Engineering Support Officer

Job overview

The role of the Engineering Support Officer is to support the Building, Engineering & Maintenance department, in close co-operation with other senior estates engineering staff.

This role will encompass the day-to-day management of the Estates assets and planned preventative maintenance within the CAFM system (currently MRI).

Support with mobile phones, radios and IT related issues throughout the department.

The role will entail training of estates staff on FSI Go.

Main duties of the job

Provide technical and administrative support to the hospital engineers including providing formal minutes of meetings and circulating meeting documents to attendees.

Work with and monitor contracts with external contractors by gathering performance data and reporting them to the hospital engineers.

Liaise with contractors to discuss performance and resolve issues relating to the delivery of services or works. This includes having robust conversations with contractors if performance is not at the required standard and raising concerns to the Systems & CAFM Manager for escalation as required.

Work with and respond positively to requests made by other support departments such as fire team, health and safety and compliance, understanding that responses are generally expected within strict time constraints.

Conduct site visits to inspect plant and equipment when required to verify asset information.

Collect, collate and report engineering related data for the purposes of showing performance and levels of compliance to Trust and regulatory standards. Support the engineers with refining existing reporting processes and designing new pro-forma layouts using appropriate software

Maintain statutory and performance records of engineering plant and services in accordance with legislative requirements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

- applied for a Graduate visa

- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 3rd November 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 17th November 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

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.