On-Site Hospital Engineer – Electrical, Mechanical & Plumbing

Stride
Dartford
2 days ago
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Stride Recruitment are urgently recruiting two separate vacancies for an Electrical Engineer and a Mechanical / Plumbing Engineer to be based on‑site at Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford covering PPMs and reactive maintenance breakdowns on a long term contract basis on behalf of our client.


Core details

  • Mechanical Engineer / Electrical Engineer / Plumber @ Darent Valley Hospital, DA2 8DA
  • Immediate interviews / start dates
  • Full time - Mon to Fri, 8 till 4:30pm – 37.5 hour basic week + overtime available (shift covers and shutdown work, as well as additional remedial works) paid at time and a half
  • Flexible working shift patterns also available, 12 hour shifts mixed between day 7am – 7pm and night 7pm – 7am
  • Salary: Standard hourly rate between £22 and £22.50 per hour.

Requirments

As the Mechanical Engineer / Electrical Engineer / Plumber you will be required to carry out trade specific PPMs and reactive maintenance breakdowns. For an Electrical Engineer, this could be anything from changing light fittings to moving sockets, to completing fire alarm / emergency light testing and remedial work to full electrical shutdowns across the hospital alone or working with internal or outsourced colleagues. For a Plumbing / Mechanical Engineer you’ll be required to do checks from water sampling and planned mechanical maintenance to reactive plant remediations across the hospital alone or working with internal or outsourced colleagues. Having previous experience specialising in commercial Heat Interface Unit’s is advantageous.


Accountabilities

  • To service and maintain building services plant and equipment in accordance with relevant standards, frequencies, and safe working practices. To respond to reactive breakdowns, carry out fault finding and any necessary repairs.
  • Carry out scheduled planned preventative maintenance tasks.
  • To have a 'can do' approach to your work ethos.
  • Be able to work within a small maintenance team, consisting of an electrical or mechanical engineer and a semi‑skilled engineer (plus a full day team of engineering and support staff)

What you will need
Electrician:

  • Skills, Knowledge and Competencies required.
  • Good all‑round technical ability and a working knowledge of a wide variety of electrical systems required, knowledge of building maintenance preferred, but not essential.
  • Must be fully qualified in Electrical with experience of Commercial / Hospital buildings.
  • Must be fully qualified electrician.
  • JIB Gold.
  • City and Guilds.
  • 2391 testing inspection.
  • 18th Edition.
  • Good communication skills, both written and oral.
  • The ability to multi‑task and be methodical.
  • A pro‑active approach to problem solving.

Mechanical Engineer / Plumber

  • Good all‑round technical ability and a working knowledge of a wide variety of plumbing systems required, knowledge of building maintenance preferred, but not essential.
  • Must be a Qualified or Time‑Served NVQ 2 + Mechanical Plumber.
  • Previous Plumbing and Mechanical Commercial PPM experience required.
  • Good communication skills, both written and oral.
  • The ability to multi‑task and be methodical.
  • A pro‑active approach to problem solving.

Thank you again for your time reviewing this job specification and please ensure all applications include your most up to date CV and list of full qualifications to ensure we can assist with instant client feedback and interview availability.


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