
Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to work on own initiative
- Skills
Able to fulfill on-call requirements
- Qualifications
City & Guilds / NVQ 3 in Mechanical Engineering / Fitting or equivalent
- Qualifications
Full UK Driving Licence
- Expeience and Knowledge
Post qualification of experience working as a Mechanical Technician/Fitter.
- Expeience and Knowledge
Awareness of Health and Safety in a maintenance environment (training will be provided).
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to use hand held devices and computers
- Qualifications
Multi-skill qualification i.e., NVQ level 1 or 2 in another trade or a multi-skill qualification
- Qualifications
F-Gas Certificate (2079) Gas Engineering Qualification
- Expeience and Knowledge
Experience of working in an Acute Hospital/Healthcare environment.
Job overview
We are pleased to advertise a full time, Band 5 Maintenance Fitter to work at Salford Royal Hospital which is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.
You will provide a comprehensive mechanical service to all wards and departments in a multi-disciplined environment, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
Main duties of the job
As a Maintenance Technician (Mechanical), you will have a mechanical or building services engineering background and will be able to carry out maintenance, repairs and installation with minimum supervision throughout estate. You will be expected to complete first fixes of other trades, for which suitable training for shall be provided to ensure an efficient service is provided to our Trust sites. You will also act as the Trust representative in the absence of the Estates Officer/Supervisor when requested to do so as and when the need arises by line management.
You will be working on the full range of estates building services equipment which require comparison of complex facts requiring analysis to resolve technical issues on multi-faceted equipment/situations many of which have a direct impact on patient safety and the built environment. You will be responsible for calibration, maintenance and fault finding on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment including steam raising plant and associated equipment, steam sterilisers, medical gas systems, nurse call systems, fire detection, building services controls, standby generator plant, heating and ventilation control systems and refrigeration and a range of other mechanical plant and equipment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
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.
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This advert is for Maintenance Fitter with Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Salford, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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