Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer – Healthcare Estates (HTM Level 3)

Location: Hospital / Healthcare Site

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join the estates team at a hospital site, helping to ensure the safe, reliable and compliant operation of critical building services.

This is an excellent opportunity for a mechanically qualified engineer with healthcare estates experience to work in a live hospital environment, maintaining essential mechanical infrastructure and supporting the delivery of a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

You will be responsible for planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance, fault diagnosis and repairs across a range of mechanical building services, ensuring all work is completed in line with relevant HTM guidance, statutory requirements and site procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across mechanical building services.
• Diagnose faults and undertake repairs to mechanical plant and associated 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 relevant 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.

Essential Requirements

• NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Plumbing, Heating or Building Services Engineering.
• Previous experience working within hospital or healthcare estates, or a similarly regulated environment.
• Demonstrable experience maintaining mechanical building services.
• Experience carrying out PPM, reactive maintenance and fault-finding.
• Good understanding of healthcare compliance requirements, HTM guidance and safe systems of work.
• Experience working with permit-to-work procedures and isolation processes.
• A safety-focused approach, 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.