Job summary
As part of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare Trust collaborative working strategy an exciting opportunity has become available for you to join our Operational Estates Team.
Our organisation is looking to recruit 2 experienced Electrical biased - Worker Specialist to be a part of Cannock Chase Hospital Estates Team delivering planned and reactive maintenance services across the hospital site within a small, dedicated Estates Team.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be motivated, forward thinking, and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about delivering a first class, efficient and quality service and have a good grounding in Building Services engineering.
They will demonstrate highly developed physical and technical skills and a keen willingness to learn and develop new skills particularly associated with building controls, Low-Voltage systems (Lighting & Power) Generators, emergency lighting systems, Fire Alarm systems, UPS/IPS systems, Lifts BMS systems, HVAC, and critical alarms. successful applicants will be able to repair complex faults on a wide range of systems and facilitate such works having freedom to prioritise activity to maximise performance.
They will be a team player and capable of managing works acting as responsible/approved person for the issue of Permit to Work (PTW) documentation etc. ensuring necessary procedural documentation is always in place. They should have good communication skills and be able to communicate effectively at the appropriate level.
Note - It is expected as part of the role that from time to time there will be a requirement for overtime to carry out PPMs & breakdowns and staff may have to participate in on call arrangements.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full list of duties and responsibilites in the full job descrption and personal specification.
Person Specification
Application & Interview
Essential
- Needs to hold qualification to NVQ level 3 or above in appropriate engineering course/achieved Grades
- Have experience & knowledge of working across building services (M&E services)
- Substantial experience
- Good working knowledge of BS7671 Requirement for Electrical Installations
- Experieince working on Fire Alarm and Emergency Lighting Systems
- Fault diagnosis experience across range of M&E services
- Able to carry out Electrical Installations & testing to BS7671 requirements
Desirable
- ONC/HNC in building services, Mechanical Engineering, or electrical engineering
- Good understanding of Trend, Schneider or similar BMS systems
- Have good understanding of Motors & controls
- Has worked on critical alarm systems such as DRAX
- Has CP status for Ventilation equipment
- Has LV CP/AP status for Electrical Systems
- Confined space training (CS1)
- Knowledge of L8 Control of legionella
- Asbestos awareness course
- Experience & knowledge of working on generators and UPS/IPS systems.
- Has experience working on Nurse call and intercom systems
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
Employer details
Employer name
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address
Cannock Chase Hospital
Brunswick Road
Cannock
WS11 5XY