Job summary
Laundry Technician Post
Contract: Permanent,
Contracted Hours: 37.5hrs per week.
Hours of Work between 6am and 2pm,
Days of the week: Monday - Friday
Main duties of the job
The Laundry Technician (Mechanical/Electrical) will carry out with minimum supervision; maintenance, fault finding or repairs and installation work on all plant equipment.
They shall be responsible for maintenance of laundry process equipment and shall complete reactive and planned maintenance on complex, high value specialist engineering equipment.
The job holder will have knowledge of industrial equipment to enable efficient maintenance of this equipment as required along with experience of a working in a laundry or similar environment.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required to:-
- To liaise and work with other trades/disciplines including external agencies (contractors), calling them out when required.
- Participate fully in the Labour Management Scheme completing timesheets and job dockets and providing all relevant information.
- Interpret detailed engineering drawings and specifications to instruct and advise others.
- Must be able to work efficiently with minimum supervision.
- Supervise Contractors and sign service sheets as and when required.
- Must be able to manage own workload.
- Maintenance Responsibilities
- Install and maintain energy conservation devices as instructed.
- Diagnose and repair faults on complex electrical or mechanical services, engineering plant and equipment, dealing with issues as they arise and pass on knowledge to others.
- Monitor temperatures using handheld data collection device, diagnose faults, recalibrate, and carry out repairs to steam gauges, boiler controls and washers, sterilisers and washer disinfectors.
- Manufacture, assemble, erect, and install new specialist electrical or mechanical controls as required.
- Diagnose and repair faults on electronic or mechanical equipment using fine tools when required e.g., soldering iron, fine screwdriver.
- Work on electrical distribution systems including emergency standby, UPS and generation.
- Carry out installation, repairs and planned preventative maintenance on the control systems for laundry machinery, steam raising plant, heating systems, motors, pumps, heat recovery, ventilation systems, sterilisers, washer disinfectors, and fire alarms.
- Carry out statutory inspections and testing on engineering plant and equipment, and complete necessary documentation.
- Undertake non-complex tasks including fault finding of other trades.
- Install heavy engineering plant using lifting equipment in compliance with Trust policies.
- Use own initiative, knowledge and experience when quantifying, and installing specialist electrical services, engineering plant and equipment in accordance with current guidance and legislation.
- Use specialist software to programme/reprogramme for the control of laundry and similar equipment.
- Participate in the departments Equipment Release and Permit to Work Systems.
- Drive Trust vehicles as and when required.
- The hours of work are 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. The shifts are 06:00-14:00 hours, 08:00-16:00 and 10:00-18:00 hours.
- From time to time you will be expected to work overtime to carry out emergency repairs as required by management.
- The post holder may be expected to partake in the emergency on-call team to ensure emergency repairs are completed outside of normal working hours including repairs within the Hospital.
- Price and raise requisitions for materials and equipment in accordance with standing financial instructions.
- Must be able to achieve acceptable standards of workmanship and productivity.
- Report performance issues relating to specialist electrical / mechanical services, engineering plant equipment to the Laundry Management Team.
- Report and manage levels of non-stock items in sub stores.
This job description is not exhaustive and can be altered as the post develops, or with changes in service requirements. Such changes will take place in consultation between the post holder and management
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required to:-
- To liaise and work with other trades/disciplines including external agencies (contractors), calling them out when required.
- Participate fully in the Labour Management Scheme completing timesheets and job dockets and providing all relevant information.
- Interpret detailed engineering drawings and specifications to instruct and advise others.
- Must be able to work efficiently with minimum supervision.
- Supervise Contractors and sign service sheets as and when required.
- Must be able to manage own workload.
- Maintenance Responsibilities
- Install and maintain energy conservation devices as instructed.
- Diagnose and repair faults on complex electrical or mechanical services, engineering plant and equipment, dealing with issues as they arise and pass on knowledge to others.
- Monitor temperatures using handheld data collection device, diagnose faults, recalibrate, and carry out repairs to steam gauges, boiler controls and washers, sterilisers and washer disinfectors.
- Manufacture, assemble, erect, and install new specialist electrical or mechanical controls as required.
- Diagnose and repair faults on electronic or mechanical equipment using fine tools when required e.g., soldering iron, fine screwdriver.
- Work on electrical distribution systems including emergency standby, UPS and generation.
- Carry out installation, repairs and planned preventative maintenance on the control systems for laundry machinery, steam raising plant, heating systems, motors, pumps, heat recovery, ventilation systems, sterilisers, washer disinfectors, and fire alarms.
- Carry out statutory inspections and testing on engineering plant and equipment, and complete necessary documentation.
- Undertake non-complex tasks including fault finding of other trades.
- Install heavy engineering plant using lifting equipment in compliance with Trust policies.
- Use own initiative, knowledge and experience when quantifying, and installing specialist electrical services, engineering plant and equipment in accordance with current guidance and legislation.
- Use specialist software to programme/reprogramme for the control of laundry and similar equipment.
- Participate in the departments Equipment Release and Permit to Work Systems.
- Drive Trust vehicles as and when required.
- The hours of work are 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. The shifts are 06:00-14:00 hours, 08:00-16:00 and 10:00-18:00 hours.
- From time to time you will be expected to work overtime to carry out emergency repairs as required by management.
- The post holder may be expected to partake in the emergency on-call team to ensure emergency repairs are completed outside of normal working hours including repairs within the Hospital.
- Price and raise requisitions for materials and equipment in accordance with standing financial instructions.
- Must be able to achieve acceptable standards of workmanship and productivity.
- Report performance issues relating to specialist electrical / mechanical services, engineering plant equipment to the Laundry Management Team.
- Report and manage levels of non-stock items in sub stores.
This job description is not exhaustive and can be altered as the post develops, or with changes in service requirements. Such changes will take place in consultation between the post holder and management
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- COSHH Regulations training
Desirable
- Recognised time served apprenticeship or City & Guilds and HNC in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or Mechanical equivalent.
- City & Guilds Inspection and Testing Certificate
- Confined spaces certificate
- Multi-skilling qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post qualification experience in electrical or mechanical services
Desirable
- Experience in working in an acute hospital environment.
Skills
Essential
- Written and verbal communication skills to be able to liaise with staff at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to work on own initiative without supervision.
Desirable
- Computer literate and keyboard skills
- Capable of working in a demand driven service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- COSHH Regulations training
Desirable
- Recognised time served apprenticeship or City & Guilds and HNC in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or Mechanical equivalent.
- City & Guilds Inspection and Testing Certificate
- Confined spaces certificate
- Multi-skilling qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post qualification experience in electrical or mechanical services
Desirable
- Experience in working in an acute hospital environment.
Skills
Essential
- Written and verbal communication skills to be able to liaise with staff at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to work on own initiative without supervision.
Desirable
- Computer literate and keyboard skills
- Capable of working in a demand driven service
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).