We now have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Operative with a Plumbing bias to join our NHS Maintenance team at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
Rydon Maintenance is an expanding division of the Rydon Group and is successfully providing facilities management services to a variety of clients, predominantly within the healthcare and housing association sectors.
We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Plumber to join our NHS Maintenance team at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. This team which delivers a first-class repairs service in partnership with this large Acute NHS Trust.
This is a mobile position where you will be working as part of a highly skilled maintenance team (consisting of mechanical, electrical and multi skilled maintenance operatives). You will be working across multiple primary health care clinics/centres in and around Sidcup, Bromley, Bexley, Erith and Abbey Wood.
There will be a particular emphasis on plumbing work, which will include fault finding, repairs and installation work on a range of plumbing systems. You will also carry out other general maintenance works such as basic electrics and carpentry repairs.
Normal working hours are 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday. There is also the opportunity to participate in an on-call rota system (which offers the opportunity to increase your earnings and be involved in additional urgent repairs).
Previous relevant experience in the maintenance of buildings is essential, ideally within the NHS (or for a maintenance contractor providing services to the NHS). Alternatively, you will have worked for a maintenance contractor providing a planned/reactive maintenance service in a commercial setting (perhaps a hotel, school, supermarkets etc).
You will also have a knowledge of Health & Safety and safe systems of working.
You will also need to hold a full UK Driving Licence.
You will have the ability to undertake a wide range of general building skills. This could include: plumbing, painting, carpentry, plastering etc. Above all you will have excellent customer service skills and be passionate about providing high quality repairs. This is a genuinely diverse role with excellent scope for personal development. If you have the above skills and experience, we'd strongly encourage you to apply.
As a well established, progressive company we are committed to attracting and retaining individuals by offering an excellent benefits package that includes a wide range of core and voluntary benefits.
Rydon is an equal opportunities employer and promotes diversity in employment. Successful candidates will be selected solely on their ability to carry out the duties of the post.
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At Rydon we provide hard facilities management and property maintenance services for housing, healthcare and local authorities. Across the UK we maintain hospitals, homes, local authority buildings and emergency service facilities.
Our experience has taken us across a variety of sensitive healthcare environments, including specialist mental healthcare facilities, community hospitals and rehabilitation units. Our expertise ranges from the construction of substantial community hospitals to our current provision of maintenance services to over 300 buildings for 20 Trusts
Across London, our Maintenance teams maintain thousands of homes. We work closely with residents across many housing schemes, aiming to minimise disruption when repairs are required and ultimately aiming to ensure that the communities we work with are better places to live
Rewarding Careers:
We take pride providing an environment in which individuals can develop their careers. We offer exciting career opportunities and excellent training, a diverse workplace and competitive benefits across all our business divisions.
Rydon's Culture:
Rydon’s culture is one of commitment, excellent professional standards and respect for our employees, clients, partners and suppliers. We approach everything we do with transparency, honesty and respect.
Our business is built on the foundations of Integrity, Teamwork, Professionalism and Partnership. Our people share these principles in whichever role they work – on site as a skilled maintenance engineer, contract management teams, corporate services, within our contact centre or in our branch offices
For more details, please visit: http://www.rydon.co.uk
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