Job requirements
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
General Lighting & Power systems
- Experience
Emergency lighting Systems
- Experience
Fire Alarm systems
- Experience
BMS system
- Skills and Attributes
Excellent communication skills. Willing to develop individual knowledge
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to work unsupervised
- Skills and Attributes
Current Full Driving licence
- Skills and Attributes
Highly motivated, enthusiastic, conscientious
- Skills and Attributes
Available to undertake overtime.
- Qualification and Knowledge
Completed an accredited electrical apprenticeship training course to a minimum level 3 vocational qualification or equivalent
- Qualification and Knowledge
High level of knowledge and understanding of electrical/mechanical services/systems and a working knowledge of other associated trades.
- Qualification and Knowledge
Familiarity with approved guidance documents
- Qualification and Knowledge
Ability to cover shift at short notice or cover periods of sickness & annual leave
Desirable
10 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Previous experience of working within the NHS.
- Skills and Attributes
Motivation skills
- Skills and Attributes
Experience in team leading
- Skills and Attributes
Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to work under pressure
- Skills and Attributes
Ability to work as part of a team
- Qualification and Knowledge
IEE wiring regulations
- Qualification and Knowledge
CSCS or ECS
- Qualification and Knowledge
Knowledge of Health Technical Memoranda
- Qualification and Knowledge
General awareness of other engineering maintenance related statutory legislation.
Job overview
Are you a qualified Electrician looking for a rewarding role where your skills directly support patient care?
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking a motivated and skilled Electrician to join our Estates and Facilities team.
You will play a vital role in maintaining essential electrical services across our healthcare sites, ensuring safe, reliable, and compliant environments for patients, visitors and colleagues.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a diverse and technically challenging healthcare environment, supporting a wide range of building services, engineering systems and critical infrastructure.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 5 Electrician, you will provide specialist electrical maintenance, fault finding, repair and installation services across Health Board premises.
Your work will include:
- Planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs
- Installation and maintenance of lighting and power systems
- Emergency lighting testing and maintenance
- Fire alarm testing and isolations
- Generator and battery testing
- Building Management Systems (BMS)
- Air Handling Units and associated plant
- Replacement of motors, pumps and electrical equipment
- Inspection, testing and certification in accordance with current regulations
- Supporting contractors and participating in site safety procedures
- Responding to emergency breakdowns and critical service failures
You will work on a range of industrial, commercial and domestic electrical systems and be expected to support the wider Estates service through a flexible, multi-skilled approach.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Electrical Craftsperson (Electrician) with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Abergavenny, Wales. It is listed as a Band 5 Electrician role. The advertised salary is £32,557 - £39,631 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 21 Oct 2026.
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