Engineering Maintenance Assistant

To maintain properly and effectively, all building structures fabric and finishes within the Community sites and associated buildings, related to the job title.

The post holder will assist in a multiskilled service to the Community Engineering Department and other directorates within Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). Responsible for effective maintenance of the Trust's building/technical infrastructure. Through personal leadership, commitment and practice the post holder will secure the highest professional standards of building/engineering standards throughout the Trust. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the engineering teams, Capital development and environment teams.

Responsible for the effective implementation of the Hospital's Health & Safety policies and protocols, In support of the Team Leader/Manager to ensure the day to day efficient and safe working of all building/engineering plant on site, to work within the Engineering Departments Health & Safety policies and protocols, ensuring that working practises comply with these in both spirit and practise.

To carry out day to day maintenance of building/engineering plant as directed by Team Managers on a daily basis .To attend to plant breakdowns, carry out repairs and restore the units to service as quickly and efficiently as possible. With support to be able to fault find on electric motors and their associated control gear. To activate changeover of plant and or its safe isolation in the event of a malfunction or breakdown. Experience in fault finding and installation on building mechanical services Able to carry out minor mechanical work such as connection/disconnection of belt drives, pulley and direct drive couplings. To maintain and efficiently run plant and equipment and to instruct others on the above features and other aspects of the work. To efficiently diagnose and repair faults in mechanical installations, plant and equipment, to deal with new situations as they arise and to pass on knowledge to others.

Essentia provides effective management and coordination of all non-clinical support services at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and is vital to the Trust functioning effectively, efficiently, and economically to safely meet its overall objectives. The Building Maintenance and Improvement Department, which covers all traditional 'Estates functions' is primarily responsible for providing professional, effective, and efficient customer focused reactive and and planned maintenance services to the Trust's buildings. The department is also responsible for minor improvements, refurbishment works, and also replacement programmes, delegated capital projects, and provides similar services to other third party organisations through Service Level Agreements. The department works very closely with the Capital Projects, Engineering, and Operations Teams together with the end-user for successful delivery of all of these services.

We offer a dynamic challenging job in an exciting, fast moving, and flexible working environment. We have a strong commitment to your personal and professional development.

In addition, we offer excellent benefit, most notably including the NHS Pension Scheme -- one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.