Job summary
The Engineering Department at Guy's Hospital is seeking a maintenance specialist with experience in mechanical fitting to join our Trust.
The successful candidate will have up to date knowledge of current safety guidance and regulations.They will need to manage and balance competing priorities and will have knowledge of current relevant legislation, health and safety and good working practices.
Work is assigned using the Planet and Zetasafe programs so an awareness of these types of CAFM systems would be an advantage.
An interview date is yet to be confirmed.
Main duties of the job
- Carries out the responsibilities of an authorised person for:
- High Voltage Electricity
- Low Voltage Electricity, or
- Piped Medical Gases
- Ventilation Systems
- Responsible person duties for Legionella
- Confined Spaces
- When working on call have delegated responsibility for all Trust engineering assets.
- Works with complex workings of all mechanical/electrical building services plant and equipment located in NHS buildings.
- Responsible for calibrating and maintaining highly specialist equipment associated with standby emergency generators and large industrial boiler plant, programmable logic controllers and other computerised building control systems.
- Install, service, test, diagnose and repair mechanical/electrical plant and equipment.
- Implements interruptions of engineering services in close liaison with both engineering and clinical managers.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Served a recognised apprenticeship in relevant Mechanical trade (i.e. Mechanical installation, Mechanical Maintenance, Controls & Process Engineering)
- Level 3 (or higher) vocational trade certificate in a Mechanical engineering discipline E.g. NVQ 3, C&G Level 3 or Equivalent Armed Forces Qualification
Desirable
- HTM or JSP Specific Competent Persons Certificates.
- IOSH or NEBOSH Health and Safety Certificate
Previous Experience
Essential
- Sound working knowledge of Mechanical systems such as HVAC, building management systems, process control systems
- Relevant and recent experience in a commercial/industrial maintenance post
- Experience working within a broad range of occupational guidelines
- Experience of managing an area of maintenance
- Experience of implementing Health and Safety polices and protocols
- Experience communicating technical information with specialists and non-specialist staff members
- Experience providing a responsive service to the customer within agreed time and cost restraints
Desirable
- Relevant and recent experience in healthcare engineering
- Knowledge of other trade topics (Plumbing, Electrical, Building etc)
- Has carried out AP duties
- Previous supervisory experience
- Experience and knowledge of NHS Estates function and operation
Skills, Knowledge, Ability
Essential
- Has received appropriate formal training and developed a knowledge of all types of engineering systems
- Has a thorough working knowledge of engineering systems
- Clear oral and written communication skills
- Competent numerical critical reasoning skills
- Competent understanding of health and safety law
- Team player
Desirable
- Ability to engage with and manage contractors working on site ensuring Health and Safety and Trust policies are adhered to
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Served a recognised apprenticeship in relevant Mechanical trade (i.e. Mechanical installation, Mechanical Maintenance, Controls & Process Engineering)
- Level 3 (or higher) vocational trade certificate in a Mechanical engineering discipline E.g. NVQ 3, C&G Level 3 or Equivalent Armed Forces Qualification
Desirable
- HTM or JSP Specific Competent Persons Certificates.
- IOSH or NEBOSH Health and Safety Certificate
Previous Experience
Essential
- Sound working knowledge of Mechanical systems such as HVAC, building management systems, process control systems
- Relevant and recent experience in a commercial/industrial maintenance post
- Experience working within a broad range of occupational guidelines
- Experience of managing an area of maintenance
- Experience of implementing Health and Safety polices and protocols
- Experience communicating technical information with specialists and non-specialist staff members
- Experience providing a responsive service to the customer within agreed time and cost restraints
Desirable
- Relevant and recent experience in healthcare engineering
- Knowledge of other trade topics (Plumbing, Electrical, Building etc)
- Has carried out AP duties
- Previous supervisory experience
- Experience and knowledge of NHS Estates function and operation
Skills, Knowledge, Ability
Essential
- Has received appropriate formal training and developed a knowledge of all types of engineering systems
- Has a thorough working knowledge of engineering systems
- Clear oral and written communication skills
- Competent numerical critical reasoning skills
- Competent understanding of health and safety law
- Team player
Desirable
- Ability to engage with and manage contractors working on site ensuring Health and Safety and Trust policies are adhered to
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
