Building Maintenance Technician

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Building Maintenance perform general repairs and provide preventive maintenance to the building fabric, systems and equipment. The maintenance department is focused on helping Guy's and St Thomas' Trust to fulfil its organisational values and strategies.

The building department is an exciting place to work, where you find a supportive team who work together to deliver a high quality service. There are development opportunities within the department.

The team is multicultural who have different types of experiences you can learn from.

If you would like to join this evolving team then please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Main duties of the job

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Must be able to work as part of a team and to work independently, without supervision.

- Must have a commitment to providing the highest quality of service.

- Ability to work well under pressure and still apply attention to detail.

- Ability to work on own initiative and demonstrate effective personal time management.

- Effective communication with the team managers and team members.

-This role requires the Building Maintenance Technician to be on site -from 8:00 hours to 16:00 hours working on the continental shift rota.

- This role requires the Building Maintenance Technician to be flexible as working beyond the rostered days on may be required.

-Ability to undertake unsupervised specialist building maintenance tasks such as:

- Cleaning of air vents

- Ceiling tile replacement/repairs

- Minor plastering duties

- Minor brick works

- Applying various wall coatings

- Effective communication with the team managers and team members.-This role requires the Building Maintenance Technician to be on site -from 8:00 hours to 16:00 hours working on the continental shift rota.

- This role requires the Building Maintenance Technician to be flexible as working beyond the rostered days on may be required.-Ability to undertake unsupervised specialist building maintenance tasks such as:- Cleaning of air vents- Ceiling tile replacement/repairs- Minor plastering duties- Minor brick works- Applying various wall coatings

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrate, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Date posted

09 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£30,039 to £31,088 a year inc HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-ESS1531-T

Job locations

St Thomas Hospital

Westminster Bridge Rd

London

SE1 7EH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details regarding the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details regarding the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in Building trades for maintenance activities.
Experience of working within a broad range of occupational guidelines
Has received appropriate formal training and developed a knowledge of all types of building maintenance systems

Skills

Essential

Ability to undertake unsupervised building maintenance tasks such as: - Cleaning of air vents - Ceiling tile replacement/repairs - Minor plastering duties - Minor brick works - Applying various wall coatings - Undertake small repairs to roofs, floors and external paving

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised NVQ in building related craft subjects or equivalent
Relevant experience in a similar industry

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in Building trades for maintenance activities.
Experience of working within a broad range of occupational guidelines
Has received appropriate formal training and developed a knowledge of all types of building maintenance systems

Skills

Essential

Ability to undertake unsupervised building maintenance tasks such as: - Cleaning of air vents - Ceiling tile replacement/repairs - Minor plastering duties - Minor brick works - Applying various wall coatings - Undertake small repairs to roofs, floors and external paving

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised NVQ in building related craft subjects or equivalent
Relevant experience in a similar industry

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.