Maintenance Skilled Tradesperson (Mechanical)

Skilled Tradesperson

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.