Maintenance Technician

The Role

To maintain a range of buildings services, plant and equipment, which can sometimes be complex and non-routine by diagnosing and repairing faults as they occur. Maintain NHSL’s mechanical, electrical plumbing, associated building services plant and building fabric assets to a high standard.

This will include the planning and prioritising on a day-to day basis of their workload and material management requirements to include documentation, completion and sign off

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Completion of apprenticeship in Mechanical or Electrical Bias plus an HNC or equivalent, with additional non-core training qualification at SVQ level or equivalent.

In addition:

• Experience of working in an estates service environment.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of current statutory legislative requirements.
• Experience of inspecting and planning working in relation to PPM and Reactives.
• Requirement to undertake in house training relevant to position such as specific statutory training, Archibus, Learnpro and Toolbox Talks.
• Additional knowledge through training is also required for Portable appliance testing, periodic testing washer disinfectors, maintenance person sterilisers, asbestos awareness, legionella awareness and prevention, tube system maintenance, plc controllers, steam/Boilers etc to achieve competency and / or accreditation.
• Accredited Boiler/Steam course resulting in postholders gaining accreditation and ensuring the organisation meets HSE and Insurance requirements regards competent persons.
• Specific Medical Gas training and Medical Gas Pipeline Systems training is provided to ensure postholders have the required knowledge and can be deemed competent persons.
• Sterilisers and autoclave accredited courses are provided to ensure competent person status.
• Healthcare Ventilation course to ensure competent person status.
• Specialist manufacturer courses are provided for unique equipment used in and industrial scale e.g. Specialist laundry equipment.

Postholders are also required to develop additional skills through training provided in other specialist areas e.g. Complex Air Conditioning systems as evidenced throughout the Job description. Such systems require additional theoretical knowledge in order to understand their function and complexity.

Multiple additional courses are evidenced via training records that current Postholders have been required to undertake and maintain to ensure legislative compliance and can be made available upon request.

• Must have served an apprenticeship in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and achieved City & Guilds Part 3, ONC or equivalent.
• Basic training in Health & safety, Manual handling and CPR.
• Have worked on a wide range of electrical, mechanical equipment, both commercial and domestic.
• Experience post apprenticeship within a plant service environment.
• Knowledge of servicing, repair and testing of portable appliances.
• Must be able to work with minimum supervision.
• Able to communicate with a range of staff.
• Prioritise own workload to attain maximum use of Resources.
• Able to undertake surveys or audits as required and submit Reports.
• Car Driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

• Permanent
• Full time
• 37 hours

This role will be based in West of…