The Role

You will maintain a range of buildings services, plant and equipment, which can sometimes be complex and non-routine by diagnosing and repairing faults as they occur. Other maintenance duties will be the maintenance of NHSL’s mechanical, electrical plumbing, associated building services plant and building fabric assets to a high standard. This will include the planning and prioritising on a day-to day basis of their workload and material management requirements to include documentation, completion and sign off.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Completion of an apprenticeship in Mechanical or Electrical Bias plus an HNC or equivalent, with additional non-core training qualification at SVQ level or equivalent
• Experience of working in an estates service environment
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of current statutory legislative requirements
• Experience of inspecting and planning working in relation to PPM and Reactives
• Requirement to undertake in house training relevant to position such as specific statutory training, Archibus, Learnpro and Toolbox Talks
• Additional knowledge through training is also required for Portable appliance testing, periodic testing washer disinfectors, maintenance person sterilisers, asbestos awareness, legionella awareness and prevention, tube system maintenance, plc controllers, steam/Boilers etc to achieve competency and / or accreditation
• Accredited Boiler/Steam course resulting in postholders gaining accreditation and ensuring the organisation meets HSE and Insurance requirements regards competent persons
• Specialist manufacturer courses are provided for unique equipment used in and industrial scale e.g. Specialist laundry equipment
• Specific Medical Gas training and Medical Gas Pipeline Systems training is provided to ensure postholders have the required knowledge and can be deemed competent persons
• Sterilisers and autoclave accredited courses are provided to ensure competent person status
• Healthcare Ventilation course to ensure competent person status
• Car Driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence
• Undertake on-call duties as part of the on-call team

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

• Must have served a full apprenticeship in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and achieved City & Guilds Part 3, ONC or equivalent
• Basic training in Health & safety, Manual handling and CPR
• Maintenance of complex building services, plant and equipment
• Diagnosis skills in the above
• Carrying out on the job risk assessments
• Have worked on a wide range of electrical, mechanical equipment, both commercial
• and domestic
• Post apprenticeship within a plant service
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload and coordinate material management requirements
• Diagnose & repair faults in electrical /mechanical equipment & building services
• Knowledge of servicing, repair and testing of portable appliances
• Working in a multi premises environment
• Understand specialist health care services
• Must be able to work with minimum supervision
• Able to communicate with a range of staff
• Prioritise own workload to attain maximum use of resources
• Able to undertake surveys or audits as required and submit reports

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in PSSD Maintenance within University Hospital Monklands.

The working pattern for this role is: Mon-Wed 0800-1630; Thurs 0800-1600; Fri 0800-1400

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Iain.blair@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk, Estates Manager on iain.blair@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on lynn.deas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

• Occupational health services

• Employee counselling services

• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
• For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
• Please check your e-mail regularly (including junk & spam folders) as well as your Jobtrain account for updates.
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• Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.