Maintenance Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a semi-skilled Maintenance Assistant to join our Estates Maintenance team. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a full range of routine maintenance works, minor building repair works specialist cleaning and gardening/winter duties.

The Trust and the Head of Service are committed to technical development of our staff with great opportunities to further training and support in career development. We are therefore seeking candidates who demonstrate a flexible working approach with a willingness to learn new skills and duties of other trades.

It would be desirable that the applicant has NVQ level 2 qualifications in an electrical, mechanical or building related discipline. You will be carrying out maintenance and installation work across our Trust properties and work with a variety of our specialist contractors and engineers. Our aim is to provide our patients and staff with compliant, safe and pleasant environments to work in. You will enjoy working with all our clinical staff, nurses, doctors and corporate staff to support them in their work.

Main duties of the job

The range of tasks is wide and varied but will include assisting Maintenance Crafts People on all types of work, including repairs and installations, plumbing related tasks such as clearing blocked drains, shower traps and repairing drains and waste pipes, repairing and or replacing locks, repairing, or replacing taps, repairing leaks. Carrying out PPMs and reactive work, feeding back any outstanding issues to Senior Technicians. A variety of compliance checks, including TMV, water temperature, ventilation fire dampers as well as ductwork/grill and diffuser cleaning.

You will ensure workshops and plantrooms are kept in a safe and tidy condition and be responsible for carrying out all duties in accordance with current health and safety at work legislation.

You will be required to undertake work outside normal hours at short notice to facilitate service demands.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

http://workwith.rdash.nhs.uk/