Maintenance Engineer Electrical Technician

Transformationunitgm; Poole; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Maintenance Engineer Electrical Technician in Poole. This permanent role involves providing comprehensive maintenance, repair, and installation services within an esteemed healthcare environment. The position offers opportunities for overtime and a supportive work culture that values diversity and inclusivity.

Benefits

27 days holiday

Voluntary pension scheme

Opportunities for overtime

Qualifications

• Must have served a recognised Electrical/Mechanical apprenticeship.
• HNC level or City and Guilds plus relevant post qualification experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance, repair and installation services across the Trust.
• Participate in an emergency on-call rota and manage complex engineering tasks.

Skills

Problem Solving

Good organisational skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

CITB/EITB Apprenticeship

BTEC/HNC/HND in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Main area Estates Decontamination Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Call Out Rota Participation) Job ref 153-CO04088-D

Employer University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Poole Hospital Town Poole Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pa (Local RRP £3,277 pa, plus approx £1,000 pa on-call retainer) Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2025 23:59

Maintenance Engineer Electrical Technician

Band 5

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

The Estates Department provides a comprehensive maintenance, repair and installation service of the buildings, grounds, engineering services and associated equipment throughout the Trust.

You must have served a recognised Electrical/Mechanical apprenticeship and gained a wide experience in building engineering services and plant maintenance with a BTEC HNC level or City and Guilds plus relevant post apprenticeship training or equivalent experience.

You must hold a current UK driving licence and reside within half an hour normal travel time to fulfil on-call duties.

The role is Monday – Friday with participation in an emergency on-call rota plus opportunities for overtime and weekend working.

Salary - Band 5 plus local RRP (£3,277 pa), with an approximate £1,000 pa on-call retainer, overtime, 27 days holiday & voluntary pension scheme.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

This post is part of the Strategy & Transformation Directorate that University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust may transfer to an NHS ‘wholly owned subsidiary’; the proposed date of transfer is October 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing, expanding, organisation with a strong commitment to NHS values and putting patients first. The NHS wholly owned subsidiary will continue to offer NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions to current employees who transfer in October as well as to new employees recruited after that date.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person specification

Other

• Full U.K driving licence.

Qualifications

• CITB/EITB Apprenticeship or other approved training.
• A National Qualification Framework NQF achievement to level 4 or above, e.g., BTEC/HNC/HND/LCGI or equivalent.
• Authorised/Responsible Person in one or more of the following specialism’s:- o LV Electrical Systems o HV Electrical Systems o Heating and Ventilation Systems o Steam Systems o Decontamination o Safe Water Systems o Medical Gas Pipeline Systems (MGPS) o Natural Gas Supplies o Confined Spaces

Experience

• Extensive knowledge of the electrical and/or mechanical and/or plumbing systems in NHS premises.
• In depth knowledge of all relevant legislation and technical guidance
• In depth knowledge of all relevant Health Technical Memorandum’s (HTM’s)
• Significant experience working in a complex engineering/ building environment
• Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources

Skills

• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships;
• A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
• Good organisational skills
• To be flexible and multi skilled to ensure the priorities of the service can be met.
• Able to work using own initiative and as part of a team

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

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