Specialist Craftsperson (Mechanical and Electrical)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a self-motivated, IT-literate craftsperson with excellent engineering knowledge to join the estates team. The post holder will be responsible for fault finding on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment. Duties include planned preventative maintenance, general repairs, Energy Centre checks, and responding to high priority emergencies to ensure service continuity in a busy hospital environment. The role involves installing, maintaining, servicing, and repairing specialist estates equipment and infrastructure.
Key responsibilities
- Install, maintain, service and repair the full range of estates specialist equipment, plant and infrastructure.
- Provide technical advice to other estates maintenance staff and contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
- Act in the role of Competent Person, as defined by Health Technical Memorandum, for the Electrical Distribution (LV) system.
- Undertake condition surveys and evaluate inspection reports.
- Ensure the risk of infection is minimised by adhering to Trust policies and attending statutory education programmes.
Essential criteria
- oBTEC, ONC and HNC engineering. NVQ 3 in Engineering or equivalent technical qualification
- oAdequate knowledge of and within the proceeding three years training for, first aid treatment for electric shock.
- oSterilizer (Porous Load) maintenance and testing to quarterly EN285
- oBOAS Boiler Operator Accreditation Scheme
- oWasher / Disinfector quarterly EN15883
- oEndoscopy EN15883
- Completion of a structured training program in engineering for a minimum period of 4 years.
- 2 years site experience.
- Knowledge of low pressure hot water systems, steam raising plant, pneumatic systems and hydraulics
Desirable criteria
- Medical gas pipelines Water supply regs.
- Experience in working in an Acute Hospital environment.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions
Specialist Craftsperson (Mechanical and Electrical)
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
Advert may close early if sufficient volume of applications is reached*
We are looking to recruit a self motivated, I.T. literate craftsperson with excellent Engineering knowledge to join the estates team. The post holder will be responsible for fault finding on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment. The day to day duties will include planned preventative maintenance, general repairs, Energy Centre checks and responding to high priority emergencies to ensure continuity of service in a vibrant busy hospital. North Tees and Hartlepool Solutions is a wholly owned company, entirely owned by the Trust.
For further information please contact :-
Richard Speight
Head of Estates ([phone number removed]
Main duties of the job
To install, maintain, service and repair the full range of estates specialist equipment, plant and infrastructure.
Provides technical advice to other estates maintenance staff and contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
Act in the role of Competent Person, as defined by Health Technical Memorandum, for the Electrical Distribution (LV) system.
Undertakes condition surveys, evaluates inspection reports.
About us
NTH Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary company
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