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NHS Property Services Ltd

Maintenance Technician - Combustion

The closing date is 03 June 2025

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Job summary

The key function is to support NHS Property Services in delivering building services maintenance and repairs across the NHS to ensure buildings are maintained to the highest standards and to provide a safe and secure environment for visitors, customers, and employees.

Main duties of the job

Ensure compliance in line with all processes/procedures and policies that meets organisational standards/requirements including but not limited to our Health & Safety Policy/HTMs (Health Technical Memoranda) and SFG20. Ensuring new or revised policies are implemented within own work areas. Deliver planned and reactive maintenance services from the PPM planner, ensuring that operational standards are maintained at all times. Duties may include (but not limited to) testing and inspection of combustion heating services, fault finding, minor repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments. Ability to assess problems to determine the best course of action, this would include complex technical issues. To maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

About us

Established in April 2013, the company is a limited company but also part of the wider NHS family. Having inherited responsibility for the facilities and property management functions previously managed by NHS primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, we own and run properties that range from listed buildings and former workhouses through to award-winning, state-of-the-art integrated health campuses. Our aim is to deliver a fit for purpose estate in partnership with NHS organisations, generating cost efficiencies that will benefit our tenants, patients and the wider health economy.

Details

Date posted

20 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£38,000 to £40,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

010261

Job locations

Link road

Launceston

PL15 9JD


Job description

Job responsibilities

We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Technician - Combustion. This will be to join our team based in Launceston community hospital. This is a full time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week. Monday-Friday 8am-4pm. This is a mobile role covering East Cornwall. The starting salary for this role is from £38,000 (depending on experience) plus on call allowance. Requirements for the role: Qualifications - At least one of the below:

  • Registered Gas Safe Engineer with ACS qualifications in Domestic and Commercial Gas Installations.
  • NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent.
  • Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent.
    • Additional Requirements:
  • Driving licence is essential
  • Must be comfortable using technological devices to log jobs.
  • On-Call availability
  • Desirable to have industry experience
  • Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team as this role will require you to work cohesively with other Technical Disciplines.
    • Please note, DBS Checks & DVLA checks will be required for this role. Key Responsibilities:
  • Ensure compliance in accordance with all NHSPS Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policies, relevant NHSPS Technical Guidance, Process and Procedures, Statutory Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and any applicable aspects of HTMs.
  • Ensue that new or revised practice and policies are implemented within own work areas.
  • Deliver Scheduled, Reactive and Remedial maintenance services as directed by the PPM planner (CAFM), helpdesk or Technical Services Supervisor, ensuring that operational standards are always maintained.
  • Duties may include (but not limited to) fault finding, minors repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments.
  • You may be required to undertake tasks in disciplines other than your own.
  • Ability to assess problems to determine the best course of action, this would include complex technical issues and be able to communicate technical and or complex information to various stakeholders.
    • Benefits:
  • On-Call allowance (rota dependant)
  • Company van and tools provided.
  • 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays on top)
  • Access to group personal pension plan including SMART contributions into which the company will contribute up to 6% towards your savings,
  • Training and development opportunities
  • NHS Bluelight discounts.
    • Who are we? We are part of the NHS family with 6,000 professionals supporting over 3,000 healthcare properties across England. Our purpose is to enable excellent patient care by being the best property and facilities provider to the NHS. Our services include estate strategy and optimisation, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration without 7,000 customers who range from Integrated Care Systems, health providers, charities and more. Our culture and values seek to place our NHS colleagues and their patients, at the heart of everything we do. We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential. We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications. Best of luck with your application!

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Technician - Combustion. This will be to join our team based in Launceston community hospital. This is a full time, permanent position working 37.5 hours per week. Monday-Friday 8am-4pm. This is a mobile role covering East Cornwall. The starting salary for this role is from £38,000 (depending on experience) plus on call allowance. Requirements for the role: Qualifications - At least one of the below:

  • Registered Gas Safe Engineer with ACS qualifications in Domestic and Commercial Gas Installations.
  • NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent.
  • Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent.
    • Additional Requirements:
  • Driving licence is essential
  • Must be comfortable using technological devices to log jobs.
  • On-Call availability
  • Desirable to have industry experience
  • Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team as this role will require you to work cohesively with other Technical Disciplines.
    • Please note, DBS Checks & DVLA checks will be required for this role. Key Responsibilities:
  • Ensure compliance in accordance with all NHSPS Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policies, relevant NHSPS Technical Guidance, Process and Procedures, Statutory Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and any applicable aspects of HTMs.
  • Ensue that new or revised practice and policies are implemented within own work areas.
  • Deliver Scheduled, Reactive and Remedial maintenance services as directed by the PPM planner (CAFM), helpdesk or Technical Services Supervisor, ensuring that operational standards are always maintained.
  • Duties may include (but not limited to) fault finding, minors repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments.
  • You may be required to undertake tasks in disciplines other than your own.
  • Ability to assess problems to determine the best course of action, this would include complex technical issues and be able to communicate technical and or complex information to various stakeholders.
    • Benefits:
  • On-Call allowance (rota dependant)
  • Company van and tools provided.
  • 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays on top)
  • Access to group personal pension plan including SMART contributions into which the company will contribute up to 6% towards your savings,
  • Training and development opportunities
  • NHS Bluelight discounts.
    • Who are we? We are part of the NHS family with 6,000 professionals supporting over 3,000 healthcare properties across England. Our purpose is to enable excellent patient care by being the best property and facilities provider to the NHS. Our services include estate strategy and optimisation, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration without 7,000 customers who range from Integrated Care Systems, health providers, charities and more. Our culture and values seek to place our NHS colleagues and their patients, at the heart of everything we do. We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential. We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications. Best of luck with your application!

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training.
    • Registered Gas Safe Engineer with ACS qualifications in Domestic and Commercial Gas Installations.
    • NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent.
    • Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent.
    • Full UK Driving Licence.

    Experience

    Essential

    • Experience Previous experience working within a buildings maintenance environment.
    • Working within the requirements of method statements or permit to work.
    • Experience maintaining services to SFG20. Previous experience working within Healthcare Services.
    • Awareness of HTM standards.
    • Previous experience working with CAFM reporting systems.
    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training.
    • Registered Gas Safe Engineer with ACS qualifications in Domestic and Commercial Gas Installations.
    • NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent.
    • Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent.
    • Full UK Driving Licence.

    Experience

    Essential

    • Experience Previous experience working within a buildings maintenance environment.
    • Working within the requirements of method statements or permit to work.
    • Experience maintaining services to SFG20. Previous experience working within Healthcare Services.
    • Awareness of HTM standards.
    • Previous experience working with CAFM reporting systems.

    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.

    Employer details

    Employer name

    NHS Property Services Ltd

    Address

    Link road

    Launceston

    PL15 9JD


    Employer's website

    https://www.property.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer details

    Employer name

    NHS Property Services Ltd

    Address

    Link road

    Launceston

    PL15 9JD


    Employer's website

    https://www.property.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer contact details

    For questions about the job, contact:

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    Details

    Date posted

    20 May 2025

    Pay scheme

    Other

    Salary

    £38,000 to £40,000 a year

    Contract

    Permanent

    Working pattern

    Full-time

    Reference number

    010261

    Job locations

    Link road

    Launceston

    PL15 9JD


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