Maintenance Assistant
Job overview
We are looking for a Maintenance Assistant to join the Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd estates team to work within our mechanical team in the estates workshop. The workshop provides a maintenance service to Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and external clients.You will need to demonstrate strong team working skills, have good experience of working in a supporting role within maintenance and be comfortable in working to targets and working on your own.
The post-holder will be required to support the building and electrical workshops as required and within the capabilities of their skills.
Benefits: -
Nest Pension with up to 8% employer contributions making it one of the most generous private sector pensions.
Up to 33 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays).
Generous sickness pay in the event of you being unable to work due to ill health.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.
Main duties of the job
For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it.By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria- Vocational Level 2 qualification (or circa 2 years of experience working on the tools in a relevant role).
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Previous experience carrying out work in a construction environment.
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of assisting tradespeople to carry out maintenance and installation work.
- Experience of carrying out minor maintenance tasks without supervision.
- Experience of using a variety of hand and power tools accurately and safely.
- Experience of using Computer Aided Facilities Management software to manage and complete jobs.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria- Able to quickly learn new skills.
- Good hand/eye co-ordination.
- Able to source information to understand how to correctly install materials and carry out installation work.
- Able to use hand and power tools to complete smaller maintenance tasks independently and to a high standard.
- Able to read and understand engineering drawings within area of expertise.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria- Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.
- Able to communicate effectively with customers in other departments and with hospital and RPC colleagues.
- Committed to continuous improvement and learning.
- Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.
- Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
VISA's and Immigration system
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.
When DSFS Ltd are able to offer sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK), applicants will be required to provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
COVID19 Vaccination
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.
References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / [email protected] and we will be happy to provide assistance.
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