General Maintenance Assistant – Electrical (Shift Working)

• The post holder will be responsible for the servicing, maintenance and repair of the Electrical building services installations within the trust in line with current policies and procedures.
• Undertake unsupervised routine maintenance and minor repair work including planned prevented maintenance work and labouring including electrical shutdowns

Essential

• Experience of carrying out electrical maintenance work of a semi-skilled nature in building services environment, to an NVQ3 level or equivalent.
• Full UK Driving Licence (Manual)

Desirable

• 18th Edition IEE regulations.
• City and Guilds 2391 Inspection and Testing certificate.
• Certified training in confined space working.
• City & Guilds 2377 certificate of competence for the inspection and testing of electrical equipment.

Essential

• Experience of maintenance engineering trades in a range of settings.
• Able to work unsupervised in a variety situations which will require interaction with staff from other departments and patients /patients family
• Able to communicate clearly and accurately both in verbal and written form.
• Be computer literate and able record data i.e. temperatures /times, meter readings etc in databases

Essential

• Proven ability to demonstrate good problem solving and analytical skills.
• Be able to plan and organise day to day tasks or activities and reschedule where necessary.
• To demonstrate multi skilled approach to work
• Familiar with hand and power tools.
• Ability to work from drawings without supervision.

Desirable

• Ability to diagnose and repair faults in basic electrical installations, plant and equipment, to deal with new situations as they arise and pass on knowledge to others.
• Ability to fulfil a requirement to interpret and work from all instructions, drawings and specifications appropriate to original trade.
• Have an excellent understanding of the relationship of other Estates staff work to their own.
• Ability to liaise with clinical and non clinical staff of all levels.

Essential

• Basic electrical theory
• Basic electrical fault finding and testing.
• Safe isolation disconnection and reinstatement of electrical equipment.
• Good knowledge of general engineering techniques.
• General knowledge of other trades allied to building services.

Essential

• Able to set deadlines and timescales for managing own workload.
• Able to be flexible with start/ finish times on occasion.
• Willingness and ability to carry out tasks allied to building services, if required.

Essential

• Self-motivated, able to work individually and as a team member, willing to take on new ideas and training as necessary.
• Enthusiastic, diligent and willing to take on new ideas and training as necessary.
• Excellent communications skills as well as being courteous, tactful and well presented.