Estates Carpenter/Building Technician | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Estates and Facilities Management Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual to undertake both reactive and planned maintenance carpentry works across the Trust's sites, ensuring a high standard is achieved. The successful applicant will be expected to carry out all types of carpentry work such as doors, linings, frames, and furniture.

A City and Guilds Crafts Certificate or equivalent is required, and you must have training within a maintenance carpentry role. You should be capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines, prove solutions using your own initiative, and have knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation and its applications.

The primary purpose of this role is to professionally support and undertake building trades operations and maintenance work across the Trust’s sites as directed by line management. This includes activities that may be demanding and/or non-routine, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards, policies, and procedures.

• Assist with the management and implementation of the planned engineering/building maintenance programmes for the Trust to ensure compliance with key standards, both legislative and performance-related (as defined through Service Level Agreement) – also meeting where necessary the requirements of the NHSLA.
• Work in accordance with the requirements of HTM’s, HBN’s, British Standards, Model Specifications, and all Statutory Regulations, Codes of Practice, and Trust Policies and Procedures, identifying and proposing changes for your own work area to the Building Team Leader.
• Prioritise work requirements on essential facilities which could have a direct detrimental impact on the patient experience e.g. nurse call handsets, patient toilets/wash facilities, and patient beds.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, and review of the Trust’s Estates plans and work closely with the other Estates Managers/team Leaders in the development of works programmes.
• Assist with the setup and implementation/management of the Estates safe systems of work (e.g. Permit to Work, isolation procedures) under the guidance of AP’s to ensure that all safe systems of work are carried out correctly.
• Plan maintenance works, including liaison with users and contractors.
• Supervise maintenance assistants and operational estates contractors, allocating tasks/re-prioritising where necessary, and ensuring the quality of specification and workmanship.
• Liaise with the Estates Helpdesk when receiving emergency works and service complaints.
• Act on your own initiative and advise senior staff of implications of technical issues when attending site on call out.

In return for your hard work and commitment, we will offer you:

• A competitive salary of £28,407 - £34,581 pa pro rata.
• Access to an industry-leading pension scheme where your employer pays in 20.3%!
• A raft of local and national discounts across travel, shopping, insurance, holidays, and many more.
• An environment that challenges you but supports your efforts and development.

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