East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Multi-Skilled Electrical Technician - Colchester

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Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician with Electrical Bias
The East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are looking for a talented and motivated Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician with Electrical bias to join the Engineering Team at its Colchester Hospital site.
You will be responsible for carrying out the repair, maintenance and installation of plant, equipment, systems and building structure/fabric associated with all Trust properties. This will consist of Planned Preventative Maintenance, testing and calibration, fault finding, emergency response, defect correction and new works.
If you have completed a recognised trade apprenticeship and hold a BTEC HNC/diploma in Engineering or equivalent City and Guilds qualification with proven experience in non-routine maintenance of complex engineering plant and equipment, and are looking for a challenging and varied role, we look forward to hearing from you.
You will be required to participate in the emergency out-of-hours on-call rota and work a split-shift pattern, details of which will be discussed further at interview.
- Identify, arrange procurement and replacement of defective component parts and equipment on major items of engineering plant, cost effectively to the value of £2k.
- Must have a multi-skilled approach to a wide range of work of other trades outside their core trade skills, and be able to undertake work in a safe and effective manner, complying with all relevant safety legislation and Estates Department safe working procedures on all works undertaken.
- Carry out the full range of maintenance duties specific to their core trade as required, including non-routine, planned, corrective and breakdown maintenance tasks, this includes work on, or around, bedhead services and building fabric in wards and departments which will involve incidental patient contact.
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Core Electrical Responsibilities
- Standby Generators and associated equipment
- Uninterruptable power supplies
- Isolated power supplies
- Emergency lighting systems
- Low Voltage fixed installations
- Portable electrical appliances
- Ventilation and air-conditioning systems
- Building management systems (BMS)
- Refrigeration systems
- Fire Alarm systems
- Nurse call systems
- White goods
- Inspection and Testing
- Lighting
- Lifts
- Catering Equipment
- Laundry Equipment
- Security Access Control
- Competent Persons HTM 06-02 (Electrical Low Voltage Systems)
- Intruder alarm systems
- CCTV systems
About Us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.


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We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Stuart Roberts
- Job title: Estates Manager
- Email address: Stuart.Roberts@esneft.nhs.uk
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