Senior Estates Officer (Electrical)
Posted 22 hours 10 minutes ago by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury, United Kingdom, HP178
Job Description
Main area Property Services Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent: Participation in departmental on-call rota. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participation in departmental on-call rota.) Job ref 434-C
Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 06/09/:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact or phone .
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview The Senior Estates Officer (Electrical) is a senior technical specialist role providing Authorised Person cover, electrical engineering assurance and specialist support for the Trust's electrical infrastructure and associated engineering systems. The post holder owns delegated statutory compliance duties within their appointed electrical disciplines. The post holder does not hold formal line management responsibility but provides day-to-day technical leadership, mentoring and specialist expertise to operational staff, contractors and project teams working within electrical disciplines.
Main duties of the job The post holder will act as an Authorised Person for one or more electrical specialisms, as determined by service need, competence, training, appointment limits and formal sign-off, supporting the Senior Electrical Engineering Manager in ensuring electrical systems remain safe, compliant, resilient and fit for purpose across all Trust sites.
The role contributes specialist expertise to planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance, capital projects, minor works, asset management and the Trust's Integrated Management System (IMS), working closely with operational teams, contractors, Authorising Engineers, project managers and specialist suppliers.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel . click apply for full job details
Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 06/09/:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact or phone .
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview The Senior Estates Officer (Electrical) is a senior technical specialist role providing Authorised Person cover, electrical engineering assurance and specialist support for the Trust's electrical infrastructure and associated engineering systems. The post holder owns delegated statutory compliance duties within their appointed electrical disciplines. The post holder does not hold formal line management responsibility but provides day-to-day technical leadership, mentoring and specialist expertise to operational staff, contractors and project teams working within electrical disciplines.
Main duties of the job The post holder will act as an Authorised Person for one or more electrical specialisms, as determined by service need, competence, training, appointment limits and formal sign-off, supporting the Senior Electrical Engineering Manager in ensuring electrical systems remain safe, compliant, resilient and fit for purpose across all Trust sites.
The role contributes specialist expertise to planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance, capital projects, minor works, asset management and the Trust's Integrated Management System (IMS), working closely with operational teams, contractors, Authorising Engineers, project managers and specialist suppliers.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
- We'recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
- Degree, HND/HNC in Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or related engineering discipline, or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Holds, or is working towards, Authorised Person status in a relevant electrical discipline
- Thorough knowledge of HTMs, HBNs, BS 7671 IET Wiring Regulations, Electrical Safety Guidance and NHS Estates standards
- Lead Authorised Person training/appointment, or ability to achieve appointment within an agreed timescale
- Significant experience managing and maintaining complex electrical infrastructure within a large multi-site organisation, preferably within healthcare
- Experience undertaking or supporting Authorised Person responsibilities for High Voltage (HV), Low Voltage (LV) or other specialist electrical systems
- Experience managing statutory compliance and assurance programmes relating to electrical servicesExperience managing planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance and engineering service delivery
- Experience leading engineering teams, including recruitment, supervision, performance management, attendance management and staff development
- Experience managing contractors, service providers and specialist electrical suppliers
- Experience preparing technical specifications, business cases and tender documentation
- Experience contributing to capital projects, infrastructure upgrades, commissioning and technical handover processes
- Experience investigating incidents, service interruptions, electrical failures and undertaking root cause analysis
- Experience using CAFM systems and maintenance management software
- Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to motivate and develop engineering teams
- Excellent technical knowledge of electrical infrastructure including HV/LV distribution, standby generation, UPS systems, lighting, fire alarms and electrical safety systems
- Ability to interpret electrical drawings, schematics, single-line diagrams and technical specifications
- Strong analytical, fault-finding and problem solving skills
- Ability to act as an Authorised Person and ensure safe systems of work are implemented and maintained
- Ability to make risk-based decisions autonomously and under pressure, including when acting as Estates Duty Manager
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences, including senior managers and clinical staff
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver operational, financial and compliance objectives
- Comprehensive knowledge of health and safety legislation, electrical safety rules, statutory compliance requirements and NHS engineering governance arrangements
- Strong contractor management, negotiation and performance monitoring skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and CAFM systems
- Ability to produce high-quality technical reports, compliance documentation, risk assessments and management information
- Ability to access roofs, plant rooms, confined spaces and work at height as part of inspection, assurance and compliance duties
- Availability to participate in the Estates on-call manager rota and provide operational duty manager cover across all Estates disciplines
- Ability to work safely in environments containing high and low voltage electrical systems
- Physical capability to undertake site inspections across a varied estate and in all weather conditions
- Ability to travel across all Trust sites at short notice
- Visual acuity sufficient to interpret technical drawings, engineering data and asset information
Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel . click apply for full job details