Carpenter
About this role
Carpenter
Location: Great Western Hospital, Swindon, United Kingdom (SN3 6BB)
Job ID: 307887
Employment Type: Fixed-Term Contract (6 months)
Schedule: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM alternating shift pattern)
Salary: £16.41 per hour + excellent benefits
About Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency
At Supportive Bridge, we connect skilled trades professionals with critical public-sector careers. Partnering with leading healthcare facility providers, we specialize in placing candidates into stable, hands-on roles where your technical expertise helps maintain safe, resilient environments that directly support patient care.
Role Overview
As a Carpenter within our healthcare team at Great Western Hospital, you will play a hands-on role in maintaining the building fabric that keeps essential hospital operations running safely and smoothly. Your work ensures that patients, visitors, and medical staff experience safe, well-maintained spaces every day.
Key Responsibilities:
Reactive & Planned Maintenance: Carry out reactive repairs, fault-finding, servicing, and Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) across a wide range of hospital plant, equipment, and building services.
Specialist Carpentry: Safely operate carpentry tools and electrical saws to execute building repairs and support general property upkeep.
Fire Safety: Undertake essential fire door maintenance, inspections, and fire-stopping tasks.
Compliance & Safety: Work in line with strict workplace regulations, adhere to safety guidelines, use required PPE, and proactively contribute to health and safety reviews.
General Support: Assist with painting and decorating tasks as needed, communicate outstanding defects to management, and undertake Authorised Person duties (such as working at heights or in confined spaces) once trained.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a qualified, experienced tradesperson who takes pride in quality craftsmanship and understands the unique demands of working within a live hospital environment.
Requirements:
Qualifications: Completion of a recognised Carpentry Apprenticeship or structured training programme, alongside a City & Guilds and/or BTEC certification.
Experience: Proven professional experience working in a similar maintenance or facilities environment.
Knowledge: Sound understanding of building services and general property maintenance.
Core Skills: Strong communication, customer service skills, and a dedication to safety and reliability.
Vetting Readiness: Prepared to pass an Enhanced DBS check and complete an occupational health questionnaire.
What We Offer You
Competitive Pay: £16.41 per hour with regular salary reviews.
Leave & Pension: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, alongside up to a 6% matched contributory pension scheme.
Training & Development: Access to over 1,100 internal courses, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentorship, and clear internal career progression.
Health & Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA Anytime Healthline, Simplyhealth cash plans, a wellbeing app, and 30% off at managed leisure centres.
Perks & Community: Around 1,000 retail discounts, a paid volunteering day, payroll-giving charity options, and dedicated employee inclusion networks.
Our Recruitment Process & Equal Opportunities
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with unspent convictions who meet the minimum job criteria are guaranteed an interview.
Ban the Box: We support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions (subject to security clearance requirements). Reasonable adjustments are fully supported from interview through employment.