Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (from start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 387-EF0410-MF
- Employer
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bristol Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata (+£2,197.80 RRP)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Estates Officer - Electrical
Band 6
As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
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Job overview
Do you have a professional electrical engineering qualification? Have you got experience of managing a team? Are you looking for your next step?
This role will work to ensure that the land, buildings, and property are safe and fit for purpose in accordance with statutory legislation codes of practice and Divisional business plans.
You will work to ensure parity of service and compliance and adherence to procedures and policies, including all statutory & non statutory instruments including but not limited to Health Technical Memorandums, Hospital Building Notes and best practice.
This is a 12 month fixed term post, that can be offered as a secondment.
Main duties of the job
Your role will include:
- Be professionally responsible for compliance with various legislative requirements such as asbestos, fire safety, environmental protection and building regulations.
- Work within estates and facilities management team to provide a safe, appropriate and cost effective environment for effective healthcare delivery
- Exercise professional judgement across a wide range of estates compliance and maintenance issues taking into account legislation, complexity of systems or interactions and the conflicting demands of the service.
- Plan and organise a broad range of activities, adjust plans or strategies. Including planning multi-discipline projects which may run concurrently and be inter related. Projects may include conflicting requirements/solutions and the post holder will assist and make judgements to find the preferred solution
In return, you will receive:-
- A competitive starting salary and unsocial enhancements
- Access to a raft of national and local discount schemes including shopping, holidays and insurance
- An industry leading pension where your employer pays in 20.6% of your annual salary!
- 27+8 days annual leave per year, paid leave including absence
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full understanding of all relevant legislation, including Health and Safety and Electricity at work Regulation 1989, applicable to Estate maintenance, with appropriate qualification in H&S Management.
- Membership of professional body
- Possession of Electrical Engineering qualification to HND/C standard with appropriate professional registration recognised by the Engineering Council UK
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of all aspects of Electrical Engineering and maintenance within Healthcare environment or equivalent
- Experience of HV network management and hold position of Authorised Person HV
- Experience of preparing switching schedules for working at an operational level on complex equipment and circuits
- Previous experience of staff management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good demonstrable cross trade skills
- Computer literate and fluent with all Microsoft packages, a good working knowledge of industry software protocols
Desirable criteria
- Able to interpret and analyse technical results to assist in investment planning
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lara Summers
- Job title
- Recruitment and Retention Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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