Engineering Services Shift Technician-Forth Valley Royal Hospital

Engineering Services Shift Technician (Electrician)
Full-time, Permanent
Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert
Salary: Competitive plus benefits 

Serco are seeking a skilled and dedicated Approved Electrician/Electrician to join our Estates and Facilities team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital. You will play a vital role in maintaining and ensuring the reliability, safety, and efficiency of the hospital’s electrical systems and services.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team, you will carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM), fault diagnosis, repair, installation, and testing of a wide range of electrical systems in a healthcare environment, ensuring full compliance with Healthcare SHTM (Scottish Health Technical Memoranda) standards and guidance.
Participation in a 6-week shift rota will be required to ensure round-the-clock cover for the hospital’s essential services.

Main Accountabilities:

• Carry out supervisory responsibilities during assigned shifts
•  Perform Preventative Planned Maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance on electrical systems, equipment, and infrastructure.
• Carry out fault finding, repair, and rectification in a timely and safe manner.
• Undertake electrical installations, inspection, and testing in accordance with IEE Wiring Regulations (18th Edition) and Healthcare SHTM compliance requirements.
• Ensure all work is carried out in compliance with Health, Safety, Environmental, and SHTM regulations, as well as Serco and NHS Estates standards.
• Work within and operate Permit to Work systems and safe systems of work.
• Support the Estates team in maintaining critical hospital services and minimising disruption to patient care.
• Participate in the shift rota and on-call duties to provide 24/7 support to hospital operations.
  (If applicable) Undertake Authorised Person (AP) duties for Low Voltage (LV) and High Voltage (HV) systems — training will be provided if required.

What you will need to do the role:

• Qualified Electrician – City & Guilds 2330, NVQ Level 3, or equivalent.
• 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS7671).
• City & Guilds 2391 (Inspection & Testing) or equivalent.
• Proven experience in electrical maintenance, installations, and fault diagnosis.
• Knowledge and understanding of Healthcare SHTM compliance and requirements within a hospital or clinical setting.
• Understanding of Permit to Work and Safe Systems of Work procedures.
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Must have the right to work in the UK.
• Hold or willing to undertake a PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) check

Desirable:

• Previous experience working in a healthcare or hospital environment.
• Experience performing Authorised Person (AP) duties for LV/HV systems.
• Familiarity with NHS Estates guidelines and SHTM/HTM standards.

What we offer:

• Salary:  salaries with annual reviews
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Holidays: 25 days annual leave
• Training and development: We offer a wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres
• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community
• Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.  We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
 

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