Hospital Maintenance Engineer

Hospital Maintenance Engineer | Spire South Bank Hospital | Private Hospital | Full Time - Permanent | Worcester | £36,000 per annum | Excellent benefits

Spire South Bank Hospital is seeking an experienced Hospital Engineer to join their fantastic team on a permanent basis. The successful applicant will work as part of the engineering team providing a comprehensive and cost-effective engineering service within the hospital. Maintaining a safe environment for all staff and customers.

Spire South Bank Hospital has proudly served the community for over 30 years, providing exceptional private healthcare and earning a reputation as a leader in Worcestershire. We work alongside some of the region’s most experienced Consultant Surgeons, Anaesthetists, and Physicians to deliver tailored, personalised care. We are proud of the consistently positive feedback we receive from our patients.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To implement a comprehensive, cost effective, planned and preventative maintenance programme for all building services, utilising the network Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• To identify personal training and development requirements, for self and team, consistent with the hospital business plan.
• To assist the Engineering Manager as point of contact for all external contractors providing specialist services to building / building services / equipment and manage those contractors whilst on site in line with Spire policy.
• To understand ventilation systems, water, medical gases and electrical knowledge.
• To undertake maintenance/testing of plant / equipment, ensuring compliance with current HTM recommendations / PPM Schedules and manufactures instruction keeping all necessary records
• To receive and review prioritise and take action on all maintenance requests from departments and maintain records of work undertaken on CMMS.
• To provide out of hours emergency on-call service.
• To provide in-house day to day maintenance service
• To assist with any fire drills or fire activity

Who we're looking for:

• Served a recognised apprenticeship in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering with C&G Qualification in Electrical or Mechanical field
• Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Engineering Maintenance (Mechanical)
• Must have at least 3 years of experience in a similar environment
• Have experience in building services management with a track record of success
• Have extensive knowledge of building services
• Be able to prioritise demands against resources
• Be able to support hospital compliance with changing legislation
• Working experience with Medical gas cylinders / medical gas pipeline systems
• Water safety and legionella control experience required
• Experience of contractor management and issuing of permits and obtaining Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS)
• Must have served a recognised apprenticeship in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering with C&G Qualification in electrical or Mechanical field and have experience of working in a hospital environment, or similar settings - Estates department within the Hospital

Contract type: Permanent

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Our Values:

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

For more information please reach out to Lukala on Lukala.weber@spirehealthcare.com

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.