Specialist Mechanical Craftsperson

Job overview

Job Overview: Mechanical Craftsperson

Join our dynamic team as a Mechanical Craftsperson, where your core skills will shine in a role that involves complex and non-routine tasks. You'll have the opportunity to install, maintain, service, and repair a diverse range of estates services equipment, playing a vital role in our operations.

Your responsibilities will include calibration, fault finding, and repair across a wide spectrum of engineering plant and equipment, including medical gas systems, heating and ventilation systems, steam, and domestic water services—among other essential hospital plant and equipment.

Join our team in Building and Estate Maintenance (BEM) and become part of an engaging and supportive work environment that values your expertise and contributions. Here are a few reasons why you should consider working with us:

• Impactful Work: Your role directly contributes to the maintenance and safety of essential facilities, ensuring a reliable environment for both staff and patients.
• Collaborative Team Culture: You’ll be part of a diverse and dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation. We value open communication and encourage everyone to share ideas.
• Work-Life Balance: We understand the importance of balance and offer flexible working arrangements to help you manage your personal and professional life effectively.

Main duties of the job

To understand, diagnose and repair faults in mechanical engineering plant and equipment, to deal with new situations as they arise. Re-assemble, erect and install new work.

To understand the workings of all non-specialist and specialist mechanical systems in Addenbrooke’s Hospital and associated properties. Competently deal with new or unusual complex situations as they arise.

Be able to work in independently or as part of a team, to complete tasks within agreed timescales.

Be able to work autonomously across the trust sites, ensuring patient, public and staff safety is paramount.

Willing to participate in essential training required, in order to ensure the trust is compliant with statutory regulations. As well as being able to participate in personal development and on-going learning.

Carry out planned preventative maintenance inspections and commissioning tests in accordance with Maintenance Manuals and Trust procedures. This includes the planning and organisation of complex activities such as shutdowns and interruptions to power supplies or service.

Consistently follow detailed engineering drawings and specifications. Must be able to use all relevant tools and equipment, including specialist testing instruments within safety guidelines as necessary for the completion of works.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment This vacancy will close at midnight on the 27th July 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on the 6th August 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.