Electrical Craftsperson | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking a motivated Maintenance Electrician to join their Estates team. The role involves providing operational maintenance services, ensuring compliance with regulations, and performing both planned and reactive maintenance. Candidates should have an apprenticeship in electrical services and relevant experience in a complex environment. This position includes participation in an emergency on-call rota. The organization values excellence and inclusion in service delivery and employee experience.

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience in a complex building services environment.
• Ability to maintain and repair electrical generators and refrigeration equipment.
• Participation in the Estates emergency on-call rota.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational maintenance services throughout the Trust.
• Ensure compliance with statutory maintenance works.
• Coordinate with electrical contractors for service delivery.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Planned preventative maintenance

Reactive maintenance

Ability to work independently

Education

Recognised building services electrical apprenticeship or equivalent

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.

The postholder 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 withinthe 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.

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 we are WeCare values and behaviours 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.

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.

This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Dec 2025.