232135 - Mechanical Engineer

NHS Lothian; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Edinburgh seeks a Mechanical Engineer to provide essential services ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients. The role involves maintenance, repair, and installation in compliance with relevant legislation standards. Candidates must demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK. This is a full-time, entry-level position.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate relevant permission to work in the UK.
• Ability to provide mechanical services for healthcare facilities.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide mechanical services to ensure safety and wellbeing of patients.
• Deliver a planned maintenance, repair and installation service.

Job description

Mechanical Engineer (232135) – NHS Lothian

Work Pattern – On Call

Responsibilities:

• Provide mechanical services to meet the needs of the board healthcare facilities to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients, delivering a planned maintenance, repair and installations service which represents quality and value for money at all times.
• Provide a safe maintenance service to all plant, equipment and service infrastructure within the Board’s hospitals and premises, ensuring delivery of all works to relevant legislation standards incorporating STHM 03 01-part A&B.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Jamie Ramsay, Area Manager Edinburgh Community on 0131 537 1427 or [e-mail].

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long‑term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: .

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care