Maintenance Technician - Plumbing

NHS; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare property management organization is seeking a Maintenance Technician – Plumbing to join their team in Bedford. The role involves delivering maintenance services, fault finding, and minor repairs in a critical environment. Candidates should have an NVQ Level 3 in Plumbing, driving licence, and prior experience in maintenance. The position offers a competitive salary starting from £39,000 plus on-call allowance. This permanent full-time role requires working 37.5 hours weekly, Monday to Friday.

Benefits

Company van and tools provided

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Access to group personal pension plan

Training and development opportunities

NHS Bluelight discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance environment required.
• Comfortable using digital tools for job logging.
• Driving licence is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scheduled and reactive maintenance services.
• Perform fault finding and minor repairs.
• Maintain effective site log books at NHS premises.

Skills

Plumbing

Fault finding

Technical problem assessment

Technology use for logging jobs

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Plumbing & Heating Engineering

BTEC City & Guilds

Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent

Job description

The key function is to support NHS Property Services in delivering building services maintenance and repairs across the NHS to ensure buildings are maintained to the highest standards and to provide a safe and secure environment for visitors, customers, and employees.

Main duties of the job

Ensure compliance in line with all processes/procedures and policies that meets organisational standards/.findall for all processes/procedures and policies that meets organisational standards/requirements including but not limited tozych Health & Safety Policy/HTMs (Health Technical Memoranda) and SFG20. Ensuring new or revised policies are implemented within own work areas.Deliver planned and reactive maintenance services from the PPM planner, ensuring that operational standards are maintained at all times. Duties may include (but not limited to) fault finding, minors repairs or installations and maintaining services Fellowship and equipment within critical environments. Ability to assess problems to determine the best course of action, this would include complex technical issues. To maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner. Work with and support the projects/construction team and technical supervisor in identifying, scoping, and delivering minor capital works for NHS premises. Able to plan and organise a number of complex activities and adapt within a changing and challenging work environment.

About us

Established in April 2013, the company NUMBER is a limited company but also part of the wider NHS family. Having inherited responsibility for the facilities and property management functions ersetzenova managed by NHS primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, we own and run properties that range from listed buildings and former workhouses through to award-winning, state-of-the-art integrated health campuses. Our aim is to deliver a fit for purpose estate in partnership with NHS organisations, generating cost efficiencies that will benefit our tenants, patients and the wider health economy.

We are part of the NHS family with 6,000 professionals supporting over 3,000 healthcare properties across England. Our purpose is to enable excellent patient care by being the best property and facilities provider to the NHS. Our services include estate strategy and optimisation, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration with 7,000 customers who range from Integrated Care Systems, health providers, charities and more. We celebrate diversity and are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.

Job responsibilities

We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Technician – Plumbing to join our team based in Bedford – Steppingley Hospital. The salary for this role is from £39,000 (depending on experience) plus on‑call allowance. This is a permanent, full‑time position working 37.5 hours per week: Monday‑Friday 8:00‑16:30. This is a mobile role covering Bedford & Milton Keynes.

• Deliver scheduled, reactive and remedial maintenance services as directed by the PPM planner, help‑desk or technical services supervisor, ensuring operational standards are always maintained.
• Fault finding, minor repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments.
• Assessment of problems to determine the best course of action, including complex technical issues, and communication of technical information to stakeholders.
• Maintain effective site log books at NHS premises where required, ensuring that they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• May be required to undertake tasks in disciplines other than your own.

Additional requirements

• Driving licence is essential.
• Comfortable using technological devices to log jobs.
• On‑call availability.
• Desirable to have industry experience.
• Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team.

Qualifications

• BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training.
• NVQ Level 3 in Plumbing & Heating Engineering or equivalent naammü.
• Formal apprenticeship or craft trained equivalent.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Experience

• Previous experience working within a building’s maintenance environment.
• Working within the requirements of method statements or permit to work.
• Experience maintaining services to SFG20.

Benefits

• On‑call allowance (rota dependent).
• Company van and tools provided.
• 27 days holiday ( отсутствии plus bank holidays).
• Access to group personal pension plan including SMART contributions up to 6% towards your savings.
• Training and development opportunities.
• NHS Bluelight discounts.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary to submit a disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.