Multiskilled Engineer

Overview

Multi Skilled Engineer
Care and Rehabilitation Services
HMP Oakwood, Wolverhampton, WV10 7QD
Salary GBP 33,063.00 per annum
Permanent, Full Time (40 hours per week)

Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, on-site canteen, ongoing training and development and access to High Street Shop discounts.

HMP Oakwood is an innovative prison which has been highlighted by HM Inspectorate of Prisons as an \”Impressive institution, with a culture of decency and respect. Driven by courageous leadership, excellent peer-led initiatives and outstanding management of learning and skills provisions.\”

Within Care and Rehabilitation Services, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care. HMP Oakwood is one of the largest prisons in England and Wales, providing places for up to approximately 2100 Category C male prisoners.

We now have an opportunity for a Multi Skilled Engineer to join our Facilities Management team at HMP Oakwood who will be required to deliver both planned and reactive maintenance to assets, building fabric, services and utilities in order to maintain a safe and decent environment across the prison estate.

Responsibilities

• Operate within planned maintenance procedures for assets etc, effectively and safely within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience.
• Deal effectively and safely with breakdowns and damage to assets etc. within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience as required and by out of hours response where necessary.
• Write up maintenance reports and technical procedures for Building Maintenance Activities.
• Assist in the training and development of other maintenance/technical staff involved in site maintenance activities.
• Carry out maintenance inspection and repairs to various types of heating, water, ventilation, mechanical equipment and services on site, where necessary and within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience.
• Diagnosing faults on all mechanical support systems and rectifying where necessary and within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience.
• Following detailed drawings and operational maintenance manuals in order to carry out all planned maintenance, routine inspections and reactive repairs.
• Carry out maintenance inspection and repairs to various assets, building fabric throughout the prison estate, e.g. furniture, internal/external fixtures and fittings, grounds, access and car parking, etc.
• Assisting in the development of maintenance routines, procedures, risk assessments, preparing and maintaining relevant technical records.
• Working with other craft qualified, semi-skilled maintenance staff to develop cross-skilling and cover all levels and aspects of maintenance activities on a team work basis.
• Participate in emergency call out arrangements and provide cover where necessary during sickness absence periods.
• Carry out maintenance activities to assist in project and improvement development works, offering alternatives to improve the effectiveness of the operation of the site, review current legislation / regulations within their range of qualifications, levels of competence, training and experience.

Requirements

The successful candidate must be fully qualified and experienced within a mechanical engineering discipline (City and Guilds /

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