Estates Carpenter/Building Technician

Job overview

This role is Band 5 plus RRP, Overtime & On-call allowance available. 37.5 hours per week.

The Estates and Facilities Management Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual to undertake both reactive and planned maintenance Carpentry works across the Trust's sites and ensuring a high standard is achieved.

The successful applicant will be expected to carry out all types of carpentry work such as doors, linings, frames and furniture etc. A City and Guilds Crafts Certificate or equivalent is required and you must have training within a maintenance carpentry role.

You should be capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines, prove solutions using own initiative, have knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation and its applications.

The primary purpose of this role is to professionally support and undertake Building trades operations and maintenance work across the Trust’s sites as directed by line management. This includes activities that may be demanding and/or non-routine, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures. Assist with the management and implementation of the planned engineering/building maintenance programmes for the Trust to ensure compliance with key standards, both legislative and performance related (as defined through Service Level Agreement) – also meeting where necessary the requirements of the NHSLA.

Main duties of the job

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• Work in accordance with the requirements of HTM’s, HBN’s, British Standards, Model Specifications and all Statutory Regulations, Codes of Practice and Trust Policies and Procedures, identifying and proposing changes for own work area to the Building Team Leader
• Prioritise work requirements on essential facilities which could have a direct detrimental impact on the patient experience e.g. nurse call handsets, patient toilets/wash facilities and patient beds. The role involves prioritising and being able to react to changing workloads
• Contribute to the development, implementation and review of the Trust’s Estates plans and work closely with the other Estates Managers/team Leaders in the development of works programmes
• Assist with the set up and Implementation/management of the Estates safe systems of work (e.g. Permit to Work, isolation procedures) under the guidance of AP’s to ensure that all safe systems of work are carried out correctly
• Plan maintenance works, including liaison with users and contractors
• Supervise maintenance assistants and operational estates contractors, allocating tasks/re-prioritising where necessary, and ensuring the quality of specification and workmanship
• Liaise with the Estates Helpdesk when receiving emergency works and service complaints
• Act on own initiative and advise senior staff of implications of technical issues when attending site on call out

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of role and responsibilities.

This role is full time – 37.5 hours per week.

You will be given all the support you need to steer the department to be an always improving team that is delivering, performing and operating a safe and compliant estate and environment.

In return for your hard work & commitment we will offer you:

• A competitive salary of £28,407 - £34,581 pa pro rata;
• Access to an industry leading pension scheme where your employer pays in 20.3%!
• A raft of local and national discounts across travel, shopping, insurance, holidays and many more
• An environment that challenges you but supports your efforts and development

If this sounds like a role you could strive in, apply today!

Applicant requirements

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.