# Estates Maintenance Technician (Joinery/Carpentry) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-maintenance-technician-joinerycarpentry/ac750392-43d6-4418-9f1e-800b9e4b2ae5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-maintenance-technician-joinerycarpentry/ac750392-43d6-4418-9f1e-800b9e4b2ae5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust - **Town:** Wakefield - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 to £39,043 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T08:10:19.875Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9377-26-0290?employerCode=C9377 - **Application URL:** https://careers.midyorks.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=1359&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Build Environments That Support Exceptional Patient Care Every day, our healthcare buildings play a crucial role in delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care. We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Maintenance Technician (Carpentry & Joinery) to join our Estates Team and help ensure our facilities remain safe, functional, and welcoming for patients, visitors, and staff. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced tradesperson who takes pride in delivering high quality workmanship and wants to make a real difference within the NHS. Working across a diverse healthcare estate, you will undertake a wide range of maintenance, repair, improvement, and refurbishment activities, with a particular focus on Carpentry and Joinery. As a Band 5 Maintenance Technician, you will also have the opportunity to utilise advanced technical skills, support project delivery, mentor colleagues, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our Estates service. Ready to Make a Difference? If you're looking for a rewarding role where your skills and expertise will have a direct impact on patient care and the healthcare environment, we'd love to hear from you. Join our Estates Team and help create spaces that care for people. ### Main duties of the job - Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs across a varied healthcare estate. - Delivering high-quality carpentry, joinery, painting, decorating, and general building maintenance works. - Diagnosing faults and implementing effective solutions to minimise disruption to clinical services. - Supporting the delivery of minor refurbishment and improvement projects. - Helping to maintain safe, compliant, and patient-focused environments. - Providing technical guidance and mentoring to Maintenance Assistants and less experienced colleagues. - Sharing specialist knowledge and offering technical advice to fellow tradespeople, supervisors, and Estates Managers. - Ensuring all work is completed to the highest standards of safety, quality, and customer service. - Accurately maintaining records using electronic maintenance management systems. - Participating in emergency and on-call arrangements where required. ### About us We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day. ### Details - Date posted: 08 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 5 - Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 001348 - Job locations: Dewsbury District Hospital, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4HS, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities You are a qualified and experienced Carpentry and Joinery professional who enjoys problem-solving, takes pride in your work, and is committed to delivering excellent service. Essential Qualifications - Recognised Apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification in Carpentry and Joinery (or equivalent). - Evidence of ongoing professional development. - Full UK driving licence (if required for the role). Essential Experience & Skills - Extensive experience in building maintenance, repairs, and refurbishment. - Strong carpentry and joinery skills, with experience in painting and decorating. - Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities. - Experience supporting, coaching, or mentoring colleagues. - Good understanding of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work. - Strong communication and customer service skills. - Ability to diagnose and resolve a broad range of building maintenance issues. ## Job Details Build Environments That Support Exceptional Patient Care Every day, our healthcare buildings play a crucial role in delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care. We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Maintenance Technician (Carpentry & Joinery) to join our Estates Team and help ensure our facilities remain safe, functional, and welcoming for patients, visitors, and staff. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced tradesperson who takes pride in delivering high quality workmanship and wants to make a real difference within the NHS. Working across a diverse healthcare estate, you will undertake a wide range of maintenance, repair, improvement, and refurbishment activities, with a particular focus on Carpentry and Joinery. As a Band 5 Maintenance Technician, you will also have the opportunity to utilise advanced technical skills, support project delivery, mentor colleagues, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our Estates service. Ready to Make a Difference? If you're looking for a rewarding role where your skills and expertise will have a direct impact on patient care and the healthcare environment, we'd love to hear from you. Join our Estates Team and help create spaces that care for people. ## Job Description Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs across a varied healthcare estate. Delivering high-quality carpentry, joinery, painting, decorating, and general building maintenance works. Diagnosing faults and implementing effective solutions to minimise disruption to clinical services. Supporting the delivery of minor refurbishment and improvement projects. Helping to maintain safe, compliant, and patient-focused environments. Providing technical guidance and mentoring to Maintenance Assistants and less experienced colleagues. Sharing specialist knowledge and offering technical advice to fellow tradespeople, supervisors, and Estates Managers. Ensuring all work is completed to the highest standards of safety, quality, and customer service. Accurately maintaining records using electronic maintenance management systems. Participating in emergency and on-call arrangements where required. ## Responsibilities You are a qualified and experienced Carpentry and Joinery professional who enjoys problem-solving, takes pride in your work, and is committed to delivering excellent service. Essential Qualifications Recognised Apprenticeship or Level 3 qualification in Carpentry and Joinery (or equivalent). Evidence of ongoing professional development. Full UK driving licence (if required for the role). Essential Experience & Skills Extensive experience in building maintenance, repairs, and refurbishment. Strong carpentry and joinery skills, with experience in painting and decorating. Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities. Experience supporting, coaching, or mentoring colleagues. Good understanding of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work. Strong communication and customer service skills. Ability to diagnose and resolve a broad range of building maintenance issues. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Please click 'apply now' to view full person specification. There is no obligation to submit an application. ## 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.