Electrical Engineer

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & benefits

Virtual GP for you & household

Salary Finance options

Holiday purchase options

Discounts on tech & retail

Cycle-to-work scheme

Pension enhancements

Job summary

Mitie is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the team at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) in Coventry. You will deliver high-quality maintenance across electrical systems, ensuring compliance and safe operation, supporting patient care and hospital operations.

The role requires proven maintenance and fault-finding experience, strong safety practices, and good IT skills with CMMS. A fantastic NHS environment and diverse training opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Level 3 City & Guilds Electrical Installation or equivalent.
• NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation completed.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671) qualification or equivalent.
• Proven electrical maintenance and fault-finding experience.
• Strong health and safety knowledge and safe systems of work.
• Good IT skills and experience with maintenance management systems.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive electrical repairs.
• Undertake electrical testing, inspections, fault finding, and certification works.
• Perform electrical safety checks and Portable Appliance Testing (PAT).
• Ensure compliance with current legislation, health and safety regulations, and industry best practices.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical faults efficiently, minimising disruption to hospital services.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and documentation using computerised management systems.
• Support the continuous improvement of maintenance programmes through proactive inspections and monitoring.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, contractors, and hospital stakeholders to deliver excellent customer service.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Fault finding

Health & safety

IT systems

Customer service

Communication

Education

City & Guilds Level 3 Electrical Installation

NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation

18th Edition (BS 7671)

Tools

CMMS/Maintenance management systems

Job description

Electrical Engineer

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Mitie | University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW)

Coventry, CV2 2DX

Full Time – 40 Hours Per Week

We are currently seeking a dedicated and skilled Electrical Engineer to join our team at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW). This is an excellent opportunity to work within a critical healthcare environment where your expertise will directly support patient care, staff wellbeing, and hospital operations.

As part of our engineering team, you will deliver high-quality maintenance services, ensure compliance with statutory requirements, and contribute to the safe and efficient operation of electrical systems across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive electrical repairs.
• Undertake electrical testing, inspections, fault finding, and certification works.
• Perform electrical safety checks and Portable Appliance Testing (PAT).
• Ensure compliance with current legislation, health and safety regulations, and industry best practices.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical faults efficiently, minimising disruption to hospital services.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and documentation using computerised management systems.
• Support the continuous improvement of maintenance programmes through proactive inspections and monitoring.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, contractors, and hospital stakeholders to deliver excellent customer service.

What We're Looking For

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Level 3 City & Guilds Electrical Installation, NVQ Level 3 Electrical Installation, or equivalent.
• AM2 Certification.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671).
• Proven experience in electrical maintenance and fault finding.
• Strong understanding of health and safety procedures and safe systems of work.
• Good IT skills and experience using maintenance management systems.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.

Desirable

• Experience working within healthcare, commercial, or critical infrastructure environments.
• Inspection and Testing qualification (City & Guilds 2391 or equivalent).
• Experience within Facilities Management or building services maintenance.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Access to a Virtual GP for you and your household
• Financial wellbeing support through Salary Finance, including competitive loans and early wage access

Flexible Employee Benefits Through Choices, Including

• Additional holiday purchase options
• Dental and healthcare plans
• Technology and retail discounts
• Lifestyle and wellbeing benefits

• Ongoing training, development, and career progression opportunities
• Opportunity to work within one of the region's leading NHS Trusts

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Christian Kalugin at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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