Senior Technician

Senior Technician

Location: Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, DG2 8PS

Salary: £43,000 - £50,000 plus excellent benefits

Schedule: Full-time, 8am-4pm Monday- Friday and on-call rota, typically one week in six (additional allowance paid of £2790)

Ready to impact a better future?

Serco is seeking an experienced Senior Technician to join the Hard FM team at Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated engineering professional to help lead the delivery of critical maintenance services within a busy healthcare environment.

About the Role

Reporting to the Site Engineer, you will supervise a multi-skilled maintenance workforce delivering reactive and planned maintenance, minor works, and project activities across the hospital estate. You will play a key role in ensuring statutory compliance, maintaining critical engineering systems, and supporting the safe operation of hospital services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise maintenance teams and contractors.
• Manage planned preventative maintenance and reactive works.
• Support the safe operation of critical electrical and mechanical systems.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and statutory requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues and stakeholders.
• Participate in the management on-call rota.
• Assist with the delivery of improvement and refurbishment projects.  

About You

We are looking for a qualified engineering professional with:

• HNC/HND, apprenticeship, NVQ, City & Guilds, or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Experience in mechanical, electrical, or building services maintenance.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety and safe systems of work.
• Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and safety-critical environment.  

What You'll Bring

You will be a proactive leader who can prioritise workloads, support colleagues, and maintain high standards of service delivery while ensuring a safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. Healthcare experience would be advantageous but is not essential for candidates with transferable engineering and leadership skills.

What we offer

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (we currently offer over 60 different apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Our employee networks support connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including veterans, LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

A little bit about us:
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.

Our inclusive recruitment commitment:
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).

For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.