This Estates maintenance post sits within the Trust's estate team and covers plumbing across its sites. The work centres on planned and reactive plumbing maintenance, from fault-finding and repairs to water hygiene and legionella control. It involves emergency callouts, on-call duties and service shutdowns, with travel to other sites. Applicants need a plumbing qualification or apprenticeship and experience in a commercial, industrial or healthcare setting.
What the job involves
- Carry out planned preventative and reactive plumbing maintenance across the Trust estate
- Undertake inspection, testing, fault-finding, repair and installation on hot and cold water, drainage, sanitaryware and associated systems
- Carry out PPM and statutory compliance activities in line with Trust procedures and legislation
- Support water hygiene and legionella control, including monitoring, flushing and remedial works
- Respond to plumbing emergencies and maintain service continuity across clinical and non-clinical areas
- Complete maintenance records accurately on the Trust's CAFM system (Singu)
- Assist with service shutdowns, isolations and reinstatements
- Work with Estates colleagues, contractors and users to keep the environment safe and compliant
What’s required
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Plumbing and Heating, or equivalent recognised qualification
- Completed recognised apprenticeship in plumbing, or equivalent training and experience
- Demonstrable commitment to ongoing professional development
Experience
- Planned preventative and reactive maintenance on plumbing systems
- Fault-finding, repair and installation of plumbing services
- Working in a commercial, industrial or healthcare maintenance environment
- Working safely under health and safety legislation and safe systems of work
- Accurately completing maintenance records and documentation
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of plumbing systems, water services and drainage systems
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation and safe systems of work
- Understanding of infection prevention requirements in a healthcare environment
- Ability to diagnose faults and carry out repairs independently
- Ability to work safely under H&S policies, permit-to-work systems and risk assessments
Other
- Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary
- Able to take part in the Estates on-call rota
Nice to have
- Water Regulations qualification
- Legionella or water hygiene qualification or training
- Health and safety qualification, such as IOSH or equivalent
- Experience in an NHS or healthcare environment
- Experience of water hygiene, legionella control, temperature monitoring and flushing regimes
- Experience using a CAFM system such as Singu or QFM
- Experience working alongside contractors and specialist service providers
- Knowledge of NHS Estates compliance requirements and HTMs for plumbing and water systems
What’s offered
- Learning and development opportunities to support career progression
- Flexible and agile working
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- NHS pension
- Access to NHS discount schemes
- Health and wellbeing services
- Secondment option for internal applicants
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
