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Estates Maintenance Worker - Higher Level - Joiner

Job details
Posting date: 11 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £25,147 - £27,596 per annum, pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 11 May 2024
Location: Wigan, WN6 9EP
Company: Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6221194/302-24-6095024E-A

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Summary

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


An opportunity has arisen within the Operational Estates Department at Wrightington Hospital for an experienced Operational Estates Maintenance Worker (Joiner, AFC Band 4) with a carpentry / joinery trade background to assist in the maintenance and repair of the Trust’s built environment.

You should have completed a formal craft apprenticeship in a Building discipline and have attained an academic qualification to a minimum NVQ Level 3 / Higher National Certificate related to woodworking / joinery/ carpentry (E.g BTEC, ONC or CGLI Advanced Craft Level). Candidates without these qualifications need not apply. You will be expected to evidence these essential qualifications if you are invited to interview.

In addition, you should be able to demonstrate significant knowledge and ability in other maintenance disciplines outside of your core craft skills.

The position will primarily be located at the Wrightington Hospital site but will also provide support to our Operational Estates services across the wider Trust sites. The Estates & Facilities Division provides a wide range of operational estates repair / maintenance, minor works and capital project services across the Trust’s sites.

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering high standards of Maintenance within clinical and non-clinical areas.

Primarily a Trust wide post within the Estates and Facilities department, this post will normally be within the Estates department, based at Wrightington Hospital. The post holder should be able to demonstrate leadership skills and will be multi skilled on work across a range of building skill areas within maintenance.

The post holder will be responsible for assisting the Operational Estates Manager in the installation, maintenance, servicing and repairing of a range of building services, engineering plant and equipment, and to maintain the fabric of the premises.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

To undertake planned preventative and reactive building maintenance duties, minor refurbishment works, and manufacturing as required across all Trust properties and other areas of responsibility.

Works to include:

Organise day-to-day work tasks and activities, prioritising workload using own initiative.

Statutory inspection, maintenance and repair of fire resisting door sets and upgrade when necessary.

Maintenance and repair of fixtures, fittings and equipment.

Locksmith duties eg. Installation and repair/reconditioning of door locks and furniture (inc. specialist hardware such as digital locks, control drugs locks etc), repairs to controlled access doors and associated equipment.

Window repairs including replacement glazing when required.

Undertake condition surveys and communicate findings and recommendations.

Completion and processing of mandatory documentation associated with specific work tasks i.e. Fire Door and Window PPMs, Condition Surveys etc ensuring integration with the Directorate’s chosen asset management system. This will include use of handheld devices such as mobile phone or PDA.

Respond proactively as required.

Interpretation of technical drawings, measuring and setting out on site.


This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024

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