Multi skilled Maintenance Craftsperson – Higher level - Plumber
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a fully qualified Plumber to join the Maintenance team at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the safe and continuous operation of mechanical and electrical engineering services and building plant. Duties include planning and organising maintenance activities, working across trade groups, and providing an effective repair and installation service. The role requires multi-skill competence and the ability to diagnose and rectify complex technical faults.
Key responsibilities
- Carry out maintenance work across a range of Engineering services, plant, equipment, and building fabric.
- Interpret technical manuals, diagnose complex faults, repair, and test Trust Engineering installations, plant, and equipment.
- Plan and organise maintenance work and adhere to Facilities Management Information System requirements.
- Supervise, communicate with, and develop Maintenance support workers, including providing induction training.
- Drive Trust vehicles for maintenance item collection and delivery, and assist in the Statutory testing programme.
- Respond promptly to unpredictable incidents and emergency requests via hospital communication systems.
Essential criteria
- Attained a recognised City and Guilds Advanced Craft certified qualification or equivalent plus significant post apprenticeship experience
- NVQ level 3 maintenance engineering or equivalent
- Be willing and able to participate in an ongoing training development programme within NHS Maintenance services
- Hold a current UK driving licence.
- Be able to demonstrate competence in the required range of technical aspects applicable to the post
- Demonstrate a minimum of twelve months previous experience in a maintenance craft role within a large site environment having completed a recognised building/engineering apprenticeship.
- Proven ability to understand detailed procedures ,concentrate and understand technical drawings and diagrams and diagnose technical faults
- Be able to demonstrate an ability to manage priorities under pressure
- Be able to problem solve and rectify faults to fit for purpose standards
- Be able to demonstrate an ability to manage priorities under pressure
- Clear and accurate written and verbal communication skills. Able to listen effectively
- Demonstrate ability to cover in the department and provide reasonable flexibility in terms of hours worked
- Proven ability to adapt to change
- Proven ability to work in a team, be supportive of team members
- Proven ability to adapt to new ideas, knowledge and skills
- Develop the ability to use own initiative and work under supervision
- Proven ability to keep information confidential
Desirable criteria
- Attained or working towards a recognised BTEC/HNC recognised qualification or equivalent
- Completed and hold a recognised and certified Supervisory /Leadership/Management qualification
- Relevant accredited NVQ and NHS Technical Qualifications
- Be able to demonstrate some continued training across traditional trade groups
- Ability to relate to people at all levels within and beyond the Trust
- Demonstrable team leading qualities
- Actively seeks to develop their own knowledge, skills and ability
- Have external interests outside of the scope of the job
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Multi skilled Maintenance Craftsperson – Higher level - Plumber
The closing date is 07 September 2026
Job summary
We require a fully qualified Plumber. You should be qualified to City and Guilds Advanced standard or equivalent NVQ level 3 and have served a recognised apprenticeship or undergone modern training to an equivalent standard.
The post holder will hold the necessary maintenance skills to ensure the safe and continuous operation of mechanical and electrical engineering services and building plant. As an integral member of the Maintenance team should be able to demonstrate leadership skills. This will involve planning, organising activities and working across trade groups and contractors staff to provide an effective maintenance, repair and installation service, which is responsive to the users needs.
The post holder would be employed on work appropriate to their core tradecraft skill and hold/attain multi skill competence across a range of complex technical engineering and building skill areas within Maintenance.
The post holder should be able to demonstrate assessed competence and be willing to undertake training in order to achieve the above.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the Maintenance team, principally working on Mechanical services covering heating systems, pipework and pumps, air handling units,
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