Estate Maintenance Multi‑Skilled Tradesperson
The closing date is 14 June 2026.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a qualified maintenance tradesman with an electrical or mechanical bias to join the Estate Maintenance Service. The role is based across a wide range of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare facilities, so a current UK (manual) driving licence is essential.
The Estate Maintenance Service provides a comprehensive maintenance, repair and installation service of the buildings, grounds, engineering services and associated equipment throughout the Trust.
Applicants must have completed a recognised electrical / mechanical or building services apprenticeship and gained a wide experience in building engineering services and plant maintenance. A shift pattern is required, with participation in an emergency on‑call rota and opportunities for overtime.
Main duties of the job
Maintain highly complex healthcare facilities to a high‑quality standard to ensure compliance with required standards; this ensures safe and suitable facilities for patients, visitors and staff.
Undertake a wide scope of work, ranging from day‑to‑day routine maintenance to more complex and non‑routine activity, requiring an intermediate/high level of theoretical and diverse practical knowledge.
Conduct essential diagnostic fault‑finding investigations leading to repair works, using analytical cause and effect techniques and reading engineering system drawings. Make judgments involving a range of facts and options.
Act as Competent Person (CP) for relevant systems such as LV/HV Electrical Systems, Lifts, Medical Gas Pipelines, Water and Ventilation Systems, etc., and provide technical advice to other Estate Maintenance Department staff and contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
Liaise and collaborate with external contractors and consultancies, often requiring independent thinking and decision‑making within the limits of the role.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. We are committed to an accessible and inclusive recruitment process.
We are happy to discuss Flexible Working – all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- An engineering background with either a time served apprenticeship, a City & Guilds Level 2* or 3 NVQ / Diploma, or equivalent qualification in an appropriate engineering discipline.
- Applicants with a City & Guilds Level 2 qualification in an engineering discipline will be considered pending demonstratable experience.
- A sound knowledge of electrical, electronic and mechanical systems obtained ideally in a hospital / healthcare or public sector environment.
Experience
- Demonstrate the ability to understand and follow detailed technical instructions.
- Experience working to an out of hours on‑call rota, including some evening / weekend work.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£32,073 to £39,043 a year based on full time hours
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