This is a busy role within the Estates and Grounds Team, operating across multiple sites. The post holder will carry out a varied range of duties to ensure safety, security, maintenance, and cleanliness of the site and premises. Responsibilities will include repairs and remedial action, regulatory maintenance checks and paperwork, painting and decorating, small electrics and plumbing, moving and handling, together with all other tasks associated with a busy maintenance role.
The successful candidate will need to have good communication and interpersonal skills, high expectations, and a real commitment to achieving the very highest of standards.
Applications are welcomed from candidates who can demonstrate that they:
1. Have practical experience of working in a similar role
2. Have the ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team
3. Show flexibility, adaptability, and a willingness to learn/develop existing skills
4. Have a strong work ethic and a willingness to strive for the best
Main duties of the job
1. Carry out day-to-day maintenance and minor repairs
2. Liaise with contractors for major repair work
3. Ensure heating, lighting, and alarm systems are working properly
4. Be vigilant to ensure site security is not breached
5. Open up buildings in the morning and lock them at the end of the day
6. Arrange chairs and tables for meetings and clear them away afterwards
You will need:
1. The ability to use your initiative
2. To be thorough and pay attention to detail
3. Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
4. Knowledge of public safety and security
5. A desire to help people
6. To be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device
About us
Hello! We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond.
The whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.
We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health, and an outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.
Ranked as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies top 100 large company list.
As a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education, and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre.
Working at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it.
We like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference. Come and join us!
Job responsibilities
1. To assist within the Estates Department, undertaking routine and reactive maintenance work; including water, building fabric, electrical, mechanical and plumbing, and minor improvements for all organisational properties as required.
2. To work independently and carry out all duties and other tasks as required including PPM/reactive maintenance works for the Estates service (e.g., suppliers and contractors) and carry out appropriate repair and adjustment tasks.
3. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team providing planned/reactive maintenance for the organisation's buildings within statutory obligations, best practice, manufacturer/supplier instructions, organisation's policy and related documentation.
4. Provide an efficient, effective, and proactive maintenance service working with other members of the Estates Team to develop an integrated and seamless service within estates maintenance.
5. Undertake the day-to-day planned maintenance routine duties and minor repairs, checks and testing of the complete spectrum of services found in clinical and non-clinical buildings/environments.
6. Ensure prompt response to service users' needs and to take a hands-on approach to its delivery including customer feedback questionnaires and attending ward/departmental audits as and when required.
7. Liaise with the Estates and Facilities Helpdesk / interact with work allocation procedures for daily work plan/issues including assisting with communications with the wards/departments on progress.
8. Provide a high standard of professional workmanship and conduct in carrying out all duties.
9. Interpret and work from instructions, drawings, and specifications without supervision, analysing information available and making judgement on the best possible solution from the options available.
10. Carry out semi-skilled plumbing/mechanical system duties to include but not exclusively; repairing radiator leaks, cleaning vents, unblocking gutters and drains, as well as sinks and toilets, renewing tap washers.
11. Carry out semi-skilled electrical duties to include but not exclusively; replacement of light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, and the cleaning and/or replacement of light fittings/diffusers.
12. Re-setting of clocks and testing of Fire Alarms.
13. Carry out semi-skilled carpentry and building work to include but not exclusively; fitting of shelves, proprietary/generic items, positioning and securing of notice boards, pictures, solving door lock and furniture problems, fixing door guards and wall protection, boarding up windows, tiling showers/bathrooms, general roof repairs, painting (internally and externally), building repairs.
14. Taking meter readings (electrical, gas, and water supplies).
15. Undertake unpacking, tidying, clearing, delivering, cleaning, and escorting contractor duties as required.
16. Driving duties.
17. Undertake general checks, surveys, and audits as specified.
18. Demonstrate the operation of equipment.
19. Assist as necessary in arrangements relating to PAT testing and the associated records.
20. Undertake fire extinguisher maintenance ensuring compliance with statutory and best practice requirements and accurately recording observations/outcomes to reflect equipment status.
21. Review departmental stock (maintenance stores) relating to tasks being undertaken and report deficiencies with stock levels. Assist in the day-to-day operation of stores/stock management.
22. Ensure planned maintenance and repair records accurately reflect work undertaken.
23. Undertake on-call and shift work as required and on a rota basis, to include a weekend and bank holiday presence on site.
24. Any other duties within the scope of the post as may be required from time to time including work relating to adverse weather conditions.
25. Support Grounds and Estates colleagues as and when required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 2/City and Guilds (engineering/technical) or equivalent level of experience. Specific Healthcare training and qualifications.
Skills & Attributes
* Good time management with ability to work flexibly within a team.
* Good communication skills at all levels, across all disciplines.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Problem solving, decision making, reasoning, and analytical skills.
* Working knowledge of NHS technical documentation, British Standards, regulations, legislation, and codes of practice, health and safety legislation.
Personal Characteristics
* Highly motivated, able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
* Willingness to undergo training and learn new skills.
* Commitment to team/organisational objectives.
* Personal integrity, open, inclusive style.
* Works on own initiative.
* Exemplary standards of personal and professional behaviour.
* Ability to manage conflicting priorities and variations to workload.
Experience
* Experience of working unsupervised in repair and maintenance activities.
* Understanding and demonstrating basic competency and safe working practices (electrical, plumbing/mechanical, and building).
* Working knowledge of H&S regulation.
* Demonstrable proficiency in the use of basic computer software products.
* Full driving license.
* Repair and maintenance in a healthcare environment.
* Experience of testing alarm and/or fire safety equipment.
* Working knowledge of NHS technical documentation, British Standards, regulations, legislation, and codes of practice, health and safety legislation.
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.
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