Band 5 Senior Tradesperson (Electrical)

Job Summary

At University Hospitals Birmingham, our Estates teams have always understood a simple truth: patient safety starts with safe, well maintained buildings and facilities. Following a period of review, this role has been formally re evaluated and uplifted to Band 5, recognising the level of skill, responsibility and judgement required.

This post is based at Solihull Hospital, a site with a genuine family feel, deeply connected to the community it serves. Here, the patients you support are often the people you know neighbours, friends, and family. Successful candidates will see first hand how their work directly impacts patient care, every single day.

As one of around 35 multi skilled trade professionals, you will join a collaborative Estates team delivering services across inpatient areas, outpatients and theatres. We are committed to developing, training and retaining skills within our own teams, reducing reliance on external contractors and ensuring quality, value for money and long term sustainability.

This role will appeal to experienced, qualified electricians who may not be driven purely by pay, but by purpose whether that is job security, trusted NHS benefits, a better work life balance, or the chance to give something back to the community they live in.

Solihull Hospital offers a supportive, close knit working environment with the backing and security of the NHS.

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

You will undertake planned, reactive and emergency maintenance across a complex estate, ensuring electrical systems, plant and associated infrastructure are safe, compliant and fully operational.

You will carry out inspection, testing, fault diagnosis, repair and commissioning of electrical installations and equipment in line with statutory legislation and Trust policies. Acting as a Competent Person, you will use approved isolation, permit to work and safe systems of work to ensure tasks are completed to a high standard.

The role involves managing and prioritising workloads, responding to routine and urgent requests while minimising disruption to clinical services. You will provide day to day technical oversight and guidance to maintenance assistants, apprentices and contractors, ensuring quality, safety and professionalism.

You will work both independently and as part of a wider multi trade team, contributing to service continuity through participation in the on call rota. Identifying risks, escalating defects and supporting continuous improvement are central to maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

You will benefit from 27 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays, rising to 33 with service, renowned pension, which includes life assurance and long term security for you. Combined with stable employment, development opportunities and the chance to make a real difference locally, Solihull is a place where people choose to build a long term career.

About Us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job Description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

• Essential
• Basic education to GCSE/'O' Level in Maths
• and English or post-Secondary Education
• training in a relevant field

• NVQ Level 3 in a relevant Electrical

Engineering or Building Services Engineering

Discipline or BTEC/ONC in Electrical

Engineering or Building Services Engineering

or City & Guilds of London Institute

Certificate in either of the following

Course 232 in Electrical and Electronic Craft

Studies, Part 2 (232-2).

Course 236 in Electrical Installation Work,

Part 2 (236-2).

Experience

• Essential
• Experience in a complex low voltage
• distribution systems and equipment

• Completion of a registered apprenticeship or

structured training program in Electrical

Engineering

• Training site experience
• Electrical trouble shooting and fault finding

Desirable

Experience of working in an acute

Hospital environment or similar

demanding role

• Motors and control systems
• Variable Frequency Drives
• Solar PV systems
• HVAC Controls/ BMS
• Smart lighting systems
• Be multi skilled to make safe

Mechanical/Electrical/Fabric

Systems

Additional Criteria

Essential

Available for undertaking overtime

• Available for potential future shift working
• Physically demanding role requiring manual

handling of loads, extremes of temperature

and the ability to work at heights or in

confined spaces

• Appreciation of their own limitations

Desirable

• Valid Driving licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For Help With Your Application, Contact

• Robert Bovill
• robert.bovill@uhb.nhs.uk
• 01214245538
• Pay scheme
• Agenda for Change
• Band
• Band 5
• Salary
• £32073.00 to £39043.00 Yearly
• Contract
• Permanent
• Working pattern
• Full-Time, Flexible Working
• Reference number
• 16211
• Job locations
• Solihull Hospital
• Lode Ln
• Solihull
• West Midlands
• B91 2JL
• Attachments

Job Description

Tradesperson (Electrical) B4 JDPS.pdf – 405KB Opens in a new window