Maintenance Technician Band 5
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a highly motivated Estates Mechanically Bias Technician to join the Estates department at Grantham Hospital. This role involves providing effective technical support for Estates & Capital Services, contributing to Trust objectives in a safe and cost-effective manner. The successful candidate will be proactive in team working, supported in their development, and will help make the hospital a better place for the community.
Essential criteria
- A good standard of education
- BTec Level 4 HNC or equivalent in an engineering discipline, or equivalent portfolio of technical built environment engineering services courses through recognised providers and associated work-based projects /work
- Completed recognised Apprenticeship with relevant experience gained over a number of years
Desirable criteria
- Specialist technical training in plant, infrastructure and building services.
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training such as AP training
- Previous Experience (Nature & Level)
- A number of years within a maintenance environment demonstrating basic level of understanding of Estates delivery and maintenance
- Aware of Health & Safety issues
- Experienced in working in a demanding customer driven service.
- Experienced in working to deadlines.
- Demonstrable experience of making judgements on estates and maintenance issues taking into account legislation and H&S.
- Use of fine tools and equipment.
- Management of contractors and consultants with disciplinary team in Healthcare premises
- Experience of working in a large organisation
- Experienced in issuing permits to work
- Evidence of Particular: - Knowledge - Skills - Aptitudes
- Knowledge of Estates service delivery, operational maintenance and procedures /processes
- Able to diagnose faults in complicated engineering and building plant and equipment
- Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Review maintenance policies and practices in light of regulatory changes.
- Knowledge of statutory maintenance and inspections for plant and building services.
- Ability to work at all levels from Management Executive to front line maintenance tradesman.
- Work co-operatively with colleagues.
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance.
- Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks.
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers.
- Computer literate with the current operating system, current office software and computer aided design (CAD).
- Logical and systematic approach to work tasks.
- Computer literate with the current operating system, current office software and computer aided design (CAD).
- Ability to define detailed PPM's and maintenance specifications including using O&M's, Statutory guidelines, HTM's, BS's, etc.
- Ability to scrutinise service reports.
- Ability to estimate work and services using published and internal cost data e.g., BCIS BMI, etc.
- Supervise engineering maintenance team, oversight of contractors
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: oPatient Centred oSafety oCompassion oRespect and Excellence
- Be able to work within a pressured environment.
- Evidence of self-advancement.
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency.
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Confident.
- Management of contractors and consultants with disciplinary team in Healthcare premises.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Experienced in issuing permits to work.
- Specific Requirements
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Versatile and flexible in approach.
- Self-starter
- Physically fit.
- Capable of meeting manual handling criteria.
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions.
- Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries.
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Confident.
- Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)
- A good standard of education
- BTec Level 4 HNC or equivalent in an engineering discipline, or equivalent portfolio of technical built environment engineering services courses through recognised providers and associated work-based projects /work
- Completed recognised Apprenticeship with relevant experience gained over a number of years
- Specialist technical training in plant, infrastructure and building services.
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training such as AP training
- Previous Experience (Nature & Level)
- A number of years within a maintenance environment demonstrating basic level of understanding of Estates delivery
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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United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Maintenance Technician Band 5
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) are seeking a highly motivated Estates Mechanically Bias Technician who will be based in the Estates department at Grantham Hospital. The post holder is required to play a proactive part within the Estates Technical team to meet Trust objectives in a safe, cost effective, efficient manner in compliance with legislation and good practice.
There is no better time to join the team at ULHT, we are developing our operational estates team in order to support the Trust on its continuous development plan, our aims and ambitions are set high and we want you to be part of the developing journey with us. Have you got the ambition to make your hospital a better place for the community? Have you got the passion about engineering? Are you wanting to learn new skills and become a true rounded engineer with skills in which some areas are only specialist in the Healthcare, if this sounds like a challenge you are looking for then apply today.
We offer job security, stability, development, a strong team focused environment where you will feel a sense of belonging. Although, better than all of that, is the chance to really give something back to the NHS with the skills, knowledge, experience and attributes you
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