Building Services Assistant (Mechanical Bias)

Job overview

The Estates Department operate and maintain, energy and environmental resources, controls, electrical and mechanical services providing power, lighting, heating, air conditioning to wards, outpatients and operating theatres.  Estates directly impacts on patient welfare, frontline clinical care, infection prevention and control and energy efficiency and sustainability across the Trust.   We have an exciting opportunity for a committed highly self-motivated individual, the Royal Marsden is looking  for a Building Services Assistant (Mechanical) to join the Estates Team in Sutton.  This is a highly valuable broad ranging role, which will expose the Building Services Assistant to the whole range of Estates services including mechanical, electrical, building & energy control systems and project management.  The candidate must be highly proactive in developing their technical knowledge in all aspects of training and work undertaken, engage in active discussions about skills, techniques, methods and approach to tasks in order to develop as a skilled professional.   Behaviour at all times must be conducted  in a professional manner and consistent with Trust Values.

Main duties of the job

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Estates Department provides a highly effective and efficient service to support frontline clinical delivery and patient care and critical infrastructure and building services maintenance. It has a direct and key role with respect to infection prevention and control and sustainability across the Trust. The Department operates in a proactive, transparent and highly professional manner.

The effectiveness of the Estates service is governed by the skills, experience, professionalism and productivity of the Estates staff. Each individual must take ownership of responsibilities and exercise excellent customer care, communicate effectively, work as a team and make a personal contribution to driving continuous improvement of the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

• Understand the workings of engineering services and systems in NHS/Trust premises. Ensuring that they are maintained to a high standard and that all plant and equipment are utilised in a safe and efficient manner. 2.    To ensure any fault, defect or malfunction of plant, equipment or fabric of the trust buildings are speedily reported to the relevant supervisor/manager in order to affect appropriate repair.  3.    Identify and communicate defects and action plans to the supervisor by undertaking physical inspections, when undertaking normal course of duties and reviewing statutory inspection reports, observations for the way building /plant /equipment is being operated and used and from information in the CAFM system 4.    Support the development of quality management processes and capture tasks undertaken in simple flow charts reflecting the steps and procedures used.