Hospital Maintenance Lead Engineer | On-Call & Impact

Circle Health Group Limited – Monthly; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private Pension Scheme

Private Healthcare Scheme

Staff discounts and wellbeing support

Job summary

Circle Health Group’s Beardwood Hospital is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the Maintenance Department. This full-time, 37.5-hour role requires flexible shifts and offers a salary up to £46,000 per year, dependent on experience and qualifications.

The position involves leading maintenance activities, managing budgets, and driving health, safety and energy initiatives across hospital facilities within the Circle Health Group network.

Qualifications

• City & Guilds Part 3, HNC, or NVQ Level 4 in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• CSCS/ECS card (if electrically qualified) at the appropriate level.
• Experience in engineering maintenance, ideally within a hospital or similar critical services environment.
• Experience in team leadership and performance management.
• Comprehensive understanding of health and safety legislation, including risk management, fire safety, and Legionella prevention.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering maintenance and breakdown support to the hospital.
• Manage and report RM budgets and comment where appropriate.
• Oversee environment and energy reduction initiatives.
• Offer technical, health, safety and environmental support to EDs and hospital managers.
• Develop tools with senior leadership to operate facilities to required standards.
• Coordinate with Regional Engineering Manager and Hospital Operations Manager.
• Cover cluster sites for on-call requirements.
• Attend regional/cluster meetings and training courses.

Skills

Team leadership

Fault finding

Health & safety

Budget management

Education

City & Guilds Part 3, HNC, or NVQ Level 4 in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CSCS/ECS card

Job description

Circle Health Group’s Beardwood Hospital is seeking a Lead Engineer to join the Maintenance Department. This full-time, 37.5-hour role requires flexible shifts and offers a salary up to £46,000 per year, dependent on experience and qualifications.

The position involves leading maintenance activities, managing budgets, and driving health, safety and energy initiatives across hospital facilities within the Circle Health Group network.