Job summary
- Main area
- Electrical Estates officer
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To participate in Managers On call Rota)
- Job ref
- 396-NN-7334207-E&A-DK
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Kingston upon Thames
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 pa pro-rata incl HCAS (outer)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Estates Officer (Electrical)
Band 7
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
The post holder will be professionally accountable for the Trust’s estates maintenance service and will lead and develop the cross functional maintenance team in delivering a fit for purpose, customer focused service and provide robust assurance and audit arrangements to demonstrate compliance to relevant standards and legal compliance. Act as the Trusts Authorised Person for Electrical Infrastructure, Lifts and Water system and engagement with the Trusts Authorising Engineers.
The post holder will have the ability to monitor, improve and maintain plan and equipment is a busy acute hospital site.
The post holder will develop clear standards and a consistent approach to managing and operating the facilities. This will include environmental maintenance and ‘front of house’ services that play such an important part in first impressions. The aim will be to create a friendly, courteous and helpful approach to patients by all staff, regardless of their position or role in the organisation. The post holder is responsible for the implementation of all Operational Health & Safety policies and protocols, ensuring that working practices comply with these in both spirit and practice. The position will ensure that all Trust Management and personnel policies are cascaded to all staff and implementation is both consistent and effective throughout the Estates Department
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the safe, effective and efficient operation of Electrical Infrastructure (LV & HV) .To Act as an Authorised Person (AP), with regard to Low Voltage and High Voltage systems, Water and Lifts and other associated safe systems of work as per HTM and associated Electrical at Work Regulations requirements. Ensure all test results; records and the programme are up to date. To have specific responsibility for the management of maintenance and testing of the Electrical Infrastructure. Ensure Permits, work record sheets and other compliance records are correctly filled in and up to date. Act as site technical specialist on a day to day basis and on all capital schemes relating to mechanical, electrical and controls engineering infrastructure, guided only by building codes, health
and safety legislation and health technical memorandums. Fully conversant with computerised building management systems, plant reactive and planned maintenance systems and the management of M&E assets and the implementation of electronic PPM management.
Responsible for the implementation of working practices to ensure that the achievement of safe and efficient operation and maintenance of engineering plant and services. Ensure that all statutory and health technical required maintenance is carried out on schedule, and
keep records for audit purposes. Provides expert technical knowledge on mechanical, electrical and controls engineering issues for
the projects department.
Working for our organisation
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a support function EFM has its own objectives but it should ensure that they coordinate with the objectives of the organization it serves and other interested parties or stakeholders. There is a very clear iterative relationship between corporate objectives and resource planning, asset management and facility management Successful Estates & Facilities Management should be: -
• Aligned to the aims and values of the Demand Organisation (DO) and allied partner
Organisations or economies
• Flexible and responsive to internal and external change
• Focused on meeting the needs of service users
• Multi-functional and cross functional
• Works to meet long term as well as short term goals
• Constantly developing
• Governance controlled
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Health Technical Memorandum adherence
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Experience
Assesmnet
Essential criteria
- Qualification & Relevant Experience
Desirable criteria
- AP appointment Electrical LV/HV & Lifts
Your application: Please ensure your supporting statement aligns with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria.
Artificial Intelligence: We kindly ask that you refrain from using AI tools to draft your application, as we value authentic, individual responses that reflect your own communication style.
References: Please provide 3 years of employment/educational history with professional email addresses (not personal ones like Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot supply these, inform the interviewers to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.
Closing date: To keep our recruitment process efficient, some vacancies may be capped and closed early once we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted by email or SMS from the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted. Please check your registered Trac email regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at risk of harm. For roles involving direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All employees, however, hold a responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults as part of their duties and to understand the specific safeguarding responsibilities associated with their role.
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Text: 07501066267
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mangesh Parab
- Job title
- Head of Estates
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8934 3688
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