Multi-Skilled Maintenance Craftsperson; Mechanical bias

The closing date is 20th Oct 2026

Are you a skilled mechanical engineer looking to make a real difference in a healthcare setting? Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive and experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Craftsperson to join our dedicated Estates & Facilities team.

This is a unique mechanical role where you'll have the opportunity to apply your technical expertise in a hospital setting whilst learning new skills. You'll help ensure that the hospital and healthcare facilities at Musgrove Park remain safe, functional, and compliant. You'll maintain critical estates infrastructure such as boilers, ventilation, and medical gases.

This role offers:

• Recruitment & Retention Payment of £3,500 per annum in addition to annual salary
• On-call allowance of £2 per hour
• Enhanced rates of pay when attending a call-out
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  • Before 6:00am and after 8:00pm on weekdays
  • All hours during weekends
  • Unsocial hours payments | NHS Employers
• Delivering front-line maintenance, breakdown response, and planned preventative tasks across the hospital estate.
• Carrying out mechanical repairs, minor improvements, and capital works.
• Ensuring compliance with Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs) and Trust safety standards.
• Participating in the on-call rota to respond to emergency repairs outside normal hours.
• Supporting statutory compliance through inspections, commissioning tests, and documentation.
• Supervising contractors and liaising with specialist maintenance providers.

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.

You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.

We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.

Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

For a full breakdown of the role with a detailed person specification please see the full attached job description.

Completed time served Recognised apprenticeship preferably indentured of at least 4 years or

Completion of a structured training program in mechanical engineering for a minimum period of 4 years

Previous Mechanical Engineer experience within a large organisation.

Knowledge of safe system of work procedures.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for more information.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Band 4

Permanent

Full-Time