Building Services Craftsman (Mechancial)

The Estates Department operates and maintains energy and environmental resources, controls, electrical and mechanical services providing power, lighting, heating, and air conditioning to wards, outpatients, and operating theatres. Estates directly impacts patient welfare, frontline clinical care, infection prevention and control, and energy efficiency and sustainability across the Estates Trust. We have an exciting opportunity for a committed, highly self-motivated individual. The Royal Marsden is looking for a Building Services Craftsman (Electrical) to join the Estates Team in Chelsea. This is a highly valuable broad-ranging role, which will expose the Building Services Craftsman (Electrical) to the whole range of Estates services including mechanical, electrical, building & energy control systems and project management. The candidate must be highly proactive in all aspects of training and work undertaken, engaging in active discussions about skills, techniques, methods, and approach to tasks in order to develop to their full potential. Behaviour at all times must be conducted in a professional manner and consistent with Trust Values.

Main duties of the job

• Work proactively with and support the Supervisor in delivering an optimised service.
• Undertake on-call and overtime including weekend work from time to time.
• Use skills and opportunities in the role to enhance the service delivered by the Trust.
• Be part of a team of building services engineers and carry out work and tasks effectively to maximise productivity.
• Maximise value from subcontractors and specialists.
• Conduct communication with staff, visitors, and patients in a professional manner at all times.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Understand the workings of engineering services and systems in NHS/Trust premises, ensuring they are maintained to a high standard and that all plant and equipment are utilised in a safe and efficient manner.
• Identify and communicate defects and action plans to the supervisor through physical inspections, reviewing statutory inspection reports, and observations of how building/plant/equipment is being operated and used.
• Support the development of quality management processes and capture tasks undertaken in simple flow charts reflecting the steps and procedures used.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Extensive experience working in an Engineering environment, demonstrating competency through skills gained and training courses.
• A recognised trade apprenticeship and educated to City & Guilds/NVQ in core skill, or equivalent working experience and responsibilities.
• A good standard of education and service training certificates.
• Evidence of self-advancement.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience working in a service-led maintenance environment on a large variety of engineering services.
• Highly aware of Health & Safety issues as applied to building and engineering functions.
• Experience of working in a large diverse organisation.
• Working in an ISO 9001 framework.

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Professional expertise with a logical and systematic approach to work tasks.
• Competence and confidence in dealing with a wide range of engineering equipment within the built environment.
• Knowledge of Engineering services in complex buildings and how they are installed and maintained.
• Basic Electrical and building/carpentry training and certifications.
• Attended courses and experience of using control and BEMS systems.

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and candidates with disabilities. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden, we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold to very severe or even fatal disease. The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.