Multi-Skilled Maintenance Operative

We are looking for a resourceful and energetic multi skilled operative to join our expanding team. Come and join us at North Manchester General where you will enjoy a role which can showcase your expertise and knowledge in an ever-changing environment. 

With one of the most varied  roles with the hospital, you be on hand to help support and fix issues across the site, making sure that visitors, workers, and patients all receive the same great experience. 

No day will ever be the same with some analysis to resolve technical issues included, you’ll be able to use your skills liaising with all types of stakeholders and clinical staff to support the running of a busy hospital. 

With benefits to NHS pension scheme, travel discounts and blue light discounts, a great opportunity to work at the NHS biggest trust awaits you. 

Each day will bring a new duty and test your knowledge.  You will undertake robust estates maintenance and repair works on hospital equipment which will include installation of electrical, mechanical, carpentry, landscaping and constructive  service and hardware.  You will have the basic skills that the properties are maintained in accordance with the service level agreements and to the appropriate quality and standards expected.  

You will use your knowledge and experience to prioritise your workload to affect change within the hospital to build a safe environment for clients, visitors, and staff.   The multi skilled demands of the role will include carrying out planned preventative maintenance, and reactive maintenance and repair of mechanical systems as well as being trained on new systems. 

You will ensure the safe and responsible use and manual handling of equipment, whilst working in potentially hazardous environments (switch/plant rooms and workshop) and/or environmental conditions (confined spaces, heat, cold, wet, and dirty) observing H&S and Codes of Practice

There is plenty of scope for progression and up-skilling your current knowledge with on-site training and courses that will expand your comprehension of the role.  You will be part of a team who will welcome a start of the art, leading edge hospital facility as NMGH is one of the health infrastructure plan (HIP) hospitals to be redeveloped.

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.