Job overview
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 an 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see full list of duties and responsibilites in the full job descrption and personal specification.
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.
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
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This advert is for Estates Maintenance Worker Specialist - Electrical Bias CCH with The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in Cannock Chase Hospital. It is listed as a Band 5 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Sep 2026.
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