Electrical Craftsperson

Overview

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. Barts Health NHS Trust is looking to recruit a highly motivated and flexible Maintenance Electrician to join Barts Health NHS Trust's multi-skilled Estates team at the 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 recognized building services electrical apprenticeship or equivalent and have post-qualification experience within 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.
• Undertaking duties of a Competent Person (CP) in accordance with the relevant NHS HTM Guidance.
• Maintenance and repair of electrical generators, refrigeration equipment, electrical distribution systems, air conditioning, and air handling plants.

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 will liaise and coordinate directly with electrical contractors in the day-to-day running of the Estates service delivery within the Mile End Hospital and/or Royal London Hospital Retained Estates within Barts Health Estates & Facilities Services.

Under the 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. Responsibilities include:

• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
• Reactive Maintenance (RM)
• Minor works
• Major overhauls and replacements

In addition, the Electrical Craftsperson will be required to be a self-starter who is able to work on their 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 Barts Health NHS Trust's improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organization with a world-class clinical reputation.

Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, Barts Health NHS Trust now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which Barts Health NHS Trust is continually striving to improve all Barts Health NHS Trust's services for patients. Barts Health NHS Trust's vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to Barts Health NHS Trust's 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 Barts Health NHS Trust's WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide Barts Health NHS Trust in how Barts Health NHS Trust work together.

Barts Health NHS Trust strive to live by Barts Health NHS Trust's WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. Barts Health NHS Trust value Barts Health NHS Trust's 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.