Job overview

You will support the Estates team in delivering a safe, well-maintained environment for patients, staff, and visitors. Working under the direction of Estates Officers and Maintenance Technicians, the role provides planned and reactive maintenance across a wide range of building, engineering, and fabric services. The postholder will carry out routine tasks, minor repairs, and basic trade-related activities, ensuring work is completed efficiently, safely, and in line with Trust procedures and statutory requirements. There will also be a requirement to carry out furniture and equipment removals as well.

The role requires a good level of vocational skill across multiple maintenance disciplines, including basic joinery, building fabric repairs, plumbing, and simple electrical tasks. The postholder will be expected to work flexibly across the estate, responding to day-to-day operational needs.

Main duties of the job

Carry out planned preventative maintenance inspection and testing  e.g. fire alarms, fire doors, water, ventilation, drainage, plant room inspections, etc. and completion of associated paperwork/reports. 

Record all work undertaken using Trust CAFM systems.

Act as a competent person for ventilation and carry out basic ventilation maintenance tasks

Respond promptly to maintenance requests, assessing issues and completing first line repairs where appropriate.

Undertake minor repairs to building fabric, fixtures, and fittings (e.g., replacing ceiling tiles, repairing hinges, adjusting doors, patching minor wall damage).

Support plumbing related tasks such as unblocking sinks, replacing tap washers, clearing traps, and assisting with minor pipework repairs.

Carry out basic electrical tasks within competency and permitted limits (e.g., lamp replacement, resetting equipment, assisting electricians).

Carry out removals tasks and moving of office equipment

Assist skilled trades staff with more complex works, providing labouring support, tool handling, and preparatory tasks.

Undertake basic joinery tasks such as fitting shelves, assembling furniture, repairing skirting, and adjusting ironmongery.

Support small building work including minor painting, decorating, and making good surfaces following repairs.

Prioritise workload in response to operational demands, escalating issues where required

Participate in the Estates on call or shift rota if required

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.