# Band 5 Senior Tradesperson (Electrical) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-5-senior-tradesperson-electrical/8c75921b-5fc9-44bc-b102-056b74bb951e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-5-senior-tradesperson-electrical/8c75921b-5fc9-44bc-b102-056b74bb951e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 to £39,043 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time, Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T13:22:14.009Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C0020-26-0775?employerCode=C0020 - **Application URL:** https://uhb.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/15040?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.uhb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary At University Hospitals Birmingham, our Estates teams have always understood a simple truth: patient safety starts with safe, well maintained buildings and facilities. Following a period of review, this role has been formally re evaluated and uplifted to Band 5, recognising the level of skill, responsibility and judgement required. This post is based at Solihull Hospital, a site with a genuine family feel, deeply connected to the community it serves. Here, the patients you support are often the people you know neighbours, friends, and family. Successful candidates will see first hand how their work directly impacts patient care, every single day. As one of around 35 multi skilled trade professionals, you will join a collaborative Estates team delivering services across inpatient areas, outpatients and theatres. We are committed to developing, training and retaining skills within our own teams, reducing reliance on external contractors and ensuring quality, value for money and long term sustainability. This role will appeal to experienced, qualified electricians who may not be driven purely by pay, but by purpose whether that is job security, trusted NHS benefits, a better work life balance, or the chance to give something back to the community they live in. Solihull Hospital offers a supportive, close knit working environment with the backing and security of the NHS. ### Main duties of the job You will undertake planned, reactive and emergency maintenance across a complex estate, ensuring electrical systems, plant and associated infrastructure are safe, compliant and fully operational. You will carry out inspection, testing, fault diagnosis, repair and commissioning of electrical installations and equipment in line with statutory legislation and Trust policies. Acting as a Competent Person, you will use approved isolation, permit to work and safe systems of work to ensure tasks are completed to a high standard. The role involves managing and prioritising workloads, responding to routine and urgent requests while minimising disruption to clinical services. You will provide day to day technical oversight and guidance to maintenance assistants, apprentices and contractors, ensuring quality, safety and professionalism. You will work both independently and as part of a wider multi trade team, contributing to service continuity through participation in the on call rota. Identifying risks, escalating defects and supporting continuous improvement are central to maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. You will benefit from 27 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays, rising to 33 with service, renowned pension, which includes life assurance and long term security for you. Combined with stable employment, development opportunities and the chance to make a real difference locally, Solihull is a place where people choose to build a long term career. ### About us University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role. ### Details - Date posted: 03 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 5 - Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working - Reference number: 15040 - Job locations: Solihull Hospital, Lode Ln, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 2JL, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ## Job Details At University Hospitals Birmingham, our Estates teams have always understood a simple truth: patient safety starts with safe, well maintained buildings and facilities. Following a period of review, this role has been formally re evaluated and uplifted to Band 5, recognising the level of skill, responsibility and judgement required. This post is based at Solihull Hospital, a site with a genuine family feel, deeply connected to the community it serves. Here, the patients you support are often the people you know neighbours, friends, and family. Successful candidates will see first hand how their work directly impacts patient care, every single day. As one of around 35 multi skilled trade professionals, you will join a collaborative Estates team delivering services across inpatient areas, outpatients and theatres. We are committed to developing, training and retaining skills within our own teams, reducing reliance on external contractors and ensuring quality, value for money and long term sustainability. This role will appeal to experienced, qualified electricians who may not be driven purely by pay, but by purpose whether that is job security, trusted NHS benefits, a better work life balance, or the chance to give something back to the community they live in. Solihull Hospital offers a supportive, close knit working environment with the backing and security of the NHS. ## Job Description You will undertake planned, reactive and emergency maintenance across a complex estate, ensuring electrical systems, plant and associated infrastructure are safe, compliant and fully operational. You will carry out inspection, testing, fault diagnosis, repair and commissioning of electrical installations and equipment in line with statutory legislation and Trust policies. Acting as a Competent Person, you will use approved isolation, permit to work and safe systems of work to ensure tasks are completed to a high standard. The role involves managing and prioritising workloads, responding to routine and urgent requests while minimising disruption to clinical services. You will provide day to day technical oversight and guidance to maintenance assistants, apprentices and contractors, ensuring quality, safety and professionalism. You will work both independently and as part of a wider multi trade team, contributing to service continuity through participation in the on call rota. Identifying risks, escalating defects and supporting continuous improvement are central to maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors. You will benefit from 27 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays, rising to 33 with service, renowned pension, which includes life assurance and long term security for you. Combined with stable employment, development opportunities and the chance to make a real difference locally, Solihull is a place where people choose to build a long term career. ## Responsibilities *Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in a complex low voltage - distribution systems and equipment - * Completion of a registered apprenticeship or - structured training program in Electrical - Engineering - * Training site experience - * Electrical trouble shooting and fault finding **Desirable** - Experience of working in an acute - Hospital environment or similar - demanding role - * Motors and control systems - * Variable Frequency Drives - * Solar PV systems - * HVAC Controls/ BMS - * Smart lighting systems - * Be multi skilled to make safe - Mechanical/Electrical/Fabric - Systems ### Qualifications **Essential** - Basic education to GCSE/'O' Level in Maths - and English or post-Secondary Education - training in a relevant field - * NVQ Level 3 in a relevant Electrical - Engineering or Building Services Engineering - Discipline or BTEC/ONC in Electrical - Engineering or Building Services Engineering - or City & Guilds of London Institute - Certificate in either of the following - Course 232 in Electrical and Electronic Craft - Studies, Part 2 (232-2). - Course 236 in Electrical Installation Work, - Part 2 (236-2). ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - Available for undertaking overtime - * Available for potential future shift working - * Physically demanding role requiring manual - handling of loads, extremes of temperature - and the ability to work at heights or in - confined spaces - * Appreciation of their own limitations **Desirable** - * Valid Driving licence ## Documents - [Tradesperson (Electrical) B4 JDPS.pdf (PDF, 406 KB)](document:2945438) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.