Maintenance Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical)


Location
Chesterfield, England
Salary
£27,343 - £34,616 pro rata per annum
Profession
Estates and facilities
Deadline
28 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
04 Sep 2026
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Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

14 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Experience

    Able to demonstrate significant experience in working with commercial heating, plumbing and ventilation systems, both in terms of maintenance and installation work.

  • Experience

    Experience of working as part of a team, supervising personnel when required.

  • Skills & Knowledge

    Able to utilise trade background to quickly learn new skills.

  • Skills & Knowledge

    Able to source information to understand how to correctly install materials and carry out installation work.

  • Skills & Knowledge

    Knowledgeable with regards to the statutory requirements that apply to installation work and able to find relevant information in documents when required.

  • Skills & Knowledge

    Able to use hand and power tools to produce work to an excellent standard.

  • Personal Attributes

    Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.

  • Personal Attributes

    Able to communicate effectively with customers in other departments and with hospital and RPC colleagues.

  • Personal Attributes

    Committed to continuous improvement and learning.

  • Personal Attributes

    Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.

  • Personal Attributes

    Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly.

  • Personal Attributes

    Able to work tactfully to resolve difficult conversations or matters.

  • Qualifications & Training

    NVQ3 in a Plumbing/Heating (or equivalent experience).

  • Qualifications & Training

    Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

5 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Experience

    Experience of using Computer Aided Facilities Management software to manage and complete jobs.

  • Experience

    Experience working as a Medical Gas, Ventilation or Water Competent Person.

  • Experience

    Significant heating and or plumbing experience

  • Skills & Knowledge

    Able to read and understand engineering drawings within area of expertise.

  • Qualifications & Training

    Significant post qualification training in plumbing, heating, ventilation or medical gas.

Job overview

We are looking for a Skilled Tradesperson with a background in heating and/or plumbing to join the Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd estates team to work within our mechanical team in the estates workshop. The workshop provides a maintenance service to Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and external clients. You will need to demonstrate strong team working skills; have good experience of working in a maintenance role and be comfortable in working to targets and working on your own.

The post-holder will be required to work on the tradesperson on-call rota for which additional payments will be made on top of the stated salary.

The post-holder will be required to support the building and electrical workshops as required and within the capabilities of their skills.

****Previous applicants need not apply****

Benefits: -

Nest Pension with up to 8% employer contributions making it one of the most generous private sector pensions.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

Completing all plumbing, heating and ventilation Planned Preventative Maintenance and reactive work in accordance with industry best practise and statutory requirements. Willing to undertake training as required to be appointed as a boiler house operator. Willing to undertake training as required to carry out work on the hospital’s hydrotherapy pool. Able to undertake cross discipline work that typically falls under building and electrical trades such as safe isolation from a rotary isolator, boarding up of a broken window when on-call, careful replacement of faulty locks etc. Ensuring that all work is carried out in a manner that complies with all Health and Safety legislation, HTMs and other relevant codes of practise and policies. To have awareness of relevant standards affecting installation work and to recognise where knowledge may be insufficient, and advice needs to be sought. Effectively supervising more junior staff whilst working on jobs. Delivering good customer service and able to always act as an ambassador for DSFS.

Contributing to the estates on-call rota as required. Ensuring that the estates department delivers to its customers a service that is responsive, reliable and meets statutory and mandatory requirements. Our key customers include Chesterfield Royal Hospital and offsite locations such as GP surgeries, community clinics etc.

Dealing with any other duties as may reasonably be required - this job description should not be considered an exhaustive list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Applicant requirements

This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.

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This advert is for Maintenance Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical) with Derbyshire Support Facilities Services in Chesterfield, England. It is listed as a Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £27,343 - £34,616 pro rata per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Sep 2026.

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