Estates Officer Entry Level (Technician) Electrical Band 5
Job Description
Job summary
An Estates Officer Entry Level post plays a key role in the Estates Engineering Maintenance Services. The individual will support the Estates Officers and maintenance team in the delivery of maintenance programmes that will contribute to the Trusts objectives in a safe, cost-effective, efficient manner and compliant with legislation, Health Technical Memorandums (HTM) and good practice.
This is a mobile biased role which provides multi-skilled maintenance support across the Trust's estate, delivering responsive and planned maintenance to clinical and non-clinical buildings. The role ensures the safe functioning of building services by carrying out electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and general fabric tasks. The postholder travels between sites, prioritising work to support patient safety, operational continuity, and statutory compliance.
The post holder will undertake works relating to the maintenance and repairs to Trust properties, equipment, grounds & Gardens ensuring compliance with Statutory requirements, HTM's, Trust Policies and procedures to ensure a clean, safe and functional environment for patients, the public and staff to support the delivery of patient care.
The post holder will be a member of a small group of managerial/technical staff who manage and operate complex technical systems and processes across the Trust, ensuring compliance with Trust standards, procedures and legislation.
Main duties of the job
Travel between hospital and community sites as required.
Prioritise workload based on urgency, site need, and Estates Manager direction.
Ensure vehicle, tools, and equipment are maintained and safe for use.
To plan and organise operational maintenance for the estates maintenance team under the guidance of the Estates Officers relating to engineering and building service needs to comply with statutory and mandatory requirements.
About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)
Essential
- A good standard of education.
- BTec Level 4 HNC or equivalent in an engineering discipline, or equivalent portfolio of technical built environment engineering services courses through recognised providers and associated work-based projects/work.
- Completed recognised Apprenticeship with relevant experience gained over a number of years
Desirable
- Specialist technical training in plant, infrastructure and building services.
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
Previous Experience (Nature & Level)
Essential
- A number of years within a maintenance environment demonstrating basic level of understanding of Estates delivery and maintenance.
- Aware of Health & Safety issues Experienced in working in a demanding customer driven service.
- Experienced in working to deadlines.
- Demonstrable experience of making judgements on estates and maintenance issues taking into account legislation and H&S.
- Use of fine tools and equipment.
Desirable
- Management of contractors and consultants with disciplinary team in Healthcare premises.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Experienced in issuing permits to work.
Evidence of Knowledge, Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Able to drive and have a valid full UK driving licence or applicable UK approved driving licence.
- Knowledge of Estates service delivery, operational maintenance and procedures/processes.
- Able to diagnose faults in complicated engineering and building plant and equipment.
- Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment.
- Review maintenance policies and practices in light of regulatory changes.
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of statutory maintenance and inspections for plant and building services.
- Ability to work at all levels from Management Executive to front line maintenance tradesman.
- Work co-operatively with colleagues.
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance.
- Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks.
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers.
- Confident using CAFM systems for workload management, compliance logging, and asset updates.
- Computer literate with the current operating system, current office software and computer aided design (CAD).
- Ability to scrutinise service reports.
- Ability to estimate work and services using published and internal cost data e.g., BCIS BMI, etc.
- Ability to develop works /service brief's and specifications.
- Supervise engineering maintenance team, oversight of contractors
- Ability to define detailed PPM's and maintenance specifications including using O&M's, Statutory guidelines, HTM's, BS's, etc.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: oPatient Centred oSafety oCompassion oRespect and Excellence
Desirable
- Be able to work within a pressured environment.
- Evidence of self-advancement.
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency.
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Confident.
- Management of contractors and consultants with disciplinary team in Healthcare premises.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Experienced in issuing permits to work.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Versatile and flexible in approach.
- Self-starter.
- Physically fit.
- Capable of meeting manual handling criteria.
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions.
- Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries.
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Confident.
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
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincoln County Hospital - Trustwide
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
