# Estates Technican - Mechanical/ Plumbing > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-technican-mechanical-plumbing/16211644-2e95-48c8-a474-46d4fb4d218d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-technican-mechanical-plumbing/16211644-2e95-48c8-a474-46d4fb4d218d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** West Suffolk Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Plus £4,000 RRP per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T12:46:13.971Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Suffolk/Bury_St_Edmunds/West_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mechanical_Craftsperson/Mechanical_Craftsperson-v8363555 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8363555?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wsh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Estates Department plays a vital role in supporting the delivery of high-quality healthcare by ensuring the safety, reliability, and continuous operation of engineering services and building infrastructure across all West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust sites. As an Estates Technician, you will be an integral member of a highly skilled and dedicated team, using your specialist engineering knowledge and practical expertise to maintain, repair, and optimise a diverse range of plant, equipment, and systems. Your work will directly contribute to creating a safe, efficient, and comfortable environment for patients, visitors, and staff. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a forward-thinking NHS organisation, where your skills and experience will be valued, and where you can make a meaningful difference every day through the delivery of high-quality engineering services. Sponsorship for Skilled Worker Visa not Available Please note that a Certificate of Sponsorship is not available for this position as it does not meet one or more of the required criteria. For more information on eligible roles please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa ### Main duties of the job - To provide technical assistance for mechanical / electrical staff and contractors ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures. - To undertake complex fault diagnosis on Mechanical and electrical services and fault rectification, maintenance, and M&E installation work across the Trust. To undertake special Departmental projects as identified by the Estates Manager, Estates Officers and or Team Leaders. - Be fully conversant on the Estates Decontamination equipment, for washer disinfectors and sterilisers. Undertake all aspects of testing, insurance inspections and monitoring of decontamination equipment, pressure vessels and lifting equipment. To undertake the duties of an Authorised Person (AP) or Competent Person (CP) for specific engineering disciplines as required to do so by the Estates Managers. To deputise for the Team Leaders at times of absence when delegated the authority to do so. - The post holder will report to the Estates Team Leaders on a daily basis ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on the job role. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Has the ability to travel. - Ability to work out of hours, evenings, weekends and bank holidays as needs arises. - Participate in the Estates Craftsman on-call rota. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to work with no supervision - Good organisational skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems - IT competent - Good communication skills, for effective working interpersonal relationships throughout the organisation - Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team. - Evidence of good written and spoken communication skills - Organised approach to work - Able to follow written instructions and procedures - Ability to understand and interpret drawings - Ability to analyse, interpret and action data results. **Desirable** - Knowledge of Electrical Safety Code for LV systems - Knowledge of HTM 06 – Low Voltage systems - An understanding of Mechanical heating, ventilation and hot water systems ### Experience & Knowledge **Essential** - Previous experience of working in an engineering and/or building maintenance role - Evidence of a maintenance background with skills to carry out minor mechanical/electrical/building repairs - Previous experience and knowledge of Database and spreadsheet systems - Experience and Knowledge of Microsoft office programmes. **Desirable** - Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment - To have knowledge of: Low Pressure Hot Water Systems - To have knowledge of: HTM documents including: HTM 01 Decontamination, HTM 03 Heating and ventilation HTM06 Electrical services ### Education & Qualification **Essential** - Recognised apprenticeship in a mechanical trade - C&G or NVQ Level 3 in an Engineering discipline or equivalent - Evidence of CPD **Desirable** - Current Competent Person certificate in various technical systems such as low voltage electrical, medical gas, decontamination, etc. - BTEC, ONC/HNC in Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience e.g. time served tradesman. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 968.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10690492) ## 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.