Senior Mechanical Craftsperson

The senior and lead mechanical craftsperson will be responsible for overseeing the in‑house mechanical maintenance team and coordinating with mechanical contractors to manage fault‑finding and maintenance duties across the Trust’s properties. The role includes maintaining all building fabric, mechanical and electrical services, and equipment within the Newham University Hospital Retained Estate, ensuring statutory, critical, and routine maintenance is completed, recorded, and documented.

Main duties of the job:

• Lead estates mechanical team and contractors to ensure statutory, critical, and routine maintenance is completed, recorded, and documented.
• Skilled in repair, fault‑finding, and diagnosis of boilers, pressure systems, medical gas, HVAC/ventilation, controls, heating/hot water, CAD data systems, and generators.
• Develop improvement plans for poor performance.
• Review works for quality, timeliness, and cost‑effectiveness.
• Work outside trade in emergencies as directed.
• Assist with staff training.
• Follow Trust policies, maintain effective communication, and ensure safe systems of work, site induction, risk/COSH assessments, and permit‑to‑work compliance.
• Work safely on mechanical/electrical systems as Competent Person.
• Support audits with Estates Ops Manager to ensure compliance.
• Implement legislation, safety alerts, HTMs, HBNs, codes of practice.
• Ensure financial compliance and value for money in contracts/purchases.
• Hold AP/CP accreditation and perform duties accordingly.
• Participate in Estates Craftsperson Team on‑call cover for Newham University Hospital.
• Implement CAS/safety alerts with guidance/remedial action.
• Raise/distribute planned/reactive work instructions, follow up, and report outcomes.
• Assist Ops Manager in investigations, complaints, and producing specifications for improvement schemes.

Qualifications:

• To have served a recognised apprenticeship in a mechanical engineering discipline or have equivalent experience.
• Qualified with Mechanical ONC and or HNC level of education and or equivalent qualification.
• A good understanding of Health and Safety Legislation, including Asbestos & Working at Height regulations.

Experience:

• In depth experience of healthcare mechanical building services and to lead on the maintenance of the mechanical team.
• Detailed working knowledge of preventative and reactive mechanical maintenance and associated HTM.
• Experience of successfully leading a mechanical team and contractors to meet agreed outcomes.
• Knowledge of information systems for the management of maintenance activity (Concept CAFM System).
• Experience of allocating planned and reactive work to the in‑house mechanical team and contractors.
• Understanding Standing Financial Instructions in relation to procurement and commissioning of external contracting services.

Skills:

• Ability to prioritise own work.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Ability to lead and motivate Estates mechanical team.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Able to work on own initiative and within a team.
• Supporting the mechanical team and organisation through environmental change and impact through legislative and organisational impact.
• Desire and ability to work as part of a small team.
• Ability to provide advice to service end users, on a wide range of maintenance issues.
• Computer literate.
• Ability to maximise the use of allocated resources in the achievement of set objectives.

Other:

• Excellent communication skills and ability to discuss Estates issues with all levels of management.
• Good inter‑personnel skills, managing a mechanical team and individuals.
• Good influencing and motivation skills.
• Able to work under pressure and meet demanding deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships with all staff groups.
• Proven performance orientated and customer focused measured service delivery.
• Ability to lift/push/pull weights frequently in compliance with the Trust's 'Moving and handling care of the back guidelines (non-clinical).
• Full clean driving license.

Knowledge:

• A good working knowledge of Health & Safety principles within mechanical engineering and building systems.
• Knowledge of mechanical maintenance to meet relevant HTM 06.01 and HTM 06.02 standards.

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.