Electrician Technician - Estates Maintenance

Job overview

We are recruiting for an Electrician Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We look for a technician with an electrical background who will conduct, with minimum supervision, maintenance and installation work on all facilities, plant and equipment throughout East and North Herts NHS Teaching Trust.

They will provide reliable technical engineering advice and support for the maintenance of equipment, fabric, and utility services for the trust.

This role will involve an on‑call rota of 1 in 5 weeks.

Diagnosing and repairing faults on Healthcare Building Services, which includes hot water boilers, sterilisers, washer disinfectors, electrical distribution services, motors, heating and ventilating plant and controls, fire, nurse call and panic/intruder alarms, and carrying out planned preventive maintenance tasks on the said equipment.

To be responsible for ordering engineering spares, materials and equipment needed to undertake the works.

To understand the working layout and operation of healthcare Building Services, including engineering, plumbing and electrical systems on all the trust's properties, and to instruct others on maintenance and inspection.

To be able to travel between various hospital sites. A mileage allowance will be paid for this facility if an own vehicle is used.

To deal with new situations as they arise and pass on knowledge to others.

• Approved Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3, or City Guilds Technicians Certificate, BTEC ONC or equivalent in relevant topics
• Current IEE 18th Edition
• AM2 certificate
• Health and Safety qualification/certification (e.g. risk assessment training)

• Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities
• Experience in electrical maintenance and repair
• Experience of working within a team and own initiative
• Knowledge of HTM 06.02

• High degree of accuracy and diligence
• Ability to manage multiple tasks
• Ability to solve problems or pre‑empt problems by employing appropriate measures and processes
• Commitment to, and experience of, multi‑professional working arrangements and projects

• Exceptional understanding of electrical maintenance and repair
• Exceptional understanding and working knowledge of technical specifications required for electrical maintenance and repair
• Exceptional understanding and working knowledge of health and safety standards for electrical maintenance and repair

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community.

We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under‑represented in various parts of our workforce.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential flexible working arrangements.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

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 such a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.