In House Service Engineer

Medequipuk; Newport; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A community equipment services provider seeks an In House Service Engineer in Newport. You will be responsible for servicing and maintaining medical equipment, providing client-focused support, and ensuring safe installations. Ideal candidates should have experience in a similar role and a valid driving license. We offer competitive benefits like professional development, life assurance, and a welcoming environment for all applicants.

Benefits

29 days holiday increasing to 33

Professional development opportunities

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Free counselling

Perkbox discount platform

Free uniform

Free DBS check

Qualifications

• 1 year or more experience in a similar role in public or healthcare industry.
• Must have a service or maintenance background.
• Valid driving license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain, and repair equipment in house.
• Deliver and collect disability equipment.
• Demonstrate functionality and safe installation of items.

Skills

Empathetic client service

Heavy lifting

Risk assessments

Education

Driving license

Job description

In House Service Engineer Newport Hours: 40 hours per week Salary: £27,132 per annum

This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field!

Join us as our new In-house Service EngineeratMedequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference.

Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.

You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.

Who are Medequip?

Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and theNHSacross the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.

About the role

As the in-house Service Engineerfor Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will be responsible for servicing, maintaining, and repairing equipment in house

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• At times, where necessary, delivering and collecting disability equipment to service users’ homes, hospitals, and health centres.
• Multiple service jobs daily, some of which can be heavy and may include beds and other large, heavy items of equipment.
• Providing polite, empathetic and client focused service, taking into account that clients
• Undertake risk assessments
• Using a weight rig to service and maintain hoists, which may involve some heavy lifting.
• Understanding and demonstrating the correct functionality and safe installation of items, identifying repair and replace and damaged or faulty stock.

About you

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
• We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
• We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
• We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
• We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
• We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
• We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.

Qualifications and experience required.

• Ideally 1 year or more experience in a similar role within public, healthcare or a service based industry
• Must have a service or maintenance background
• Must hold a full, in date driving license

What we offer

• 29 days holiday moving to a max of 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
• Access to Perkbox discount platform
• Free uniform
• Free DBS check

We welcome applications from all sections of the Community as an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are also happy to make any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process should you need it, please let us know.

We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.

This role may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without satisfactory right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable.