Location: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, NR4 7UY
Salary: £25,688 to £32,700 plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Fixed Term Contract 12-months, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm (30 mins break)
Ready to impact a better future?
As a Maintenance Assistant in our Estates team, you’ll help keep critical hospital facilities safe, efficient, and ready to support patient care every day. Your work will directly contribute to an environment where healthcare professionals can deliver life-changing services.
In this hands-on role, you’ll play a key part in maintaining the hospital’s building fabric and infrastructure. From responding to repairs to supporting planned maintenance, your contribution helps ensure a safe, reliable, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and colleagues — making a meaningful difference to the community we serve.
What you’ll do as a Maintenance Assistant
You’ll be entrusted to:
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Carry out reactive repairs and general maintenance across building fabric and structure
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Support planned preventative maintenance activities to maintain efficiency and safety
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Accurately complete work orders and use maintenance systems to track tasks
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Identify and report faults, defects, and parts requirements to support timely resolution
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Work in line with all policies, procedures, and best practice guidelines
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Use the correct manual handling techniques and appropriate lifting equipment
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Communicate effectively with colleagues, supervisors, and hospital staff about work progress
Does this sound like you?
You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:
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Proven experience in a maintenance role working in a maintenance or facilities environment
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Good knowledge of general building services and maintenance practices
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Good communication skills with a strong customer-focused approach
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The ability to work safely, follow procedures, and recognise your own limitations
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A proactive attitude with a willingness to learn and support team objectives
Vetting and checks
This role requires a Basic DBS check, which will disclose any unspent convictions in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to help us identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.
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
Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays-
Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
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Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
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Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
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Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
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Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
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Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.
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.
Apply
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.
