Band 7 Electrical & Engineering Manager
Birmingham-Community-Healthcare-Nhs-Foundation-Trust
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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Band 8b/8a equivalent Estates Manager to deliver Electrical & Engineering Estates Management across the BCHC portfolio. You will oversee in-house maintenance teams and contractors, ensuring HTM compliance and safe operation of building services.
The post requires degree-level electrical engineering qualifications, HTM 06-01, and substantial estate management experience within healthcare.
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
Responsibilities
- Provide Electrical expert knowledge on the operation and design of Low Voltage (LV) and High Voltage (HV) installations.
- Provide expert building service knowledge such as Heat Pumps and Solar Power etc.
- Provide assurance that the Trust is compliant with its statutory and regulatory estates requirements.
- Provide Electrical and Engineering Technical advice to the Trust on Estates related matters but also covering a range of engineering and building services.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Collaborate closely with the Authorising Engineers for HV-LV works to ensure the Trust is complaint with HTM 06-02 and HTM 06-3
- Be familiar with all other Healthcare technical memorandum guidance documents such as medical gases, ventilation, water safety, pressure systems and decontamination services.
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Job description
Community services are a key part of the NHS of the future. Be partofthat future now.Join us and help achieve better care andhealthier communities.
Main area Estates Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent: On call and occasional overtime Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 820-8113845-COR-A
Site Moseley Hall Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59
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.
- Provide Electrical expert knowledge on the operation and design of Low Voltage (LV) and High Voltage (HV) installations.
- Provide expert building service knowledge such as Heat Pumps and Solar Power etc.
- Provide assurance that the Trust is compliant with its statutory and regulatory estates requirements.
- Provide Electrical and Engineering Technical advice to the Trust on Estates related matters but also covering a range of engineering and building services.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Collaborate closely with the Authorising Engineers for HV-LV works to ensure the Trust is complaint with HTM 06-02 and HTM 06-3
- Be familiar with all other Healthcare technical memorandum guidance documents such as medical gases, ventilation, water safety, pressure systems and decontamination services.
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.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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.
- 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.
- 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
In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.
Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 6) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link , will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.
All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 7 - 9) that meet the prescribed skill level (RQF 6) and salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.
The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification.
As part of our ongoing commitment to being a Great Place to Work, we actively foster and support a workplace culture that is inclusive and equitable for all staff, patients and service users.
We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with diverse abilities, experiences, and perspectives.
We are also dedicated to supporting the career progression of colleagues from underrepresented backgrounds into this role and more senior roles within the Division and the wider organisation.
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances.
In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics.
As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities.
Selection will be on the basis of merit.
In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with the Trust will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary in 3 payments over a 3-month period once you start employment. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to these deductions being made. The charges for the DBS include the administration fee. The total costs are £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for. For bank Workers the full cost of the DBS check (as detailed above) will be deducted from your pay following completion of your online mandatory training. No payment will be made for your online training until it is all complete and verified by the Temporary Staffing Team. Please note: You will not be able to work any bank shifts until you have completed your mandatory training, and your DBS is in place.
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
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- Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
- Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
- Discounts for local and national retailers
- Dedicated well-being services for all employees
- Flexible working where possible
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Philip Budd Job title Head of Estates Email address philip.budd@nhs.net Telephone number 0121 466 6440 Additional information
Please contact Philip Budd for further information
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust
3, Priestley Wharf
Holt Street
Birmingham Science Park
B7 4BN
Office hours: Monday to Friday: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm
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