# Estates Maintenance Technician - Mechanical > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-maintenance-technician-mechanical/c11e4884-a1f3-440a-a76e-d7241112891f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-maintenance-technician-mechanical/c11e4884-a1f3-440a-a76e-d7241112891f.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:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-07T07:28:53.922Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9377-26-0333?employerCode=C9377 - **Application URL:** https://careers.midyorks.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=1435&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 rely on safe, efficient, and reliable mechanical systems to support the delivery of outstanding patient care. We are looking for a skilled and motivated Estates Maintenance Technician (Mechanical) to join our Estates Team and help ensure our hospitals and healthcare facilities remain safe, compliant, and fully operational for patients, visitors, and staff. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced mechanical technician who takes pride in delivering high-quality maintenance and engineering services and wants to make a real difference within the NHS. Working across a diverse healthcare estate, you will undertake a wide range of planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, fault finding, installation, and improvement works on mechanical building services, including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, water systems, medical gas infrastructure, and associated plant and non medical equipment. As an Estates Technician (Mechanical), you will have the opportunity to apply your technical expertise to complex engineering challenges, support the delivery of estates projects, mentor colleagues and apprentices, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our Estates service. ### Main duties of the job As an Estates Maintenance Technician (Mechanical), you will: - Deliver planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, fault finding, and installation work across a wide range of mechanical engineering systems, plant, and equipment. - Plan and organise your workload in collaboration with clinical and non-clinical departments to ensure work is completed efficiently and with minimal disruption to services. - Diagnose complex mechanical faults using specialist tools and testing equipment, implementing safe and effective repairs. - Respond promptly to urgent and emergency maintenance issues, ensuring critical services are restored as quickly and safely as possible. - Communicate effectively with staff and service users, providing clear updates on maintenance activities and any impact on operational areas. - Operate and utilise the Trust's Building Management System (BMS) and other digital systems, undertaking training as required. - Work safely at all times, assessing risks and ensuring the safety of patients, visitors, colleagues, and contractors while carrying out maintenance activities. - Comply with statutory regulations, NHS guidance, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), Permit to Work procedures, and the Trust's quality management systems. - Undertake Authorised Person, Responsible Person, or Nominated Person duties in specialist areas such as Water Safety, Pressure Systems, or other disciplines, following appropriate training and competency assessment. ### 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: 07 July 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: 001424 - Job locations: Dewsbury District Hospital, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4HS, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities We are looking for someone who has a strong technical background and a passion for delivering high quality engineering services within a healthcare environment. - HNC in Building Engineering (or a related engineering discipline), or an equivalent qualification supported by relevant further education, training, and significant experience within a large, complex Estates function. - Completion of a recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship. - Proven experience working within complex engineering services, with a demonstrable track record of delivering high-quality maintenance, fault finding, repairs, and engineering solutions. - Experience of working on a wide range of mechanical building services and plant within a large or similarly complex organisation. - The ability to work independently, prioritise workloads, and contribute positively as part of a multidisciplinary Estates team. - A commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and customer service while supporting the delivery of excellent patient care. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Please click 'apply now' to view full person specification. 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