ROLE: Joiner - Alder Hey Children's Hospital
HOURS: 40 hours per week, Mon-Fri 8-5
LOCATION: Liverpool

 At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Joiner who will support the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance services at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, ensuring the hospital estate remains safe, compliant and fit for purpose for patients, staff and visitors.

 Role Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers, colleagues, contractors and trust-wide service users.
• Carry out Helpdesk duties and PPM checks.
• Provide operational advisory support to Trust staff and managers to ensure compliance with all safety standards and procedures.
• Respond to estates-related incidents and liaise with Trust staff and service users as required.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance inspections and testing to ensure compliance with Trust procedures and statutory requirements, including Fire Doors, Compartmentation and Windows.
• Undertake reactive maintenance within the competency of the discipline.
• Refer to and understand Building and Engineering/Technical drawings, specifications and technical manuals.
• Obtain correct permits and follow safe systems of work.
• Ensure Risk Assessments, maintenance records and operational procedures are followed to maintain compliance with statutory and other regulations.
• Ensure the security of all plant, equipment and buildings under the jurisdiction of the Estates Department.

Required Qualifications:

• Completed a recognised Level 2 Advanced Apprenticeship or attained a recognised advanced craft certified qualification (e.g. City & Guilds qualification or NVQ Level 2, Level 3 is a plus) in Carpentry & Joinery.
• Ability to demonstrate competence in the required range of technical aspects applicable to the post.
• Proven ability to understand and comply with detailed procedures.
• Previous experience of working in the NHS or large complex building service installations (non-domestic).
• Ability to undertake a wide range of building maintenance tasks and maintain accurate records.
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Clear and accurate written and verbal communication skills with the ability to listen and give instructions effectively.
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training and development within NHS maintenance services and demonstrate continued training across traditional trade groups.
• Ability to work flexibly dependent on the needs of the service and provide cover in other departments.

What's in it for you?

• Work within a leading NHS healthcare environment supporting Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities within NHS maintenance services.
• Access to Mitie's colleague benefits, wellbeing support and career development opportunities.

There's a place for you at Mitie, join us today!

Mitie is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups, including children and adults at risk, and expects all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced criminal record check with appropriate barred list checks and satisfactory references. All colleagues are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

This role is considered regulated activity and therefore subject to the following:

• It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. adults, children or both).

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and Mitie is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children or vulnerable adults.