About this role
Job summary
The successful applicant will be accountable for first-line day-to-day management for Electrical engineering services, providing an efficient, effective and patient focused maintenance and repair service. An electrical background is essential.
The successful candidate will have good computer literacy skills to assign and manage Planned Preventive Maintenance via digital management application (Micad).
Previous experience of working in the NHS or in a similar organisation would be beneficial and preferably with experience of management development and formal Health and Safety training.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for an engineering and building maintenance section of the Trust, which includes first-line day-to-day management responsibility for providing an efficient, effective and patient focused maintenance and repair service, within the allocated budgets, using Directly Employed Labour (DEL) and Contractors, who together are involved in the upkeep of the buildings, engineering systems, roadways, footpaths and grounds at the designated site(s).
About us
Our Poppy's Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team -- clinical or non-clinical -- plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values -- ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the roles and responsibilites, please see the attached document entitles "Candidate Job pack"
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree and specialist training or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through City and Guilds Engineering courses, with demonstrable supplementary technical and management experience.
- Accredited Health and Safety training e.g. NEBOSH certificate, IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent.
Desirable
- Attained or working towards Chartered Status or membership of a professional institution, such as IHEEM
- Certificate/Diploma in Management studies or equivalent.
Knowledge, Behaviours & Experience
Essential
- Operational maintenance management in a complex organisation to meet statutory H&S standards.
- Extensive experience of managing building and engineering maintenance staff, plus Contractors.
- Conversant with methods of maintenance works and services procurement and contract management.
- Committed to continuous management and/or professional development e.g. Authorised Person training to develop competence in areas such as Electrical/Water Safety.
- Budgetary control of an Estates operations budget.
Desirable
- Experience of managing hospital engineering systems in healthcare premises, and HTM requirements.
- Significant experience of managing organisational change and service improvement in a Trade Unionised environment.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Mytton Oak Road
Shrewsbury
SY3 8XQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)