Band 7 Electrical & Engineering Manager

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust seeks an Electrical Estates Manager to oversee commissioning, operation and maintenance of LV/HV electrical systems across its estate. The role focuses on safe, compliant electrical services and broader mechanical/building support within a large NHS portfolio.

The post requires HTM knowledge, project and team leadership, and a proactive approach to health and safety, ensuring delivery within regulatory and financial frameworks.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree Level with electrical engineering qualification.
• HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Building Services.
• Apprenticeship with City & Guilds or equivalent electrical qualification.
• HTM 06-01 qualification.
• Experience managing a large estate operations including building services.
• Knowledge of mechanical building services and heat pumps.
• First aid qualification.
• Experience managing small to medium building and engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide Electrical expert knowledge on LV and HV installations.
• Provide expert building service knowledge such as Heat Pumps and Solar Power.
• Ensure the Trust is compliant with statutory and regulatory estates requirements.
• Provide Electrical and Engineering technical advice on estates matters including building services.
• Develop health and safety practices, risk assessment, safe work procedures and permits to work.
• Support strategic planning of the services and resource planning for future needs.
• Fulfil HTM authorised person role for LV/HV electrical systems.
• Collaborate with Authorising Engineers to ensure HTM compliance.
• Familiarise with HTM guidance on medical gases, ventilation, water safety, and decontamination services.

Skills

Electrical engineering knowledge

HTM compliance knowledge

Leadership / management

Health and safety knowledge

Building services understanding

Education

Degree level in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Building Services

Time Served Apprenticeship (City & Guilds)

HTM 06-01 qualification

First aid qualification

Job description

The post holder will be responsible for providing effective, Electrical & Engineering Estates Management services to the Birmingham Community Health Care portfolio. Ensuring that the Trust operates within all relevant regulatory, advisory, compliance, financial and service delivery frameworks. They shall co-ordinate the day-to-day planning and delivery of Electrical and Mechanical operational and maintenance functions, primarily but not exclusively for engineering, services, and buildings. This will involve the management of the in-house maintenance team and specialist contractors or service providers that the department relies upon to provide a maintenance service.

Whilst the primary task will be Electrical work, the post holder must have a flexible approach to a range of mechanical and building maintenance service operations.

Main duties of the job

Provide Electrical expert knowledge on the operation and design of Low Voltage (LV) and High Voltage (HV) installations.o Provide expert building service knowledge such as Heat Pumps and Solar Power etc.o Provide assurance that the Trust is compliant with its statutory and regulatory estates requirements.o Provide Electrical and Engineering Technical advice to the Trust on Estates related matters but also covering a range of engineering and building services.o Develop further the departments existing good practices in Health and Safety, including risk assessment, safe work procedures, staff competencies and Healthcare Technical Memorandum (HTM) compliant permits to work.o Support the Head of Estates and Estates and Compliance Manager and wider department in the strategic planning of the services, identifying resource requirements to ensure that future service needs are met.o Fulfil the role of HTM authorised person for key services- Electrical Low voltage systems 06-02, High voltage systems 06-03 and be fully conversant with HTM 06-01 Electrical services supply and distribution.o Collaborate closely with the Authorising Engineers for HV-LV works to ensure the Trust is complaint with HTM 06-02 and HTM 06-3o Be familiar with all other Healthcare technical memorandum guidance documents such as medical gases, ventilation, water safety, pressure systems and decontamination services.

About us

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Job responsibilities

See Job description and Person Specification

Whilst the primary task will be Electrical work, the post holder must have a flexible approach to a range of mechanical maintenance service operations.

Other job requirements

• Driver, holding a valid UK driving licence.
• Good Knowledge of personal responsibilities under Health and Safety requirements and legislation
• Use of personal vehicle to carry out day to day and on call duties.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree Level, HNC/ HND in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Building services.
• Time Served Apprenticeship in City and Guilds practical training certificate as approved electrician or equivalent electrical services related technical qualification
• Qualifications in Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) 06-01
• Extensive experience in a management position of the operational management of a large Estate, to include building fabric, building services and associated engineering systems and equipment.
• Knowledge of Mechanical Building Services
• Knowledge of Air Sourced Heat Pumps
• Qualifications in 1st aid
• Experience of managing small to medium building and engineering projects

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£49,387 to £56,515 a yearper annum (pro rata)