Estates Maintenance Building Fabric Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves delivering comprehensive building fabric maintenance across the Trust's estate, focusing on high-quality joinery, carpentry, and general building works. Duties include planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, fault finding, and minor works, ensuring minimal disruption to clinical services. The post holder will manage maintenance records, work closely with staff, and comply with health and safety regulations. Flexibility for urgent issues and participation in an out-of-hours on-call rota are required. The role also supports ongoing training and apprentice development.
Key responsibilities
- Repair and maintain building fabric, fixtures, and fittings across all Trust properties.
- Carry out planned and reactive maintenance according to departmental needs.
- Undertake all building fabric work to high quality and acceptable craft standards, including general joinery and specialist prefabrication.
- Plan and organise work, liaising with staff and patients to ensure minimal disruption.
- Estimate costs and materials for minor works schemes, ensuring compliance with standards.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds Advanced Craft, Apprenticeship or equivalent qualification in Carpentry, Joinery, Building Maintenance or related trade
Desirable criteria
- Additional qualifications in plumbing, painting/decorating, locksmithing, roofing or multi-trade maintenance
- Skills & Abilities
- Competent in maintenance and repair of doors, fire doors, windows, flooring, ceilings, partitions, roofing, ironmongery, glazing and general building fabric. Ability to interpret drawings, specifications and manufacturers' instructions. Ability to complete maintenance records accurately.
- Fire door inspection qualification. Ability to undertake minor plumbing and other multi-skilled works.
- Significant experience working as a qualified building maintenance operative, carpenter, joiner or building fabric technician. Experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance. Experience diagnosing faults and undertaking repairs independently.
- Experience within an NHS, healthcare or public sector environment. Experience using CAFM systems. Experience supervising contractors or apprentices.
- Knowledge of building fabric maintenance, repair and installation techniques. Understanding of Health & Safety legislation, COSHH, risk assessments and safe systems of work. Knowledge of fire door maintenance and statutory inspections.
- HTM and NHS Estates guidance knowledge. Permit to Work training. Asbestos awareness. Working at Height training
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.
- Able to undertake physically demanding work including lifting, carrying, climbing ladders, working at height and working in confined spaces when required.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Education
- NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds Advanced Craft, Apprenticeship or equivalent qualification in Carpentry, Joinery, Building Maintenance or related trade
- Additional qualifications in plumbing, painting/decorating, locksmithing, roofing or multi-trade maintenance
- Skills & Abilities
- Competent in maintenance and repair of doors, fire doors, windows, flooring, ceilings, partitions, roofing, ironmongery, glazing and general building fabric. Ability to interpret drawings, specifications and manufacturers' instructions. Ability to complete maintenance records accurately.
- Fire door inspection qualification. Ability to undertake minor plumbing and other multi-skilled works.
- Significant experience working as a qualified building maintenance operative, carpenter, joiner or building fabric technician. Experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance. Experience diagnosing faults and undertaking repairs independently.
- Experience within an NHS, healthcare or public sector environment. Experience using CAFM systems. Experience supervising contractors or apprentices.
- Knowledge of building fabric maintenance, repair and installation techniques. Understanding of Health & Safety legislation, COSHH, risk assessments and safe systems of work. Knowledge of fire door maintenance and statutory inspections.
- HTM and NHS Estates guidance knowledge. Permit to Work training. Asbestos awareness. Working at Height training
- Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.
- Able to undertake physically demanding work including lifting, carrying, climbing ladders, working at height and working in confined spaces when required.
- Full UK driving licence.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Estates Maintenance Building Fabric Technician
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
You'll be responsible for delivering a comprehensive building fabric maintenance service across the Trust's estate, carrying out high-quality joinery, carpentry, and general building works to recognised trade standards. Duties include planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive repairs, fault finding, inspections, minor works and specialist joinery/fabrication projects.
The role involves surveying, estimating, ordering materials, undertaking repairs and installations, and ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to clinical services. Responsibilities include the maintenance of doors, fire doors, windows, locks, flooring, roofing, wall protection systems, and other building fabric elements.
The post holder works closely with clinical and non-clinical staff, supervises contractors when required, maintains stock levels, and uses the Trust's CAFM/PDA systems to manage and record maintenance activities. They must comply with all relevant health and safety legislation, including COSHH, PUWER, Working at Height, PASMA, and IPAF requirements.
The role requires flexibility to respond to urgent maintenance issues, participate in the out-of-hours on-call rota, and support emergency response activit
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