Role Summary

To maintain and repair a wide range of Mechanical, Electrical and Medical Plant & Equipment and Building faults

Deputise for Team Leaders

Undertakes an Authorised Person/ Competent Person roles, e.g. Legionella, medical gases pipeline systems, electrical safety and ventilation as required or deputy responsible person role

Calls to approved Contractors for maintenance breakdowns and repairs when required.

To be included on the On-Call Rota, to meet emergency and urgent situations out of core working hours.

Deal with Major incidents such as loss of electrical services to critical areas Loss of Medical gas to critical areas, loss of heating and hot water services to critical areas.

Assist to motivate, train and develop the maintenance team and apprenticeship scheme, ensuring the effective use of labour and materials to provide an efficient maintenance service for the Trust's building assets and to support Trust Managers.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Planned maintenance and repair of the Mechanical and Electrical plant, equipment & services

Escalation of calls to approved to team leaders for Contractors for breakdowns and repairs.

Plan and prioritise work

When on call the priority will be to make safe and carry out repairs as necessary

To maintain and repair a wide range of Mechanical, Electrical and Medical Plant & Equipment and Building faults

Deputise for Team Leaders upon request

Undertakes an Authorised or Competent Person roles, e.g. Legionella

To be included on the On-Call Rota

Deal with Major incidents such as loss of electrical services to critical areas, Loss of Medical gas to critical areas, loss of heating and hot water services to critical areas.

Assist to motivate, train and develop the maintenance team and apprenticeship scheme

To develop and maintain good working relationships within the hospital

To assist the wider Estates Team in the implementation of major services shutdowns, commissioning arrangements for new developments and hand-over procedures for the engineering systems.

To assist in the provision of data for Statutory Returns to the Department of Health and others.

To be prepared to work outside normal working (core) hours when required

Following appropriate training

To create, issue and authorise Permits-to-Work for Hot work, working at Heights and other general work/risk-based Activities

Contractor management on site

About us

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

A t UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Build a career with us: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please, kindly review the attached job description and person specification for comprehensive details regarding the position.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Completed and passed a 4-year apprenticeship City & Guilds or NVQ level 3
• Mechanical / plumbing training for Electricians or Electrical training for Mechanical

Desirable

• Continuing Training to latest Electrical Regulations
• Competent person - Medical Gas Authorised Person Electrical Training for Electrical Technicians Legionella responsible person training for Mechanical Technicians

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• A significant amount of post qualification experience as an Engineering Maintenance Craftsman / Electrician/ Mechanical Engineer with sufficient knowledge and experience be on call
• Proven communication skills
• Postholder to be multi-skilled and able to deal with Mechanical, Building and Electrical Maintenance
• Depth working knowledge of Engineering Systems and experience in maintenance

Desirable

• experience working in a health care environment

Skills

Essential

• Complex fault diagnosis skills required
• Able to plan and priotitise work
• Able to operate and use computer controlled systems
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues

Desirable

• Utilisation of computer based Risk and Asbestos Register

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Essential

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Worthing

Lyndhurst Road

Worthing

BN11 2DH

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