Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:00 - 16:00)
- Job ref
- 040-EA016-0226
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grange University Hospital
- Town
- Cwmbran
- Salary
- £25,313 - £26,999 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Engineering Maintenance Assistant (Decontamination)
NHS AfC: Band 3
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics, including disabled and neurodiverse candidates and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
Are you practical, motivated, and keen to develop your skills in a busy healthcare engineering environment?
We are seeking a dedicated Engineering Maintenance Assistant to join our Estates & Facilities team and play a vital role in maintaining safe, efficient hospital environments for patients, staff, and visitors.
As an Engineering Maintenance Assistant, you will support the maintenance and estates team in the operation, repair and upkeep of NHS buildings, facilities and equipment. You will work across a large and varied healthcare estate, carrying out both supervised and unsupervised maintenance tasks while developing your knowledge and technical skills.
Main duties of the job
Your duties will include:
- Assisting skilled tradespeople and carrying out routine and non‑routine maintenance.
- Responding to breakdowns and performing basic fault‑finding on engineering plant and systems.
- Using a range of communication and technical tools, including pagers, technical drawings, test equipment, and building management systems.
- Ensuring safe working practices, including adherence to COSHH, method statements, and risk assessments.
- Performing portable appliance testing after suitable training.
- Maintaining accurate work records and reporting issues promptly.
- Supporting colleagues, new starters and, when required, contractors.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 or relevant recognised demonstrable competency at this level
- Trained in Health & Safety Awareness
- First Aid
- Asbestos Awareness
- Manual Handling
- Will be expected to undertake relevant training to facilitate the safe and effective delivery of maintenance tasks.
Desirable criteria
- Personal Safety
- Confined Spaces
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of general building services
- Appropriate work experience within the field of building services engineering
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a maintenance role, preferably in a healthcare setting.
- Experience of undertaking PPM checks and following up on actions
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Customer care awareness
- Able to contribute in a team environment.
- Ability to undertake other duties within areas of competence – check against core competencies in PADR.
- Physically fit and able to carry out manual tasks
- Good communication and teamwork skills.
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
Other
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated
- Customer focussed.
- Flexible approach to work
- There may be a need to cover shifts at short notice or to cover periods of sickness and annual leave.
- Ability to travel within a geographical area to meet the requirements of the post
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of NHS policies and procedures
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Saunders
- Job title
- Decontamination Engineer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07816 335502
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