Estates Technician (Mechanical)
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Redditch, B98 7UB
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
14 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Estates Technician with a mechanical bias to join our NHS Estates team. In this role, you will help maintain an...
Carry out and supervise planned and reactive maintenance on
mechanical, electro-mechanical, and associated building services across the
Trust, ensuring safe and reliable operation of critical hospital plant &
estate infrastructure. Diagnose, undertake repair, and supervise internal and
external resource on equipment such as HVAC, steam boilers, ventilation, BMS,
and complex systems. Complete safety tests, inspections and maintain accurate
maintenance records in line with Trust procedures. Support and supervise
contractors, work collaboratively with Estates colleagues, contractors and
clinical teams, providing technical advice and communicating issues clearly.
Ensure all work is completed safely, accurately and documented appropriately,
escalating risks or complex issues when necessary. This will include travelling
between sites undertaking tasks in line with relevant policies and taking part
in emergency response duties and the Estates on-call rota when required.
To
contribute to the provision of a comprehensive and responsive maintenance
service, to undertake preventative and reactive maintenance tasks to assist
with the delivery of Estates service to Alexandra Hospital and wider trust.
Full job description available.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large
acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute
services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a
larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from
three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our
caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred
care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to
work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise
accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working
within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and presentable.
- Able to understand and carry out complex tasks accurately.
- Good spoken & IT communication skills.
- Able to relate to the general public and to work effectively as part of a team.
- Able to keep calm and work effectively under pressure and alone.
- Problem solver.
- Able to understand when to escalate situations to the correct people.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Able to use hand and simple machine tools.
- Knowledge of HVAC and associated systems, plumbing, steam boilers / systems, water hygiene, medical gas systems and electrical Systems.
- Can demonstrate knowledge of safe systems of work.
- Operation / interrogation of BMS, problem solving / fault finding on mechanical / electrical systems.
- Ability to communicate effectively through, written, & spoken communication and non-verbal communication.
- Able to communicate complex technical information to non technical staff enabling them to understand risk and issues.
Desirable
- Medical Gas CP, BPS CP, Electrical fault finding / Inspection and testing.
Experience
Essential
- Healthcare maintenance or similar fast moving environment.
- Working alone to diagnose / repair faults on complex electrical and mechanical systems.
- Interacting with specialists to determine faults and apply this knowledge.
- Able to use hand and simple machine tools.
- Able to use measuring / test equipment and to diagnose / act on out of specification results.
- Electrical or mechanical installation.
- Managing safety of large steam boilers.
- Electrical and mechanical safe systems of work.
- Complex fault finding on mechanical and Electrical systems.
- 1st line management of staff / contractors.
- Mentoring / developing other team members.
Desirable
- Experience of working within the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust.
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 in a building services discipline or equivalent, served a recognised engineering or building services apprenticeship or equivalent.
Desirable
- CP certification
- BOAS
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
8 August 2026
Last checked
10 August 2026
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