Maintenance Assistant - Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

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Job Overview

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is recruiting a Maintenance Assistant (Band 3) to join our Estates teams at Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran.

This hands‑on role helps ensure our buildings, equipment and environments remain safe, compliant and welcoming for patients, visitors and staff.

This post requires multi‑trade experience and involves completing planned and reactive maintenance, statutory checks and minor repairs.

Main duties of the job

As a Maintenance Assistant, You Will Undertake a Wide Range Of Maintenance Work Across Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing And Building Fabric Areas. You Will

• Complete reactive and planned maintenance
• Undertake statutory compliance tasks (e.g., water testing, boiler checks, safety systems)
• Diagnose faults and carry out minor repairs
• Use electronic systems to manage and update work orders
• Support apprentices and junior staff
• Work independently across multiple sites
• Participate in on‑call rotas where required

This role suits someone with proven multi‑trade experience who can work flexibly, respond to urgent requests and maintain high safety standards.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in‑house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world‑class healthcare service fit for the future.

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Basic education to GCSE/’O’ Level in Maths and English or post-Secondary Education training in relevant field.
• Knowledge of a range of procedures for Building and repair of Mechanical / Electrical equipment / Boiler Equipment.
• An equivalent vocational qualification at Level 3 or equivalent demonstrable level of knowledge and Experience i.e. shows ability to carry out more complex tasks, often with some autonomy and decision-making.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Act.

Desirable criteria

Served a recognised apprenticeship in a trade or building multi‑trades operations

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within multi trades.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working on a wide range of mechanical, electrical and building services, plant and equipment maintenance environment e.g. work at heights, PAT testing, Boiler plant maintenance, water testing or macerators.
• Previous experience of working in an acute hospital environment or similar demanding role.

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills both written and verbal with ability to communicate at all levels to demonstrate tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Work unsupervised and be flexible to meet the needs of the service across sites within area of expertise.
• Ability to prioritise, plan and work to agreed deadlines, demonstrate organisation skills.
• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.

Other

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel within geographical area and have relevant driving licence to drive health board vehicles.
• Able to work flexibly and at times work outside normal hours.
• Participate in On-Call rota for area of expertise if/ as required to ensure services are constant.