Job summary
- Main area
- Facilities
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent: This post will involve shift working
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To be worked as part of a shift pattern)
- Job ref
- 040-EA109-0925
- 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
- 22/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Engineering Maintenance Assistant - Grange University Hospital
Band 3
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics 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.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process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
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has an exciting opportunity to join our Facilities team as an Engineering Maintenance Assistant based at the Grange University Hospital.
We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to assist skilled tradespeople, performing routine maintenance, and ensuring a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors
The successful applicant will support the maintenance and estates team in ensuring the efficient operation, repair, and upkeep of NHS buildings, facilities, and equipment.
This post involves working shifts as part of an internal shift pattern.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a good understanding of many of the engineering systems utilised throughout the healthcare environment and strive to develop this understanding by following a structured development program.
The post holder will have a basic understanding of the operational policies and procedures utilised throughout the department and the organisation and strive to develop this understanding by following a structured development program.
The post holder will be required to be proficient in the safe use of hand and power tools, they will also be expected to safely operate a variety of test instrumentation after receiving appropriate training.
They will be able to respond to routine and non-routine breakdown requests and carry out basic fault finding techniques on a variety of engineering systems and engineering plant in order to carry out electrical, mechanical or building repairs.
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
- Daniel Evans
- Job title
- Estates Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 493892
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