Maintenance Technician Electrical
Posted 1 week ago by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Maintenance Technician Electrical will be part of an in-house maintenance team responsible for providing planned and reactive maintenance services across the Trust. The role involves unsupervised work, testing, fault finding, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. The technician will respond to urgent situations and maintain clinical service delivery while managing day-to-day duties efficiently. The position requires working Monday to Friday with potential on-call responsibilities in the future.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform unsupervised maintenance and repairs on engineering plant and equipment.
- Act as 'Competent & Appointed Person' for safe operation and maintenance of systems.
- Respond to emergency situations and provide first line of response to maintain clinical services.
- Diagnose and repair faults in engineering, electrical, and plumbing installations.
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive work across the site.
- Maintain records of repairs and logbooks, reporting defects clearly.
- Conduct building surveys and inspections, advising on materials and systems.
- Liaise with external contractors and suppliers as necessary.
Key Skills:
- Experience in electrical maintenance and repairs.
- Knowledge of safety standards and compliance procedures.
- Ability to work unsupervised and under own initiative.
- Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication skills for liaising with team members and external contractors.
- Organizational skills to prioritize day-to-day duties.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Coventry
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
To work as part of an inhouse maintenance team to provide a total planned and reactive maintenance service. To be responsible for giving a Trust wide service in accordance with the duties and responsibilities given below. To work Monday -Friday 08:00-16:00 May be required to work as part of an on-call system in the future
Main duties of the job
- Perform unsupervised work including activities that may be demanding and / or non-routine.
- Responsible for testing and fault finding on all engineering plant and equipment throughout the Hospital, out of hours and unsupervised.
- To act as 'Competent & Appointed Person' for the Trust in safe operation and maintenance of boiler and other plant and systems.
- Work under own initiative to undertake maintenance and repairs as directed, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
- At all times to carry Trust communication devices (pager / two-way radios / mobile phone) to facilitate immediate response to emergency situations.
- To provide a first line of response to maintain the delivery of clinical services and undertake 'first time fix' or instigate temporary measures to ensure clinical capacity is not disrupted where possible.
- Respond to urgent situations such as lift entrapment and fire alarm calls etc.
Key Activities
- To undertake and be responsible for the following in conjunction with and as directed by the appropriate Estates Manager / Estates Officer / Maintenance Supervisor
- To organise and prioritise own day-to-day duties to ensure safe efficient operation of plant.
- Diagnose and repair faults in engineering and/or electrical and/or plumbing installations, plant, and equipment to deal with new situations as they arise and pass on knowledge to others.
- Make the appropriate Estates Manager / Estates Officer / Team Leader aware of faults and breakdowns within the facility as appropriate in normal working hours.
- To carry out PPM and reactive work across site as required.
- Responsible for the maintenance of records for all major repairs completed and logbooks, feedback documentation Including Works Orders, reporting any defects or malfunctions in plant or equipment by clear and concise logging in the plant logbooks provided.
- Carry out building surveys and inspections as required.
- Advise on material, equipment, and systems.
- Maintain building and site service records.
- Highlight Health & Safety issues relating to building, mechanical control and electrical issues.
- Carry out investigation and testing on fire alarm and security systems.
- Liaise with external contractors and suppliers where necessary.
- Support company projects as and when required.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it, and we're proud to have won awards for the services we provide. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, respect, collaboration, excellence and integrity.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Joseph Kelly
Job title: Estates Officer
Email address: joseph.kelly@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07717726458