Electrical Craftsperson

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a motivated Maintenance Electrician to join the Estates team. Responsibilities include electrical servicing and compliance with regulations in hospital environments. Candidates should hold relevant electrical qualifications and have experience in building maintenance. The role involves working independently and participating in emergency on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Served an apprenticeship to a certified and recognised qualification.
• Experience in building maintenance and systems.
• Good working knowledge of Health & Safety principles within electrical engineering.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for electrical craftsperson duties in maintenance team.
• Ensure all buildings and equipment are electrically maintained.
• Participate in emergency on-call rota for the Trust.

Skills

Experience undertaking planned and reactive work

In-depth experience of healthcare electrical building services

Ability to follow detailed engineering/electrical drawings

Education

Qualified C&G 18th Edition Certificate

C&G 2391 Level 3 Certificate in Inspection, Testing and Certification

Recognised mechanical or building services City & Guild/NVQ level 2/3

Job description

The Estates Hard FM Team is responsible for the day to day repairs, PPM and operational testing for a wide range of building services and equipment located in the Trust.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and flexible Maintenance Electrician to join our multi-Skilled Estates team at Mile End Hospital site providing operational maintenance services throughout the Trust and its associated properties and sites.

You will be a keen team member with a recognised building services electrical apprenticeship or equivalent and have post qualification experience with in a complex building services environment. Duties will include statutory maintenance works as instructed to ensure compliance with current HTM's, Electrical Regulations, ACOP's and Trust policies.

To undertake duties of a Competent Person (CP) in accordance with the relevant NHS HTM Guidance.

Also to maintain and repair of Electrical Generators, refrigeration equipment, electrical distribution systems, air conditioning, air handling plant etc..

Applicants should have a good all round ability and be capable of working on their own initiative to undertake planned preventative and reactive maintenance and specialist engineering duties.

This position will require you to participate in the Estates emergency on-call rota which includes out of hours working at all Barts Health Trust sites.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible as the electrical craftsperson within the in-house electrical maintenance team and to liaise and or coordinate directly with electrical contractors in the day to day running of the Estates service delivery within the Mile End Hospital and or Royal London Hospital Retained Estates within Barts Health Estates & Facilities Services.

Under direction of the Senior Electrical Craftsperson, Estates Supervisor and or Estates Manager ensure all buildings; plant and equipment are electrically serviced and maintained throughout Mile End Hospital and or Royal London Hospital Retained Estate in accordance with Statutory & Mandatory requirements in a timely manner. Including Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and Reactive Maintenance (RM), minor works, major overhauls and replacement. In addition, the Electrical Craftsperson will be required to be a self-starter who is able to work on his/her own initiative.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To have served a recognised mechanical or any other building services City & Guild/NVQ level 2/3 standard or equivalent apprenticeship or other training to a certified and recognised qualification.
• Qualified C&G 18th Edition Certificate Requirements. As defined by the latest edition of the Electrical Safety Code for Low Voltage Systems for Competent Person (CP).
• C&G 2391 Level 3 Certificate in Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations.

Experience

• Experience of lone working.
• Experience of undertaking planned and reactive work
• Experience of building maintenance and systems.
• Experience to follow detailed engineering/electrical drawings and specification.
• In depth experience of healthcare electrical building services and to lead on the maintenance of the electrical team.
• Experience of successfully working with an electrical team and contractors to meet agreed outcomes.
• Experience of working on specialist hospital equipment.

Knowledge

• A good working knowledge of Health & Safety principles within electrical engineering and building systems.
• Knowledge of electrical maintenance to meet relevant HTM 06.01 and HTM 06.02 standards
• Knowledge of building & engineering materials and methods.
• Detailed working knowledge of preventative and reactive electrical maintenance and associated HTM.
• Knowledge of information systems for the management of maintenance activity (Concept CAFM System).
• A good understanding of Health and Safety Legislation.

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.