Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by Stride
£34 Per hour
Outside
Onsite
DA2, Darenth, Kent
Summary: Stride Recruitment is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer for a long-term contract at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford. The role involves performing planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on building services. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience in mechanical maintenance and plumbing. The position offers full-time hours with opportunities for overtime.
Key Responsibilities:
- Service and maintain building plumbing services and plant equipment according to standards and safe practices.
- Respond to reactive breakdowns, perform fault finding, and execute necessary repairs.
- Carry out scheduled planned preventative maintenance tasks.
- Work collaboratively within a small maintenance team.
- Conduct water sampling and planned mechanical maintenance.
Key Skills:
- Good all-round technical ability and knowledge of plumbing systems.
- Qualified or time-served NVQ 2+ Mechanical Maintenance Engineer.
- Previous plumbing and mechanical commercial PPM experience.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to multi-task and approach work methodically.
- Proactive problem-solving skills.
Salary (Rate): £22.55/hour
City: Dartford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Stride Recruitment are urgently recruiting for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to be based on-site at Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford covering building services PPM's and Reactive Maintenance, on a Long Term contract on behalf of our client's on-site Facility Managment division.
- Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or Plumber - Darent Valley Hospital, DA2 8DA
- Full time –Mon-Friday, 37.5hrs/week basic hours paid per week
- Salary: From £22.55 per hour ongoing with overtime at uplifted 1.5 x or 2 x rate over 37.5 hours.
Core Requirments:
As the Mechanical Maintenance Engineer you will be required to carry out PPM and reactive maintenance breakdowns. The role will require you to do checks to anything from Water sampling and planned Mechanical maintenance to reactive plant remediations across the hospital alone or working with internal or outsourced colleugues.
Main Accountabilities:
- To service and maintain building plumbing services and plant equipment in accordance with relevant standards, frequencies, and safe working practices. To respond to reactive breakdowns, carry out fault finding and any necessary repairs.
- Carry out scheduled planned preventative maintenance tasks.
- To have a ‘can do’ approach to your work ethos.
- Be able to work within a small maintenance team, consisting of a mechanical shift engineer and a semi-skilled shift engineer (plus a full day team of engineering and support staff)
What you will need for the role:
- Good all round technical ability and a working knowledge of a wide variety of plumbing systems required, knowledge of building maintenance preferred, but not essential.
- Must be a Qualified or Time-Served NVQ 2 + Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
- Previous Plumbing and Mechanical Commercial PPM experience required
- Good communication skills, both written and oral.
- The ability to multi-task and be methodical.
- A pro-active approach to problem solving.
- Overtime available (shift covers and shut down work, as well as additional remedial works).
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