Mechanical Engineer

Overview

As a Mechanical Engineer in the hospital estates team, you ensure safe, reliable operation of critical building services. You’ll manage planned and reactive maintenance to keep essential systems running and compliant with HTM guidance. You work closely with cross-functional teams to minimise downtime and support a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. This role offers hands-on problem solving in a regulated healthcare setting, with a clear impact on patient safety and service continuity. You will apply your HTM Level 3 training to lead maintenance tasks and support inspections and minor projects.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across mechanical building services.
• Diagnose faults and undertake repairs to mechanical plant and equipment.
• Maintain heating systems, boilers, pumps, valves, pressurisation units and expansion vessels.
• Maintain domestic hot and cold water systems, calorifiers, heat exchangers and associated pipework.
• Work on air handling units, ventilation systems, LTHW, CHW and other closed water systems.
• Support the maintenance of critical hospital plant, minimising downtime and disruption to services.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with HTM guidance, statutory requirements and safe systems of work.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, service reports and compliance documentation.
• Support specialist contractors, inspections, audits and minor project works.
• Identify and escalate defects, risks, non-compliance and potential plant failures.

Key requirements

• NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Plumbing, Heating or Building Services Engineering.
• Experience in hospital or healthcare estates or similarly regulated environments.
• Demonstrable experience maintaining mechanical building services.
• Experience carrying out PPM, reactive maintenance and fault-finding.
• Good understanding of healthcare compliance, HTM guidance and safe systems of work.
• Experience with permit-to-work procedures and isolation processes.
• Safety-focused with strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• HTM Level 3 or equivalent healthcare engineering training.
• Experience with water systems, ventilation, pressure systems or medical gases where relevant.
• Legionella awareness or water hygiene training.
• Confined space or IOSH Working Safely training.
• Experience using CAFM, Maximo or similar maintenance management systems.
• AP / CP training or experience in relevant engineering disciplines.

• strong communication
• problem-solving
• safety-conscious
• heating systems and boilers
• Pumps, valves, pressurisation units
• domestic water systems and calorifiers

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