Maintenance Technician

Job summary

Are you a qualified and experienced Maintenance Technician looking for a rewarding role within a progressive and supportive team?

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Estates Department based at our Dewsbury & District Hospital.

As a Maintenance Technician your core responsibilities will be to provide a comprehensive multi-trade maintenance service to all Healthcare Properties, Services, Plant and Non-Medical Equipment.

You will also provide technical assistance, instruction, training and mentoring to Maintenance Craftsmen (Fitting) and Maintenance Assistants on complex maintenance issues.

You should hold a HNC in Building Engineering or equivalent qualifications supported by further education, training and experience within a large Estates function or its equivalent.

We support our people to grow their careers, gain new skills and enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to our staff, patients and visitors every day.

Apply now, and you will have the chance to progress your career in a vibrant, supportive culture tailored to help you thrive.

Along with a competitive salary and generous annual leave entitlement, you will also benefit from a range of additional benefits including an excellent pension scheme, employee benefits and much more.

Main duties of the job

As a Maintenance Technician at the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust your main duties will include repairs, installation works and planned maintenance work on a multi-trade basis requiring specialist knowledge across a range of work procedures and practises.

You will diagnose and repair all faults on engineering installations, plant and equipment.

You will act as a team leader as required, co-ordinating/directing the work of others.

You will undertake a range of complex work of a multi trade nature.

You will use skills extended beyond Core Trades to aid diagnosis and maintenance activities including installation, maintenance and testing of medical gases and associated equipment.

You will undertake the role of HTM Authorised Person in area of core skills.

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.