Specialist Mechanical Craftsperson

Job overview

Job Overview: Mechanical Craftsperson

Join our dynamic team as a Mechanical Craftsperson, where your core skills will shine in a role that involves complex and non-routine tasks. You'll have the opportunity to install, maintain, service, and repair a diverse range of estates services equipment, playing a vital role in our operations.

Your responsibilities will include calibration, fault finding, and repair across a wide spectrum of engineering plant and equipment, including medical gas systems, heating and ventilation systems, steam, and domestic water services—among other essential hospital plant and equipment.

Join our team in Building and Estate Maintenance (BEM) and become part of an engaging and supportive work environment that values your expertise and contributions. Here are a few reasons why you should consider working with us:

·         Impactful Work: Your role directly contributes to the maintenance and safety of essential facilities, ensuring a reliable environment for both staff and patients. 

·         Collaborative Team Culture: You’ll be part of a diverse and dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation. We value open communication and encourage everyone to share ideas.

·         Work-Life Balance: We understand the importance of balance and offer flexible working arrangements to help you manage your personal and professional life effectively.

Main duties of the job

To understand, diagnose and repair faults in mechanical engineering plant and equipment, to deal with new situations as they arise. Re-assemble, erect and install new work. 

To understand the workings of all non-specialist and specialist mechanical systems in Addenbrooke’s Hospital and associated properties. Competently deal with new or unusual complex situations as they arise. 

Be able to work in independently or as part of a team, to complete tasks within agreed timescales. 

Be able to work autonomously across the trust sites, ensuring patient, public and staff safety is paramount.

Willing to participate in essential training required, in order to ensure the trust is compliant with statutory regulations. As well as being able to participate in personal development and on-going learning. 

Carry out planned preventative maintenance inspections and commissioning tests in accordance with Maintenance Manuals and Trust procedures. This includes the planning and organisation of complex activities such as shutdowns and interruptions to power supplies or service.

Consistently follow detailed engineering drawings and specifications. Must be able to use all relevant tools and equipment, including specialist testing instruments within safety guidelines as necessary for the completion of works. 

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organization irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
-    applied for a Graduate visa
-    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on the 27th August 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on the 4th September 2026. 

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Additional Information

Desirable criteria

The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

BTEC HNC / HND / Approved Apprenticeship, City and Guilds or NVQ III Technicians Certificate or equivalent qualification in relevant topic

Desirable criteria

Qualification and experience Control Systems or Mechanical / Motor Con BTec or City and Guilds in Medical Gas Pipeline and Vacuum Systems and BTec or City and Guilds in Decontamination Equipment and Sterilisation

Experience

Essential criteria

Able to make workload assessments and allocation

Experience of working in an industrial environment

Mechanical Services Systems Maintenance

Comprehensive post apprenticeship experience in a Hospital maintenance environment

Experience of working with Mechanical systems

Able to evaluate and solve problems in situ

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in Hospital Setting

Working with natural gas systems

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Expertise and a full understanding of Mechanical Services and

Electrical Control Systems

Desirable criteria

Working knowledge of Hospital equipment

Working knowledge of ventilation and cooling systems

Working knowledge of steam systems,

Working knowledge of Building Management Systems

Skills

Essential criteria

Quality Mechanical work; fault finding, installation and maintenance

Administration duties such as updating worksheets / job tickets, data input / completion of PPM worksheets

Ability to communicate verbally, by phone and in writing to Senior Management and clinical users throughout the Trust

Capable of standing in for Supervisor to prioritise work to the rest of the team and to issue job tickets when required Able to work as part of a team or in isolation

Desirable criteria

Pipe welding

Steriliser maintenance

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Andy Read

Job title

Hospital Engineer

Email address

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Telephone number

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