Skilled Tradesperson Mechanical; Plumber

This Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical) post sits in the Maintenance Department of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and covers both planned and reactive mechanical work. The core of the job is repairing plumbing, heating pipework, radiators, macerator units and drainage, alongside planned preventative maintenance and skilled fault finding on mixed systems. It is a weekday day-shift role of 37.5 hours, and unsupervised work on boiler plant, heat exchangers and BMS controls is excluded.

Preference goes to staff holding Priority or At Risk status, including NHS At Risk staff across Devon.

• Carry out reactive repairs to plumbing systems, heating pipework and radiators
• Repair and maintain macerator units and their drainage systems (training provided)
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance on mechanical systems and fixtures
• Undertake repair, alteration and new works on mechanical systems maintained by the department
• Maintain plumbing control equipment, blending and isolation valves, local heating and storage vessels, and thermostatic valves
• Maintain drainage equipment of all types and grades
• Diagnose faults, often with limited initial information
• Work on a wide range of mechanical systems, including some non-mechanical systems
• Work under supervision only on boiler plant, heat exchangers and BMS controls and actuators
• Offer solutions and explain the aims and services of the Maintenance Team to customers in a diplomatic manner
• Give regular, professional feedback on all issues to the works supervisor
• Leave patients, staff and visitors with a clean, safe and pleasant environment

• Mechanical services background
• Experience working on all types and ages of general buildings

• Skilled fault finding
• Customer-facing manner, able to present services diplomatically

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days
• NHS Pension scheme
• Funding for qualifications such as a care certificate or degree, plus study days
• Flexible working schemes and family-friendly policies
• Occupational health services, including counselling and wellbeing activities
• Staff discounts, including Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts
• Salary sacrifice options, including an onsite nursery at Exeter
• Car lease and cycle to work schemes