Maintenance Officer

Maintenance Officer (Water and Pressure)

Location: University Hospital Wishaw, ML2 0DP
Salary: Agenda for Change Band 6 - £43,169 - £52,603 plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Full-time, 36 hours per week Monday – Friday with on-call and shifts requirements usually 1 in 5 weeks.

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Maintenance Officer (Water and Pressure) in our Estates and Facilities team, you’ll play a vital role in keeping hospital water and pressure systems safe, compliant, and reliable. Your work will help protect patients, colleagues, and visitors while supporting frontline clinical services every day.

Working across a busy hospital estate, this role has real purpose. By maintaining critical infrastructure and ensuring compliance with water safety and pressure systems regulations, you’ll help create a safe environment where healthcare can thrive and communities can rely on essential services.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance, Governance & Documentation
• Act as the formally Appointed Person (Water) in writing.
• Ensure compliance with HTM 04‑01 Parts A, B & C, Water Regulations, and ACOP L8.
• Maintain and update all water safety documentation.
• Prepare compliance reports for senior management, the Water Safety Group, and the Trust.

Water System Safety & Operational Management
• Oversee safe operation of all hot and cold-water systems.
• Ensure control measures such as monitoring, flushing, and sampling are completed.
• Approve system isolations, commissioning, and reinstatement.

Pressure Systems & Mechanical Plant

• Inspect, test, and maintain pressure vessels, booster sets, heating/chilled water systems, and compressors.
• Support statutory inspections per PSSR.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical equipment.

Contractor & Stakeholder Management
• Manage and supervise water hygiene contractors.
• Liaise with RP-Water, IPC, AE-Water, and the NHS Trust.

Working Relationships

Interfaces with DP-Water, APs, IPC, AE-Water, and contractors

• Compliance & Documentation
  • • Maintain accurate statutory compliance records.
    • Ensure safe systems of work including permits, RAMS.
    • Support audits and inspections.

• Reactive & Planned Maintenance
  • • Complete PPM tasks on time.
    • Respond to urgent breakdowns across the estate.
    • Maintain plant rooms and service areas safely

Does this sound like you?

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

• A mechanical engineering qualification and proven experience in mechanical maintenance
• Sound knowledge of water safety management and pressure systems regulations, including Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR)
• Experience working in regulated or safety-critical environments, ideally within healthcare or PFI settings
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, with a strong focus on safety, quality, and compliance
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a wider engineering team

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.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% 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: 27 days plus 8 public holidays (35 days total), rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years of service.  

• 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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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.