Mechanical Estates Tradesperson

This role is to directly support the Estates Technical Director (WTWA) in ensuring that the Directorate both creates and supports a caring environment through the delivery of an effective estates service at best value and quality.

The post holder will provide a professional estates maintenance and repair service across WTWA sites and associated off-campus properties, ensuring buildings and services are maintained to required standards, service level agreements and safety procedures. The role includes providing technical advice, supporting operational maintenance, undertaking controlled operations, contributing to maintenance procedures and programmes, and supporting service resilience, including participation in the WTWA Estates on-call rota.

The post holder will work as part of the Estates team, supporting the delivery of design, project management and maintenance services in line with NHS standards, regulatory guidance and Trust requirements.

Duties may be reviewed as the service develops, in consultation with the post holder, and the post holder may be required to undertake other appropriate duties as requested by senior staff.

• • City and Guilds Level 3/ NVQ Level 3/ ONC in Mechanical Engineering, Building Services or significant equivalent experience
• Ability to travel
• • Awareness of NHS Estates HTMs and HBNs
• • Experience of working in a pressurised reactive environment
• • Completion of a structured training program in Mechanical Engineering discipline for a minimum of 5 years
• • Experience of estate related audits and control procedures.
• • Practical and theoretical building structure and fabric knowledge

• • Asbestos Awareness
• • Health & Safety Awareness
• • Risk Assessment Training
• • Manual Handling Training
• • Lift Release Training
• • Working within a hospital environment
• • Knowledge of a variety of computer-based Building Management Systems i.e. CAFM
• • Experience in both Operational Estates activities in a large Acute NHS Organisation
• • Experience of Service Level Agreements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.