specialist Mechanical Craftsperson qualified

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Newtown
5 days ago
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You will work within the Environmental Services team, as well as their core specialist skill, a Mechanical Craftsperson will perform work including activities which are complex and/or non-routine.


Responsibilities

  • Installs, maintains, services and repairs full range of estate services equipment.
  • Provides technical advice to other estates maintenance staff, contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
  • Undertakes condition surveys, evaluates inspection reports.
  • Responsible for calibration, fault finding and repair on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment.
  • Examples include standby generators, heating systems, boiler house / hospital incinerators, and all other associated hospital plant and equipment.

The Capital, Estates and Facilities Directorate are seeking to recruit a specialist Mechanical Craftsperson qualified to work on pressure systems, with experience of working in a healthcare engineering environment.


Education and Experience

Qualified to work on pressure systems and experienced in a healthcare engineering environment.


Immigration Requirements

  • Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full‑time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa.
  • If you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full‑time permanent contract unless you have applied for a Graduate visa.
  • Alternatively, you will have successfully completed your course and applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.
  • Or the Trust has agreed that they will sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 08 March 2026. Proposed interview date is 11 March 2026, but this may change.


Benefits to You

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, a shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.


On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose‑created colleague‑only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.


CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.


Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.


EEO Statement

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.


We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.


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