Estates Department.

Carry out statutory boiler house safety checks and departmental procedures, recording all readings and…