Estate Maintenance Multi-Skilled Tradesperson

Estate Maintenance Multi‑Skilled Tradesperson

The closing date is 26 July 2026.

We are looking for a qualified maintenance tradesperson with an electrical or mechanical bias to join the Estate Maintenance Service across Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Facilities. A current UK manual driving licence is essential.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain highly complex healthcare facilities to a high‑quality standard, ensuring compliance with required standards for safety of patients, visitors and staff.
• Undertake a wide scope of work ranging from day‑to‑day routine maintenance to complex, non‑routine activities, requiring intermediate/high theoretical and practical knowledge.
• Carry out diagnostic fault‑finding investigations leading to repair work, using analytical cause and effect techniques and reading engineering system drawings.
• Act as Competent Person (CP) for systems such as LV/HV Electrical Systems, Lifts, Medical Gas Pipelines, Water and Ventilation Systems and provide technical advice to staff and contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Liaise and collaborate with external contractors and consultancies, requiring independent thinking and decision‑making within the limits of the role.
• Work primarily on a shift pattern with participation in an emergency on‑call rota and opportunities for overtime.

Qualifications:

• Engineering background from a time‑served apprenticeship, a City & Guilds Level 2
  * or 3 NVQ / Diploma, or equivalent in an appropriate engineering discipline.
• BS7671 (Current Edition) of IET Wiring Regulations.
• Ability to fault‑find, diagnose and rectify electrical faults.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety.
• Current driving licence.

Experience / Capabilities:

• Continuous ongoing assessment and on‑the‑job training to maintain competence.
• Flexible, reliable, and conscientious attitude to work.
• Ability to understand and follow detailed technical instructions.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required.

Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year (pro rata for part‑time hours).