Building Maintenance Assistant - (Colchester)

An exciting opportunity has arisen with ESNEFT to join the Building Maintenance Team based at Colchester Hospital as an Building Maintenance Assistant.

Reporting to the Estates Officer, the postholder will assist on new work, maintenance and repairs as required, working in accordance with the requirements of HTM's, Fire code, Health & Safety regulations and Trust H&S policies.

The role requires active participation in the operation and control of engineering planned maintenance schemes, in addition to the operation of the Trust's current work management control scheme. The post holder will be required to work within the scheme to include completion of all paperwork/IT as necessary.

The post holder's key responsibilities are to undertake essential repair works and general maintenance activities at the request of the Trust maintenance management team. The post holder may be asked to work overtime to carry out emergency repairs.

The successful candidate will be self motivated, flexible and have a relevant NVQ level 2 qualification. You will have previous 'in house' training associated with building services and a good general knowledge of maintenance and recording requirements including the use of relevant tools

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

If you want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

• To work in accordance with the requirements of HTM’s, Fire code, health and safety regulations/guidelines and Trust’s health and safety polices.
• To be prepared to work in hazardous areas taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury and prevent damage to equipment.
• To actively participate in the operation and control of engineering planned maintenance schemes.
• Actively participate in the operation of the Trusts current work management control scheme by working within the scheme including completion of all paperwork/IT required by the scheme. (Including completion of all job tickets, risk assessments, daily worksheets and weekly/monthly timesheets).
• Work overtime to carry out emergency repairs as required by management.
• Undertake emergency cover on site, providing cover for all building services to ensure that emergency repairs occurring out of normal working hours are attended to.
• During normal working hours and emergency cover on site, carry Trust communication devices (e.g. Pagers and/or Two-way radios) to facilitate immediate response to emergencies.
• Undertake essential repair works and general maintenance activities at the request of Trust maintenance management team.
• To liaise with the Trust maintenance management team regarding services, plant and equipment failures.
• Undertake simple fault-finding on all Building Services Systems and Equipment.
• To understand schematic and as fitted engineering drawings.
• Complete all report sheets as necessary.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.