Engineering Tradesperson (Core Trade Electrical)
- NHS
- Full Time
- Merthyr Tydfil
- 30420.00 - 37030.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Cwm Taf Morgannwg are seeking an Engineering Tradesperson (core electrical) to join our Estates team supporting the Prince Charles Hospital to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for our patients, visitors and staff.
This role will attract shift and on call allowances.
We are looking for a skilled individual with a track record of carrying out maintenance tasks to the appropriate levels of quality required, the ability to diagnose and repair faults, and to calibrate a range of engineering plant and equipment.
Main duties of the job
To provide a safe and comfortable environment for patients, staff and visitors by:
- Providing multi-skilled engineering expertise across various electrical and mechanical equipment and fabric.
- Ensuring all essential services are maintained to support clinical departments in their prime task of treating patients whilst ensuring all statutory legislation is complied with.
- Ensure maintenance tasks are fulfilled to appropriate levels of quality in a compliant manner.
- Perform engineering maintenance work including activities, which are complex and/or non-routine.
- Responsible for fault diagnosis, repair and calibration on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment.
- Maintenance and repair on a range of Industrial, Commercial, Domestic, and Plant equipment.
Typical areas of work include:
- Power/Lighting circuits
- Low voltage switchgear
- Fire alarm systems
- Emergency Generators and associated switchgear
- Battery systems and uninterruptable power supplies
- Air conditioning equipment and controls, including theatre handling units
- Heating controls, boiler controls and associated equipment
- Lift release
- Portable equipment
- Nurse call and cardiac arrest systems
- Catering equipment
- Medical vacuum and compressed air plant
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed an accredited Electrical apprenticeship training course to a minimum level 3 vocational qualification or equivalent plus relevant training or equivalent experience, plus additional training and developed skills e.g. air conditioning
Desirable
- Evidence of significant CPD
Knowledge
Essential
- High level of knowledge and understanding of electrical/ mechanical services/systems and a working knowledge of other associated trades. Familiarity with approved guidance documents
Desirable
- JIB Registration
Experience
Essential
- Experience with Fire Alarm Systems Generators Lifts BMS engineering maintenance Completion of a structured training programme
Desirable
- Previous experience of working within the NHS
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Address
Prince Charles Hospital
Gurnos
Merthyr Tydfil
CF47 9DT
