Maintenance Assistant

Role: Maintenance Engineer/Assistant
Town / Site: London
Full time: 40 hrs p/w
Shift times: Monday to Friday (8-hour shifts aligned with GP Clinic hours)
Contract: Permanent

Salary: up to £37,000  

We’re looking for a Maintenance Engineer / Assistant join our Estates Team for Primary Care HCA Healthcare.

As a Building Maintenance Engineer, you play a vital role in ensuring our facilities run smoothly, safely, and efficiently, so clinicians can focus on what matters most—helping patients thrive.

This hands-on role allows you to take pride in providing first-class building maintenance services, tackling reactive, scheduled, and project-based tasks across our state-of-the-art clinics and offices.

At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.   

What you’ll bring:  

• Qualified in building maintenance (e.g., City & Guilds/NVQ)
• Basic plumbing or electrical certifications are desirable (but not essential)
• Solid understanding of all areas within building services
• Strong IT and communication skills for reporting tasks and managing systems
• Experience in office or healthcare settings is advantageous

Why HCA UK? 

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.   

We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Maintenance Engineer / Assistant you’ll be eligible for:

• For 40 hours full time contracts, 264 hours holiday each year (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you. This is pro-rata for part time contracts. 
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals Private pension contribution which increases with length of service 
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme 
• Group Life Assurance from day one 
• Critical illness cover 
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay 
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland 
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you 
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers 
• Access to wellbeing support tools, through our thrive 365 channels, onsite mental health first aiders, and free counselling up to 6 sessions per annum 
• Paid Indemnity 

How we can support your development: 

• As Doctor with us you’ll have access to a dedicated study budget and study leave for courses relevant to your specialty 
• We can also offer you access to a comprehensive learning academy where you can enrol on courses or Harvard Business Course case review forums  
• If you’d like to develop further, we’re able to offer grants and sponsorship for research, as well as funding for personal development through courses such as the ‘Executive Masters in Medical Leadership’ in partnership with Bayes Business School, or other courses such as MBA’s or PhDs 
• Should you wish, you can also work closely with globally recognised professors and medical mentors to help produce publications papers or research documents 

Culture and values:

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.  

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:  

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual 
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness 
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity 

Reasonable adjustments:

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them. 

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