# Estates Technician

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-technician/80fc1c3b-c417-4093-aeb3-60eb783a4be6.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Basildon
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18T16:20:43.016Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Basildon/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Estates_Technician/Estates_Technician-v8238924
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8238924?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you a qualified Electrical or Mechanical Technician with relevant practical experience? Join our Estates Engineering Team and play a pivotal role keeping our Trust’s critical services running 24/7. You’ll be tackling Planned Preventative Maintenance, emergency breakdowns and installations across multiple sites.

What You’ll Bring

- Recognised Electrical or Mechanical Technician qualification
- Practical experience working on a broad range of estates plant and systems
- Proven ability to escalate serious issues to management when required
- Technical knowledge of specifications, drawings and manuals
- Flexibility to travel across multiple Trust sites in your own/ Trust vehicle
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise under pressure
- Commitment to health, safety and high-quality workmanship
- Team member with shared goals of improvement, development and excellence.

What We Offer

- Competitive salary .
- Ongoing professional development
- Training opportunities
- A supportive, collaborative team environment
- The chance to make a real difference to patient care by keeping essential services operational.

Ready to power our Trust’s estates and keep vital services running around the clock? Click “Apply Now” for more information. We can’t wait to hear from you!

** Previous applicants need not apply **

### Main duties of the job

What You'll Do

- Operate on a day shift you will be actively responding to breakdowns and job requests.
- Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance and fault-finding on generators, fire alarms, lighting and power, distribution boards, boilers, air-handling units, chiller plant, medical gas systems, calorifiers and hot & cold-water networks
- Undertake maintenance, improvement and minor capital works on all facilities across the Trust.
- Evaluate and respond effectively to emergency situations, prioritising safety for patients, staff and the public
- Conduct and document your own risk assessments for medium and high-risk tasks
- Ensure strict compliance with Trust policies, statutory standards and health & safety legislation

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

### 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

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Work history and supporting information demonstrates an understanding of the importance of effective team working and contribute to team progression.
- Significant relevant experience post apprenticeship.

**Desirable**

- Recent practical working experience of Electrical/Mechanical systems.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- An approved apprenticeship in an electrical or Mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.

## Documents

- [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077)
- [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504)
- [behaviours framework (jpg, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880)
- [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947)
- [estates technician ba (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10549598)
- [applicant ms teams checklist (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2943)
- [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979)

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