Maintenance Assistant

Maintenance Assistant

Location: University Hospital Wishaw, ML2 0DP
Salary: - £30,230 + plus Weekend Enhancements
Schedule: Full time – permanent, 36 hours per week, working 5 days per week Wednesday – Sunday between 8am & 4pm.

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Maintenance Assistant in our Healthcare team, you’ll help ensure critical hospital environments stay safe, reliable, and fully operational so clinical colleagues can deliver essential care to patients when it matters most.

Every day, your work will support a facility that thousands of people rely on. You’ll help create safe spaces, maintain vital systems, and contribute to a service that impacts the wellbeing of the wider community.

What you’ll do as a Maintenance Assistant

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Undertake planned and reactive maintenance on engineering plant and equipment following training programmes, procedures, and operational manuals.
• Carry out tasks such as ductwork cleaning, filter changes, lamp and tube replacements, equipment cleaning, and plant room housekeeping.
• Participate in engineering planned preventative maintenance schemes and support the operation of labour control systems such as CAFM.
• Assist technicians and craftsmen with diagnostic fault‑finding, repairs, and maintenance activities, escalating issues to the Maintenance Officer when required.
• Complete all necessary documentation, including service sheets, work orders, logbooks, and test certificates.
• Work safely in accordance with Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs), SHTMs and all relevant legislation, using tools and equipment in line with safety guidelines.
• Support tasks such as PAT testing, water testing for the hydrotherapy pool, and other duties appropriate to the grade.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Minimum of three years’ experience in a similar role within a large, complex service organisation.
• Knowledge of safe equipment use and experience within an engineering environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted working relationships, ideally with experience in a healthcare setting.
• The initiative to solve day‑to‑day issues independently, while also working well as part of a team.
• A commitment to developing your skills and supporting the development of others, including Apprentices and Trainees.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy in documentation, and IT literacy.
• The ability to work to tight deadlines in a demanding environment and attend training as required.

Vetting and checks:

This role requires membership of the PVG Scheme, which involves a detailed check of spent and unspent convictions and other relevant information to ensure safeguarding compliance. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can provide any necessary support to help you carry out your responsibilities.

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We’re one of the top 1 percent of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer:

• Salary: Competitive salaries with annual reviews 

• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme 

• Holidays: 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays 

• Training and development: We offer a wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression 

• Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA Anytime Healthline, wellbeing app, simply health cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres 

• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel 

• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community 

• Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme 

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.  We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
 

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.