Main area Electrical Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (When on-call working late shift week, pattern 11.30-20:00) Job ref 151-LC346-H
Site Wexham Park Hospital Town Slough, Berkshire Salary £33,677 - £40,996 per annum incl HCAS, on call £3,792 pa, + On-call £1.45 per hour Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59
Job overview
Are you a highly skilled, electrically biased engineer looking to make a real difference in healthcare? NHS Frimley Health Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated and adaptable Multi-Skilled Electrical Engineer to join our Facilities Maintenance team.
About the Role
You will deliver a high-quality, flexible maintenance service supporting our commitment to excellent patient care. Your expertise will cover Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), repairs, alterations, testing, and installation of electrical systems and equipment across our Trust estate. This role requires you to work proactively, often responding to complex faults with limited initial information, ensuring our environments are safe, reliable, and welcoming for patients, staff, and visitors.
Main duties of the job
Deliver planned and reactive maintenance across electrical installations and services
Diagnose and resolve faults promptly, ensuring minimum disruption
Support capital projects by witnessing and accepting new electrical works
Maintain compliance with all statutory and Trust-specific safety policies, including Legionella, Asbestos, and Electrical Safety
Work safely across diverse Trust environments, including children’s wards and clinical areas
Your Skills and Experience
Proven multi-skilled engineering background, with a strong electrical bias
Experience with AHUs, motors, digital Building Management Systems, and electrical testing
Ability to work independently and as part of a wider team
Competent in interpreting schematic drawings and specifications
Willingness to participate in on-call duties and respond flexibly to service needs
Previous hospital or healthcare environment experience is desirable but not essential
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and person specification for further details
What We Offer
A supportive, collaborative working environment focused on continuous development
The opportunity to contribute to engineering excellence aligned with the Trust’s values of integrity, respect, and teamwork
Involvement in a wide range of essential maintenance activities, including work on cutting-edge Building Management Systems and mechanical equipment
On-call duties to meet the needs of our service and demonstrate your commitment to patient safety and operational continuity
Opportunities to expand your skills, including training on electrical safety, statutory compliance, and specialist equipment
Please Note: This role does not offer sponsorship.
Person specification
Qualifications
- Level 3 Electrical & Testing
- BS7671 18th Edition Electrical Regulations
- NVQ Level 3 Electrical Testing & Design
- GCSE Level 2 English and Maths or the equivalent
- Knowledge of HTM,s
- Experiance with BMS controls
Experience
- Have experience in AHU's and Motors
- Experience with Building Management Systems (BMS)
- Experience of working in an NHS trust
Skills and Knowledge
- Able to demonstrate literacy, numeracy, and comprehension skills
- Good communication skills – able to read and understand written and verbal
- Knowledge of HTM's
- Must be able to use basic PDA/Mobile devices
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Th rough our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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