Maintenance Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This role provides engineering support to the estates team, focusing on buildings and grounds maintenance. The post holder will perform planned preventative and reactive maintenance, assist with minor works in other trades, and carry out basic electrical and mechanical duties. Responsibilities also include maintaining records, adhering to safety policies, and ensuring the cleanliness of hospital grounds.
Key responsibilities
- Carry out unsupervised planned preventative maintenance routines and reactive maintenance works.
- Learn minor works in other trades to assist maintenance staff.
- Perform minor painting, redecoration, and installation work.
- Maintain adequate records on all plant and equipment.
- Empty various bins, tackle blockages, cut shrubbery, weed paths, and wash external surfaces.
- Perform minor electrical and mechanical duties, such as changing tap washers, toilet siphons, fuses, lamps, and fluorescent tubes.
Essential criteria
- semi skilled
- NVQ2 or equivalent in a Building Services Skill or relevant equivalent experience
- Healthcare experience
- Manual dexterity
- Working accurately with attention to detail
- Knowledge of building, electrical and mechanical systems
- Knowledge of working in a complex building in a large organisation
- Knowledge of allied trades
- General knowledge
- Previous experience in maintenance, repair work in a similar environment
- Working within a Health care environment
- Must be fit for post
- Able to travel between sites
- Undertake out of hours working when required
- Flexible approach to hours of work and location
- Ability to work at heights
- Current driving licence
- Live within 40-minutes on Whittington hospital
- Good team worker
- Smart and tidy appearance
- Imaginative outlook in improving "customer" satisfaction
- Self-starter able to work with the minimum of supervision
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £31,554 – £33,270 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
To provide engineering support to the estates team within their areas of responsibility: buildings and grounds.
The post holder will be required to complete maintenance documentation in detail for all works completed.
Responsible for assisting in the provision of a quality, efficient, responsive, flexible & effective estates service to Whittington Health and properties that the Trust works from, working as part of the Estates Department Team.
Apply Trust/departmental safety policies and procedures system to all aspects of the work.
Main duties of the job
To carry out unsupervised (once trained), planned preventative maintenance routines and reactive maintenance works as instructed management that does not justify the attention of a fully-qualified maintenance staff. Provide feedback to line management using various forms of communications.
To learn minor works in other trades as required to assist maintenance staff.
To carry out some minor painting and redecoration using roller and brush applications.
To carry out minor installation work when required.
To be aware of new technology and new working practises. Attend training courses as requested to develop core skills and further develop non-core skills.
Maintain adequate records on all plant and equipment.
To comply with Health and Safety Regulations and report any defects through the Trust helpdesk.
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