Joiner

Job Introduction

• 37.5 Hours per week
• £15.88 to £19.33 per hour with Sodexo benefits
• Shifts are Monday to Friday
• 27 Days holiday per year
• Location is Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL

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Delivering expert joinery services across all wardsand departments within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, ensuring thehighest standards of craftsmanship, safety, and compliance. Operating within adynamic, multidisciplinary environment, you will play a vital role inmaintaining and enhancing the Trust’s facilities, supporting patient care, andcreating safe, functional, and welcoming spaces. Your work will adhere toSodexo and Trust safety standards and procedures, demonstrating commitment toexcellence, quality, and the wellbeing of both staff and patients.

What You’ll Do:

• Assist with comprehensive joinery and estate maintenance services within a healthcare environment, ensuring safety and compliance.
• Carry out reactive repairs, planned maintenance, installations, and minor improvements across clinical and non clinical areas.
• Hold practical experience and a Level 3 vocational qualification in joinery, carpentry, or a related trade.
• Interpret technical drawings, specifications, and work from instructions; skilled in manufacturing, repairing, and maintaining joinery and structural elements.
• Maintain professional conduct and communicate effectively with clinical staff, contractors, and external agencies.
• Participate in on call duties, responding to emergency repairs outside of normal hours, including overtime work.
• Follow strict health and safety protocols to ensure a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors.
• Use communication devices, electronic job systems, for example, CAFM, Maximo, and handheld tools to manage and record work.
• Work sensitively in patient occupied areas, respecting privacy and dignity while understanding the clinical environment.

What You Bring:

• Include qualifications such as City and Guilds Level 3, NVQ Level 3, Fire Call Response, Lift Entrapments, Asbestos Awareness, MEWP and IPAF Licenses
• Familiarity with Building Regulations, Health and Safety at Work Act, BS 7671, Asbestos Regulations, Building Management Systems, and Fire Alarm Systems
• Experience working within NHS estates, understanding NHS HTMs and HBNs, managing PPM and breakdowns in hospital environments
• Experience handling reactive environments, working on complex structural and building components, and managing emergencies
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals, a team player, able to build good working relationships
• Training and awareness in Risk Assessment, Confined Spaces, Manual Handling, and working safely within clinical environments
• Experience with CAFM systems, estate audits, control procedures, and computer based building management
• Self motivated, adaptable, problem solver, able to work independently and as part of a team
• Engagement in ongoing training, maintaining professional standards, and adhering to values of patient first care and excellence

What we offer: 

• Mental health and wellbeing resources
• Employee Assistance Programme including financial/legal advice and personal support
• Free health and wellbeing app with 24/7 virtual GP access
• Discounts on high street brands for you and your family
• Salary finance tools and financial wellbeing resources
• Retirement savings plan and life insurance
• Full training and protective uniform provided.
• Opportunities to gain experience through learning and development.
• Cycle to Work scheme and volunteering opportunities.
• Flexible working and a dynamic team environment
• Competitive pay

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply now andbring your energy, purpose, and passion to Sodexo.

About Sodexo 

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every dayfor everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services thatimprove the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of Onsite Food and FMServices, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services. 

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. Weare a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from peoplewith a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with ourEmployee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents and Carers, Sodexo Disability,Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed tochanging attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have thechance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a DisabilityConfident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet theminimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do topromote an inclusive culture. 

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