Job summary

Join Our Estates Team and Help Keep Vital NHS Services Running

Are you an experienced Electrical Maintenance Technician looking to take the next step into a leadership role?

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a skilled and motivated Electrical Maintenance Technician / Team Leader to join our Estates & Facilities team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical role in maintaining the complex infrastructure that supports patient care across our hospitals and community sites.

This position also qualifies for Recruitment and Retention Payment of £3500 per year.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of our Estates service, you will lead a team of electrical craftspeople while undertaking planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, fault finding, installations and improvement projects across a diverse healthcare estate.What You'll Be Doing

• Leading and supporting a team of electrical maintenance craftspeople.
• Carrying out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance on electrical systems and associated engineering plant.
• Diagnosing and resolving faults on complex LV and HV electrical systems, generators, switchgear and other critical infrastructure.
• Supporting minor works, capital projects and service improvements.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs) and Trust policies.
• Supervising contractors and assisting with Permit to Work processes.
• Supporting apprentices and developing team capability through coaching and mentoring.
• Participating in the on-call rota to provide emergency support outside normal working hours.

If you're a highly skilled electrical professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about maintaining essential services that support patient care, we'd love to hear from you.

About us

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts.We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and person specification for more information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Completed time served Recognised apprenticeship preferably indentured of at least 4 years

Desirable

• National Diploma in relevant Electrical Engineering discipline
• Test and Inspect
• Authorised person for LV, HV OR equivalent previous treade knowledge and experience

Experience

Essential

• Previous Electrical Engineer experience within a large organisation

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Please refer to the attached JD for more information