Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Estates Technical Supervisor

The closing date is 12 Tachwedd 2025

Job summary

Join Our Estates Team at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced and motivated electrical professional looking to take the next step in your career?

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking aproactive and skilled Estates Electrical Supervisor to join our dedicated Estates team. This is an essential role in ensuring the safe, efficient and reliable operation of our hospital's electrical and mechanical systems -- supporting the delivery of exceptional patient care every day.

Main duties of the job

As an Estates Electrical Supervisor, you will play a vital part in maintaining and improving the hospital's building services and infrastructure. You'll oversee the day-to-day delivery of maintenance and repair works, ensuring all activities meet regulatory standards and Health & Safety requirements.

You will also:

  • Supervise Estates staff and contractors, ensuring work is carried out safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

  • Act as the Trust's Authorised Person (AP) for Electrical Safety (HTM 06-02).

  • Manage and monitor reactive and planned maintenance tasks using the Trust's electronic systems.

  • Lead and support your team in achieving compliance and service excellence.

  • Take part in the Estates Manager on-call rota (1 in 4) -- enhancing your overall earning potential.

  • Be responsible for ordering and managing materials and stock, ensuring best value and efficient use of resources.

  • Provide technical advice to colleagues and departments across the Trust.

This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible difference to patient and staff environments, while developing your leadership, compliance and technical expertise in a forward-thinking NHS Trust.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo

Details

Date posted

06 Tachwedd 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,616 to £48,778 a year per annum Incl HCAS + on call £3,120 pa, + additional £1.45 ph

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-LC389

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Slough, Berkshire

SL2 4HL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note: This post does not offer visa sponsorship.

For further details, please refer to the fullJob Description and Person Specification.

About You

Were looking for someone with:

  • A sound background in electrical and mechanical systems, ideally within a healthcare or large-scale estates environment.

  • Strong technical knowledge of Building Management Systems (BMS) and the ability to diagnose and rectify faults.

  • Experience in supervising trade staff and contractors, maintaining high standards of safety and compliance.

  • Excellent organisational and communication skills.

  • A flexible, proactive approach with the ability to work on-call and across sites when required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note: This post does not offer visa sponsorship.

For further details, please refer to the fullJob Description and Person Specification.

About You

Were looking for someone with:

  • A sound background in electrical and mechanical systems, ideally within a healthcare or large-scale estates environment.

  • Strong technical knowledge of Building Management Systems (BMS) and the ability to diagnose and rectify faults.

  • Experience in supervising trade staff and contractors, maintaining high standards of safety and compliance.

  • Excellent organisational and communication skills.

  • A flexible, proactive approach with the ability to work on-call and across sites when required.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • Good general education
  • Recognised trade apprenticeship. NVQ level 3 or equivalent electrical installation/maintenance
  • o City and Guilds BS 7671 18th edition in Electrical installation

Desirable

  • HNC Mech/Elec Eng
  • City & Guilds Authorised Person - LV AP (HTM 06-02)
  • C&G 2391 inspection & testing

Experience

Essential

  • Good organisational skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems.
  • Good communication skills for effective working relationships throughout the organisation.
  • Ability to work on own initiative and part of a team.
  • Organised approach to work.
  • Basic IT skills for material ordering.
  • Evidence of good written and spoken communication skills.
  • Able to follow written instructions and procedures.
  • Ability to train other members of the estates team.
  • High standard of workmanship and high quality completion on all work undertaken.
  • Experience in an engineering service

Desirable

  • Service within the field of maintenance, focus on service supply, problem solving keeping the client informed.
  • Trend BMS experience fault finding and operating
  • Knowledge of HTMs
  • Experience with CHP systems
  • NHS Experience

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to cope with demanding scenarios.
  • Demonstrate dedicated and committed member of the team.
  • Flexibility to cope with new and changing demands.
  • Good attention to detail.
  • Approachable and tactful.
  • Ability to work overtime at short notice.
  • Ability and willingness to undertake emergency situations repairs.

Special Requirements

Essential

  • To have relevant previous working experience within the building trades.
  • Experience of working within a large industrial/ commercial environment.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an Acute Hospital Environment.
Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

  • Good general education
  • Recognised trade apprenticeship. NVQ level 3 or equivalent electrical installation/maintenance
  • o City and Guilds BS 7671 18th edition in Electrical installation

Desirable

  • HNC Mech/Elec Eng
  • City & Guilds Authorised Person - LV AP (HTM 06-02)
  • C&G 2391 inspection & testing

Experience

Essential

  • Good organisational skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems.
  • Good communication skills for effective working relationships throughout the organisation.
  • Ability to work on own initiative and part of a team.
  • Organised approach to work.
  • Basic IT skills for material ordering.
  • Evidence of good written and spoken communication skills.
  • Able to follow written instructions and procedures.
  • Ability to train other members of the estates team.
  • High standard of workmanship and high quality completion on all work undertaken.
  • Experience in an engineering service

Desirable

  • Service within the field of maintenance, focus on service supply, problem solving keeping the client informed.
  • Trend BMS experience fault finding and operating
  • Knowledge of HTMs
  • Experience with CHP systems
  • NHS Experience

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to cope with demanding scenarios.
  • Demonstrate dedicated and committed member of the team.
  • Flexibility to cope with new and changing demands.
  • Good attention to detail.
  • Approachable and tactful.
  • Ability to work overtime at short notice.
  • Ability and willingness to undertake emergency situations repairs.

Special Requirements

Essential

  • To have relevant previous working experience within the building trades.
  • Experience of working within a large industrial/ commercial environment.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an Acute Hospital Environment.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Slough, Berkshire

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Slough, Berkshire

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Interim Operations Manager

Martin Sheehan

martin.sheehan@nhs.net

07393254002

Details

Date posted

06 Tachwedd 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,616 to £48,778 a year per annum Incl HCAS + on call £3,120 pa, + additional £1.45 ph

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-LC389

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Street

Slough, Berkshire

SL2 4HL


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