# Maintenance Craftsperson Electrical > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maintenance-craftsperson-electrical/11e0033b-f47c-4cea-aa72-1d77302f098f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maintenance-craftsperson-electrical/11e0033b-f47c-4cea-aa72-1d77302f098f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Somerset NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Yeovil District Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Maintenance worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-07T08:59:08.061Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9184-26-1309 - **Application URL:** https://somersetft.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/5539?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.sompar.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary Simply Serve Limited is looking for a skilled and motivated Maintenance Craftsperson Electrician to join our Estates Team at Yeovil District Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a busy healthcare environment where your expertise directly supports patient care and vital hospital services.Simply Serve Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, providing specialist Estates and Facilities, Healthcare Science and support services to the organisation. This role offered a Recruitment and Retention Payment of £3,500 per annum paid monthly. ### Main duties of the job As part of our specialist Estates and Facilities team, you will help maintain a wide range of engineering systems and equipment across the hospital, ensuring a safe and reliable environment for patients, staff and visitors.What You'll Be Doing You'll undertake a variety of planned and reactive maintenance activities, including: - Fault finding, repair and maintenance of electrical systems and engineering plant. - Working on fire alarms, electrical installations, emergency generators, building management systems, pumps, motors, ventilation and heating systems. - Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) activities. - Responding to emergency, urgent and routine maintenance requests. - Liaising with ward and department managers to arrange access and minimise disruption to services. - Working collaboratively with colleagues, contractors and other departments. - Participating in the Estates on-call rota. - Maintaining accurate records using the Trust's Facilities Management system If you are a qualified electrician looking for a varied and rewarding role where your work makes a real difference, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and help us maintain the facilities that support exceptional patient care. ### About us At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer: - Flexible working options to help you balance work and life - NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security - Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax - A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work. We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds. Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London. The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future. Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy. ### Details - Date posted: 07 September 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 4 - Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year RRP of £3500.00 per annum paid monthly - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 184-OL-PU-5539 - Job locations: Yeovil District Hospital, Higher Kingston, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4AT, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Please refer to the attached detail job description and person specification which gives you the scope of wok and the qualifications required for this post ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - To have a minimum 3 years experience in the relevant trade, this can include any training - To have worked alongside other trades ### Qualifications **Essential** - Completion of an Engineering Apprenticeship or NVQ L3 and two years continuous experience in the industry, together with the required minimum Qualifications of: - A Level 3 in electrical engineering - Or an alternative recognised equivalent qualification. - Driving license. ### Additional Criteria **Essential** - To be fully conversant with all aspects of electrical skills - To have a sound knowledge and understanding of other building trades **Desirable** - To have testing and inspection experience ## 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.