Job Description

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Band 5

Main area

Estates Mechanical Technician

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent: Participate in an on call rota

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

343-7688878-SC-FM-VCG

Site

St Helier Hospital

Town

Carshalton

Salary

35,763 - 43,466 per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

10/02/2026 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.




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Job overview

ESTH Trust are looking for Band 5 Estates Mechanical Technicians to work in Property Estates team at a Band 5 - 37.5 hours a week



This role will be based at St Helier Hospital but the successful candidate nay be asked to work trust-wide across Epsom, ST Helier Hospitals, Sutton Healthcare and Surrey Downs.


The duties include highly complex fault finding and maintenance on all aspects of engineering plant and equipment throughout the Trust.

The duties must be carried out within stringent timescales and within statutory guidelines.

The post holder must participate in the out of hours call system

The post holder will have day to day contact with the internal and external stakeholders regarding sensitive, complex and confidential issues.

They will present verbal, written and numerical issues, explaining complexities, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

To provide stakeholders updates and potential disruptions, to organise planned shutdowns.

If you are interested and available please apply today.

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Main duties of the job

To conduct PPM and reactive tasks

To fault find on complex mechanical systems

To help and escort of contractors

To manage personal jobs on the CAFM via PDA

To be part of the on-call rota

To support in mechanical system shut downs and isolations

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Working for our organisation

The Trust's mission is 'to put the patient first and deliver great care to every patient, every day'. Our priorities are to create a "one team, one trust" culture and focus on the delivery of the following five objectives to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care to all of our patients:


Delivering safe and effective care across our sites

Creating a positive experience that meets the expectations of our patients, their families and carers

Providing responsive care that delivers the right treatment, in the right place at the right time

Being financially sustainable

Working in partnership with our patients, commissioners, other health and care providers, local authorities, the voluntary sector, the NHS TDA, NHS England and Monitor in the interests of our patients and a sustainable local health and social care economy.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Technical

To carry out planned preventative maintenance of Calorifiers, Heat Exchangers, and pumpsets.

To identify and rectify faults of high/medium/low pressurised Heating and Domestic Hot Water Systems including boiler resets.

To fault find on complex Air Handling Units and Refrigeration Plant, and to carry out regular, Planned Preventative Maintenance when required.

To find and rectify faults on Medical Gas equipment, i.e. changing of O-rings/washers, and to work on 'live' systems when supervised.

To operate Building Management Systems and to interrogate programmes and change parameters when required.

To carryout tap and TMV maintenance when required, cleaning, disinfections and temperature setting.

Install of plumbing goods, toilets, sinks, macerators, point of use water heaters.

Leadership or managerial

To mentor junior members and apprentices

To host contractors, internal and external stakeholders

Information and reporting

Responsible as part of the local team for the information upkeep of the CAFM

To investigate incidents and report back into the management structure.

To produce engineering reports where requested, for safety groups and trust committees as example

Technology or system support

Be conversant with the CAFM via handheld PDA system

Be conversant with BMS and Bold systems

Communications and Engagement

Provide and receive complex information to managers and end users

Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information

Communicates technical project related information with other professionals, both internal and external personnel, including senior managers, directors, to ensure that work undertaken conforms to all statutory and HTM requirements.

To work effectively with relative services within the trusts to ensure that due process and governance is followed in the delivery of additional works

General responsibilities

To take part on the estates callout roster

To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.

Assist visitors, patients and staff during incidental contact

When required assist in grievances and disciplinary issues

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Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential criteria

C&G, NVQ or similar in a mechanical discipline #####

Desirable criteria

o CPD in line management o HNC/HND in an engineering discipline o Competent person in specialist subject such as safe water o Time served apprenticeship ####

Experience

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Essential criteria

o Experience of working with advanced plumbing and/or mechanical systems. o Fault finding on mechanical with skills to isolate, keep running and fully repair. o Experience of delivering safe water services tasks, temperature monitoring, cleaning and chlorination of taps/TMV's and falt finding on systems. #####

Desirable criteria

o To have experience in working within healthcare premises o Working with a PDA installed with CAFM, MICAD and Zetasafe . ####

Knowledge

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Essential criteria

o To have sound knowledge of mechanical systems. o In depth knowledge of the HaSaWA and other relevant acts, standards and guidance notes o To have an understanding of permit to work systems, risk assessments and good working practices. #####

Desirable criteria

o To have a sound knowledge in HTM, and HBNs o To have a basic understanding of asset management (PPM and reactive tasks, SFG 20) ####

Skills

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Essential criteria

o To have the ability to read and understand technical drawings and specifications o :You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role o You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role, o Able to provide a customer focussed service o Strong team and personal organisational and time management skills to manage competing priorities and deadlines, to act from individuals to large groups o To be able to work effectively in a fast paced environment ensuring all paperwork, drawings and reports are correct. #####

Desirable criteria

o To be qualified and certificated in IOSH Management; o Ability to analyses complex problems and to develop and workable solutions to address them. ####

Other Requirements

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Essential criteria

Other requirementso Has a good understanding of policies and procedures governing their area of work. o Self-motivated and proactive with a can-do attitude and track record delivery o Able to work autonomously o Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy o Treat patients, visitors, colleagues with respect o Ability to travel between Trust sites o Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust o To have excellent interpersonal and presentation skills; o To be able to work on own initiative and without direct supervision; o To be able to take a lead role in meetings with contractors and Trust staff. o Work in unpleasant conditions for example undercroft, and sewage lines

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Applicant requirements

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