Specialist Engineering Supervisor - Electrical

Specialist Engineering Supervisor – Electrical

The closing date is 11 January 2026

The Freeman Hospital is seeking a dynamic, forward‑thinking Electrical Engineering Supervisor to lead the electrical maintenance team within a complex and fast‑paced healthcare environment. This role is ideal for an ambitious, innovative professional eager to drive excellence in a vital support service at one of the United Kingdom’s most renowned hospitals.

What we are offering is as follows:

• An attractive salary with enhancements available for overtime working
• Inclusion into the highly regarded NHS pension scheme
• Potential for progression
• Interview date: 20 January 2026
• 37 hours 30 minutes / week
• NO AGENCIES PLEASE

• Responsible for organising and assigning PPM tasks issued by the Estates Computer‑Aided Facility Management (CAFM) System including any follow‑up actions
• Management of day‑to‑day hand‑held devices for each craft‑person
• Management of KPI’s
• Responsible for organising and assigning reactive breakdown tasks and ensuring completion in an efficient and timely manner
• Work alongside Estates Officers and ensure that all shifts are continually covered by internal resource
• Work alongside Estates Officers to support all team member including dayshift crafts‑persons, shift crafts‑persons and apprentices
• Provide estates officers with weekly updates concerning outstanding PPMs and breakdown tasks.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

Responsible for the direct technical supervision of specialist crafts persons, in the planned maintenance of and emergency response to, complex engineering infrastructure to ensure the effective performance of all building services, plant, equipment, structures and fabric to ensure the Trust Estate is maintained in a safe condition.

This will include:

o Acting as Authorised Person (Limited Duties) as defined by Health Technical Memorandums for the Low Voltage Distribution Systems across the Estate.

o Responsible for the management and supervision of Competent Persons in the completion of technically specialist tasks.

o Day to day management of software and hardware systems used by the maintenance compliance function.

o Quality Inspection

o To manage minor works projects as directed.

o Participate in the emergency shift cover rota to provide for the maintenance out of hours shift rota on an ad hoc basis to ensure cover is provided in the event of unplanned circumstance

• Manage minor works projects as directed.
• Provide Estates support to Capital Projects and other organisations when required.
• Raise and approved orders within defined parameters in line with Trust Standing Financial Instructions.
• Monitoring the performance of the maintenance teams, identifying performance targets and providing regular reports on performance which identify areas for improvement
• Providing regular highlight reports for compliance areas as required.
• Identify and deliver cost improvement opportunities and service efficiencies that may improve the organisations operations.
• Ensure that all risks and issues are identified, addressed and mitigated or notified appropriately.

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent knowledge gained through experience in an electrical engineering discipline.
• Post graduate knowledge through training or significant relevant post qualification experience

• Specialist knowledge of complex engineering systems in a healthcare environment.
• Understanding of the safe management of electrical distribution systems as outlined in the Health Technical Memorandum suite of documents and other related legislation.
• Understanding of…