Maintenance Technician - Electrical

NHS Property Services Ltd; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare facilities provider in Wokingham is looking for a full-time Maintenance Technician - Electrical. You will be responsible for delivering maintenance services, ensuring compliance with regulations, and conducting fault finding. The role offers a starting salary from £39,000 with benefits like a company van and on-call allowance.

Benefits

Company van and tools provided

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Training and development opportunities

NHS Bluelight discounts

Qualifications

• BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training.
• Formal apprenticeship or craft trained as Approved Electrician.
• Full UK Driving License.

Responsibilities

• Deliver scheduled maintenance services directed by the PPM planner.
• Conduct fault finding and minor repairs.
• Maintain compliance with Health and Safety Policies.

Skills

Technical acumen

Fault finding

Communication skills

Education

Level 3 NVQ in Electrical Install or Maintenance

City & Guilds (18th edition)

Tools

Technological devices

Maintenance tools

Job description

The key function is to support NHS Property Services in delivering building services maintenance and repairs across the NHS to ensure buildings are maintained to the highest standards and to provide a safe and secure environment for visitors, customers, and employees.

Overview

We are part of the NHS family with 6,000 professionals supporting over 3,000 healthcare properties across England. Our purpose is to enable excellent patient care by being the best property and facilities provider to the NHS. We own and run properties ranging from listed buildings and former workhouses to award-winning, state-of-the-art integrated health campuses. Our services include estate strategy, property management, facilities management, property development and construction project management. We help support millions of patients and NHS colleagues in collaboration with 7,000 customers including Integrated Care Systems, health providers, and charities.

Main duties of the job

Ensure compliance in line with all processes, procedures and policies that meet organisational standards/requirements, including Health & Safety Policy, HTMs (Health Technical Memoranda) and SFG20. Implement new or revised policies within own work areas. Deliver planned and reactive maintenance services from the PPM planner, ensuring that operational standards are maintained at all times. Duties may include fault finding, minor repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment within critical environments. Assess problems to determine the best course of action, including complex technical issues. Maintain effective site log books at all NHS premises, ensuring they are completed in a timely and accurate manner.

Job responsibilities

We have a great opportunity for a Maintenance Technician - Electrical based in Wokingham (Wokingham Hospital, 41 Barkham Road). This is a full-time, permanent role working 37.5 hours per week. It is a mobile role covering Basingstoke & West Berkshire. The starting salary is from £39,000 (depending on experience) plus on-call allowance.

Requirements for the role:

• Qualifications - at least one of the following:
• BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training
• Level 3 NVQ or equivalent in Electrical Install or Electrical Maintenance
• Formal apprenticeship or craft trained and registered Approved Electrician
• City & Guilds (18th edition) or current qualification to the latest standard of BS 7671
• Full UK Driving License

Additional requirements:

• Driving licence is essential
• Comfortable using technological devices to log jobs
• On-Call availability
• Desirable to have industry experience
• Ability to work alone and/or as part of a wider team; collaborate with other Technical Disciplines

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure compliance with NHSPS Health, Safety & Wellbeing Policies, NHSPS Technical Guidance, processes and procedures, statutory regulations, and HTMs
• Implement new or revised practices and policies within own work areas
• Deliver scheduled, reactive and remedial maintenance services as directed by the PPM planner (CAFM), helpdesk or Technical Services Supervisor
• Fault finding, minor repairs or installations and maintaining services and equipment in critical environments
• Ability to assess problems to determine the best course of action and communicate technical information to stakeholders

Benefits

• On-Call allowance (rota dependent)
• Company van and tools provided
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Access to group personal pension plan with company contributions up to 6%
• Training and development opportunities
• NHS Bluelight discounts

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BTEC City & Guilds plus relevant experience and training
• Level 3 NVQ or equivalent in Electrical Install or Electrical Maintenance
• Formal apprenticeship or craft trained and registered Approved Electrician
• Current qualification to the latest standard of BS 7671 City & Guilds
• Full UK Driving License

Experience

• Previous experience working within a buildings maintenance environment
• Experience working with method statements or permit to work
• Experience maintaining services to SFG20

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the DBS will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.