Mechanical Technician (Multi skilled)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Carry out a range of duties in relation to a cross section of plant, machinery, infrastructure, and medical devices located within HCS assets including testing, inspecting, condition surveys, routine and reactive maintenance, and the installation of components/equipment, from the perspective of mechanical engineering.

To inspect, diagnose and repair faults on technical equipment and assets, including the installation and commissioning of new equipment.

Carry out and develop planned preventative maintenance, servicing and overhauls of equipment and assets including performing inspection and testing of medical devices and systems in accordance with the statutory regulations appropriate to the equipment being worked on. This will include but not be limited to the following -

- Air handling plant, environment controls and ventilation distribution network

- Commercial and domestic hot and cold-water services

- Foul and surface water drainage systems and plant

- Emergency diesel generator plant

- Hydrotherapy pool plant and services

- Water treatment plant and controls

- Commercial laundry and catering equipment

- Medical and surgical equipment, furniture, and appliances

- Laboratory plant and equipment

- Patient handling equipment, hoists beds, couches lifting and mobility aids

- Medical gas pipeline systems appliances and monitoring equipment

- Steam raising plant (up to 10bar) distribution systems and ancillary plant

-Industrial and domestic heating and hot water boilers, distribution systems and ancillary plant.

- Decontamination plant, disinfection, and sterilization services

- Adherence to Hospital Technical Memorandums and relevant statutory and non-statutory legislation.

The role holder has what is termed a core skill, but also a relevant secondary skill allowing them to broaden the range of tasks and activities to which they will be deployed. This will be following relevant training to a minimum of 10 days via an accredited organisation

They will take an active role in the creation, development and implementation of health and safety written risk assessment including the production of written dynamic risk assessments when in site and dealing with situations not conforming to a standard risk assessment. The role holder will assist asset owners, chargehands and managers with the production of method statements when requested

Assist in the design, manufacture, or modification of simple components, which are not subject to statutory design criteria, nor affecting the safe use or operation of any equipment. This will therefore involve the role-holder using machining skills to, for example, fashion pump shafts of dimensions, shape, or other requirement, from raw materials, such as metal bars. The metal used can vary, and may be, for example, bronze, brass, or stainless steel and to fabricate/weld/construct components from sheet steel/stainless steel/aluminium/alloys.

Carrying out all required preparation and cleaning of equipment and assets both prior to, and following, maintenance or repair. The role-holder is required to use appropriate tools and specialist machinery in a safe manner to carry out the necessary tasks efficiently

Periodically, the role-holder will organise jobs distributed by line managers and chargehands from other sections, particularly where it is critical for a job to be undertaken or in emergency situations when time is very limited.

The role holder is required to report back on the work that they have carried out, the materials used, the time taken, any further work which may be required and the condition of the asset in question by using the appropriate work reporting system

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• The role holder is required to have a Level 3 City & Guilds qualification, BTEC level 3 qualifications in a mechanical discipline or an accepted equivalent. Attained or working towards HNC level.
• Beyond this, with the specific skill dictated by organisational need the role holder will have a further qualification other than their core skill requiring 10 days or 80 hrs training delivered by a recognised training provider such as -
• Competent/Authorised person medical gases 5-10 day C&G qualification.
• Competent/Responsible person water hygiene and legionella control 5 day C&G qualification.
• Competent/Authorised person Healthcare ventilation - 5-10 day C&G qualification.
• Competent/Authorised person pressure systems - 5-10 day C&G qualification.
• Competent/Authorised person decontamination - 5-10 day C&G qualification.
• Boiler Operator Accreditation scheme - 5 day C&G qualification.
• Steam plant maintenance such as Spirax Sarco (UK) or Dunphy Combustion - 5 day C&G qualification.
• Mechanical to electrical conversion to include electrical inspection and testing - 5 day C&G qualification.

Experience

Essential

• An individual recruited to the role externally would be expected to have reasonable knowledge of the field of work, gained from on the-job training. Where recruiting internally the recruit would have completed an apprenticeship or hold the correct certification for the role if moving from another department.
• An individual recruited with the requisite qualifications and experience should be up to speed to perform the role at an acceptable standard after a period of between 6 to 12 months.
• The role holder must also complete relevant specialist short training courses which will relate to individual items of equipment or assets. These are typically of one weeks duration and are provided by either equipment manufacturers or specialist training provider.

Desirable

• Proven specialised experience and knowledge of hospital systems and the environment.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Health and Community Services

Address

Government Of Jersey

19-21 Broad Street

St. Helier

Jersey

Channel Islands

JE2 3RR

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)