Fire & Rescue Team Member

Derby, England, United Kingdom

12/19/2024

Description And Requirements

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

Skanska’s teams support frontline workers in hospitals across the country. We help to manage and reduce hospital energy use, cutting carbon emissions and reducing waste disposal costs. 

Our Building Services team are looking for a Shift Fire & Rescue Maintenance Worker to join the team at Derby Hospital.

The purpose of the role will be to be part of the shift fire and rescue team in order to ensure the safe landing of H1 and H2 Helicopters. Also to be part of the rescue team for the man safe system located on hospital building

You’ll:

• Be trained and assessed on competency for Rescue and Fire fighting to a standard as laid down in CAP 786. Which will include first aid, fire fighting systems, CAA rescue procedures and knowledge of Helicopter engineering design
• Be the sole point of contact between the Helideck and the helicopter pilot during all take off and landings and will therefore be the senior person on the Helideck until the FR authorises medical staff and porters to take over for any loading or unloading of passengers.
• Be responsible for daily checks on the Fire fighting equipment and documentation of all checks and movements on and off the Helideck and maintain Helideck.
• Assist on a daily basis the Grounds and Gardens Team to maintain the hospital grounds and to ensure pleasant well kept tidy and clean surroundings. These duties will include external sweeping of paved areas, litter picking in all external areas both hard and soft landscape, emptying of external litter bins, jet washing of main entrance paved areas and external walls, hand weeding site wide including high level roofs and internal courtyards plus any other duties deemed necessary to fulfil a grounds and gardens service.
• Carry out other services such as mechanical and electrical maintenance, breakdowns or upgrade works thus ensuring a seamless service is provided.
• Carry out specified estates operations and maintenance requests, out of normal working hours, backed up with the support and leadership of the Estates Maintenance Worker Higher Level (shifts) after 5pm and weekends.
  
  

We’re looking for: 

• Knowledge on the rescue procedures for the on site mansafe system
• City and Guilds or similar boiler operator’s certificate for steam boilers or at least five years operational experience of steam boilers.
• Background in the operation and maintenance of gas / oil fired steam-raising, MTHW boilers and associated equipment.
• Knowledge of base-exchange water treatment plant.
• Good all round base knowledge of skills such as plumbing, minor electrical works, etc.
  
  

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More Information About The Role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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