Job summary
- Main area
- Estates & Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-F-CVA390
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Craftsperson - Mechanical
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
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.
You will work within the Environmental Services team.
Main duties of the job
As well as their core specialist skill a Mechanical Craftsperson will perform work including activities which are complex and/or non-routine.
Installs, maintains, services and repairs full range of estates 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.
Example: Standby generators, heating systems, Boiler house / Hospital Incinerators, and all other associated hospital plant and equipment.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that 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
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have 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 19th January 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 26th January 2026
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, 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.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC HNC / HND / Approved Apprenticeship, City and Guilds or NVQ III Technicians Certificate or equivalent qualification in relevant topic
- Understand and qualified to work on Pressure systems
Desirable criteria
- Qualification and experience in Control Systems
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to make workload assessments and allocation
- Experience of working in an industrial environment
- Electrical / Mechanical Services Systems Maintenance
- Comprehensive post apprenticeship experience in a Hospital maintenance environment
- Experience of working with Electrical or Mechanical systems
- Able to evaluate and solve problems
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Healthcare environment
- Boiler House experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Expertise and a full understanding of Electrical or Mechanical Services and Electrical Control Systems
- Full understanding of UPS, IPS and generator standby power systems
Desirable criteria
- Working knowledge of Hospital equipment
- Working knowledge of steam systems, cooling systems
Skills
Essential criteria
- Quality Electrical or Mechanical work; fault finding, installation and maintenance administration duties such as updating worksheets / job tickets, data input / completion of PPM worksheets
- Ability to communicate verbally, by phone and in writing to Senior Management and clinical users throughout the Trust
- Capable of standing in for Supervisor to prioritise work to the rest of the team and to issue job tickets when required Able to work as part of a team or in isolation
Desirable criteria
- Pipe welding
Additinional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jonathan Patman
- Job title
- Environmental Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217193
- Additional information
Jim Copland - Lead Engineer - [email protected] - 01223 348160
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