Job Description

We are recruiting for an Estates Maintenance Worker Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The job role is busy and varied, working as part of the Mechanical team, as well as the rest of the maintenance team and managing your own workload. You will be required to liaise with people within your department and around the Trusts Sites.
The role will require attending maintenance requests, on call urgent call outs and weekly Planned Maintenance work orders.
As well as the monthly wage Estates Engineers are currently entitled to a recruitment and retention payment at 3277 pa
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
You will be a technician with a mechanical or plumbing background and will carry out, with minimum supervision, maintenance and installation work on all facilities, plant and equipment throughout East and North Herts NHS Trust Estate, to deputise for the Team Leader in their absence.
You will also provide technical engineering advice and support for the maintenance of equipment, fabric, and utility services for the trust.
You will be expected to commute between various hospital sites. A mileage allowance will be paid for this facility.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Details
Date posted
29 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
31,049 to 37,796 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
361-7565291
Job locations
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential

• Approved Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, or City Guilds Technicians Certificate, BTEC ONC or equivalent in relevant topics.
• Able to travel between sites easily

Previous Experience
Essential

• Proven relevant experience working on breakdowns and PPM on mechanical/plumbing plant & equipment in a hospital environment.

Desirable

• Previous hospital experience
• Recognised M&E hands on experience with DHWS, Heating services,
• Working knowledge of maintenance of medical gases

Skills
Essential

• Communication Skills
• Able to work unsupervised

Desirable

• Organisational Skills
• Able to use word, email, excel

Other Requirements
Essential

• Role model our Trust values every day
• Inclusion of diversity and experience
• Respect and creating safe environments
• Improvement consistently delivering excellent services

Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential

• Approved Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, or City Guilds Technicians Certificate, BTEC ONC or equivalent in relevant topics.
• Able to travel between sites easily

Previous Experience
Essential

• Proven relevant experience working on breakdowns and PPM on mechanical/plumbing plant & equipment in a hospital environment.

Desirable

• Previous hospital experience
• Recognised M&E hands on experience with DHWS, Heating services,
• Working knowledge of maintenance of medical gases

Skills
Essential

• Communication Skills
• Able to work unsupervised

Desirable

• Organisational Skills
• Able to use word, email, excel

Other Requirements
Essential

• Role model our Trust values every day
• Inclusion of diversity and experience
• Respect and creating safe environments
• Improvement consistently delivering excellent services

Skills Required