Maintenance Officer (Mechanical)

Location

Larbert, Falkirk | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Advertisement: 

Maintenance Officer (Mechanical )

Base Location: Forth Valley Royal Hospital

Full time – 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri 0800-1600 hours

Agenda for Change Salary

Salary - £37,831.00 - £46,100.00 depending on experience plus Serco Benefits plus - on call

Here at Serco, we’re looking for a Maintenance Officer to join us at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, site has 860 beds and covers a single site of approximately 95,000 square metres.

As part of our Estates Department, you will work closely with the Maintenance/Technical Manager holding responsibility for management and supervision of multi skilled workforce carrying out reactive and planned maintenance, Also, minor improvement and capital works across four services of estates, grounds and gardens, utilities and pest control throughout the Hospital estate ensuring compliance with safety standards, procedures, and Health & Safety at work.

This role is ideally suited to someone who has mechanical bias experience in a leadership role, technical knowledge and is keen to contribute to the development of the Estates strategy and management of new works, improvement, and refurbishment projects.

What you’ll need to do the role

• Able to demonstrate a high level of knowledge and expertise across a wide range of techniques and processes relevant to hospital engineering or similar environment.
• Preferably educated to a relevant professional qualification HNC or HND in either mechanical engineering with appropriate endorsements (or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through courses and relevant practical experience).
• Capable of appointment as Authorised Person in disciplines relevant to your qualifications or experiences within 12 months of appointment. e.g., Boilers and Pressure Systems and MGPS
• Be conversant with and understand the complete working of the mechanical, electrical and electronic systems in N.H.S building particularly as they relate to this unit i.e. sterilisation, lifts, refrigeration, boiler plant , air conditioning, ventilation systems, computer systems, control theory, practical and application.

What we offer

• 35 days annual leave including public holidays. 
• Contributory pension scheme which will be laid out in T&C’s . 
• A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Simply Health Plans, and more. 
• Access to a huge range of discounts and exclusive deals such as Merlin Attractions, Mobile Phone discounts, Cinema discounts, Leisure, and Hospitality discounts. 
• A fantastic culture and supportive team where you’ll get the chance to make a positive difference in a company passionate about diversity and inclusion. 
• Company discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships. 
• Interesting and enjoyable work. 
• Committed to professional and personal development with a wide range of training and coaching opportunities to expand your capabilities. 

Why Serco?

Meaningful and vital work: Working within Estates at Serco means that you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that patients continue to receive the support that they need 24/7.

A world of opportunity: It takes a diverse team to support a hospital and we’re big on internal progression. So, whether you specialise your skills, progress into team management or move into operations, you’ll find all the opportunity you need to evolve your career.

Great people : Hospitals are busy places and you will find yourself interacting with staff, patients, visitors and of course your supportive team. You will be a significant part of the hospital.

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.  We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

Apply
Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.

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Salary

£37.83k - £46.1k per annum