# Estates Maintenance Multi-Skilled Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-maintenance-multi-skilled-technician/a43b535f-f1d7-454b-bff6-df387d2a1fe8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-maintenance-multi-skilled-technician/a43b535f-f1d7-454b-bff6-df387d2a1fe8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Uxbridge - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £36,943 - £44,900 pa inc - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T13:21:41.072Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Northwood/The_Hillingdon_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Estates_Maintenance/Estates_Maintenance-v8052534 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8052534?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.thh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Estates Maintenance Multi-Skilled Technician is a key member of the Estates Maintenance Department at The Mount Vernon Hospital site, responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of all engineering, building, and utility systems that support the delivery of patient care. The post holder will undertake a wide range of reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) tasks across mechanical, electrical, and building-fabric disciplines, ensuring all work is completed in accordance with statutory regulations, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), Joint Service Publication (JSP 375), and Trust policies. As the first point of response for Estates-related maintenance requests, the post holder will be expected to diagnose, repair, and resolve faults quickly and safely across systems such as heating, domestic hot and cold water, electrical distribution, pressure systems, steam boilers, and condensate return systems. ### Main duties of the job They will also carry out planned inspection, servicing, and compliance testing to ensure the Trust maintains full operational resilience and statutory compliance. The role includes the operation and monitoring of the Building Management System (BMS) — such as Trend — to observe plant performance, adjust control parameters within agreed limits, and respond to system alarms to support energy efficiency and environmental control. The post holder will be formally appointed as a Competent Person (CP) under relevant engineering disciplines as defined by HTM and JSP guidance and will be expected to work in accordance with the Trust’s Permit-to-Work and Authorisation frameworks. In addition to normal working hours, the post holder will participate in the Estates On-Call Rota, providing out-of-hours technical support and attending site when required to maintain the safety and functionality of the hospital’s engineering services. This is a practical, hands-on role requiring a multi-skilled technician with sound engineering knowledge, strong problem-solving ability, and a commitment to maintaining a safe, compliant, and patient-focused hospital environment. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. ## Job Details The Estates Maintenance Multi-Skilled Technician is a key member of the Estates Maintenance Department at The Mount Vernon Hospital site, responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of all engineering, building, and utility systems that support the delivery of patient care. The post holder will undertake a wide range of reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) tasks across mechanical, electrical, and building-fabric disciplines, ensuring all work is completed in accordance with statutory regulations, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), Joint Service Publication (JSP 375), and Trust policies. As the first point of response for Estates-related maintenance requests, the post holder will be expected to diagnose, repair, and resolve faults quickly and safely across systems such as heating, domestic hot and cold water, electrical distribution, pressure systems, steam boilers, and condensate return systems. ## Job Description They will also carry out planned inspection, servicing, and compliance testing to ensure the Trust maintains full operational resilience and statutory compliance. The role includes the operation and monitoring of the Building Management System (BMS) — such as Trend — to observe plant performance, adjust control parameters within agreed limits, and respond to system alarms to support energy efficiency and environmental control. The post holder will be formally appointed as a Competent Person (CP) under relevant engineering disciplines as defined by HTM and JSP guidance and will be expected to work in accordance with the Trust’s Permit-to-Work and Authorisation frameworks. In addition to normal working hours, the post holder will participate in the Estates On-Call Rota, providing out-of-hours technical support and attending site when required to maintain the safety and functionality of the hospital’s engineering services. This is a practical, hands-on role requiring a multi-skilled technician with sound engineering knowledge, strong problem-solving ability, and a commitment to maintaining a safe, compliant, and patient-focused hospital environment. ## Responsibilities Please refer to attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. ## Person Specification ### Person Spec **Essential** - NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds in Electrical, Mechanical, or Building Services Engineering. - Recognised multi-skilled maintenance qualification across at least two engineering disciplines. - Completed apprenticeship or equivalent structured training in a relevant engineering or building-services trade. - Training in safe systems of work (e.g. Permit-to-Work, Lock-out/Tag-out, Risk Assessment, Hot Works). - Proven experience delivering reactive and planned maintenance in a large, multi-discipline environment. - Skilled in fault-finding and repair of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. - Experience maintaining domestic and commercial water systems, pumps, pressure plant, and steam boiler and condensate-return systems. **Desirable** - IOSH Working Safely / Managing Safely. - Authorised or Competent Person training in one or more HTM disciplines (Electrical, MGPS, Lifts, Pressure Systems, Ventilation). - Boiler Operation Accreditation Scheme (BOAS) qualification for operation and maintenance of steam boiler and condensate return systems. - BMS operation or Trend-system training certification. - Asbestos Awareness and Manual Handling training. - Previous employment within an NHS Estates or other healthcare environment - Experience performing duties as a Competent Person under HTM or JSP 375 appointment. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10342075) - [culture & values - cares behaviours (pdf, 155.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1043) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10342076) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.