Maintenance Technician (Multi-skilled-Electrical Bias)

Job overview

Maintenance Technician (Multi-skilled-Electrical Bias)

Band 5 - 37.5 hours per week

An opening has arisen for a time served multi-skilled technician to join the on-site maintenance team at Stepping Hill hospital.

The post holder will have operational maintenance duties including both reactive and planned maintenance to the electrical distribution and systems across the Trust’s premises including specialist healthcare systems such as IPS and UPS.

You will have responsibility for systems and equipment such as the Nurse Call, Lifts, BMS and Pneumatic Tube System this will include some basic mechanical work.

The post holder will have a recognised electrical based apprenticeship, including City and Guilds and NVQ level 3 qualifications. Additional experience of Building management systems, mechanical systems including steam raising and pressure systems will be a distinct advantage.

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills possessing the ability to work both as an individual using their own initiative and as part of a multi discipline team to deliver a safe and effective maintenance solution.

There will be a requirement to work overtime; both rostered and ad-hoc; at short notice as required to meet the needs of the Trust and its healthcare environment. There will also be a need to form part of the on-call response team to assist our out of hours staff where required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have operational maintenance duties including both reactive and planned maintenance to the electrical distribution and systems across the Trust’s premises including specialist healthcare systems such as IPS and UPS.

As part of the multi-skilled role there will be an expectation to provide additional support to other disciplines and to take maintenance responsibility for systems and equipment such as the Lifts, BMS and Pneumatic Tube System this will include some basic mechanical work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.