Specialist Craftsperson (Electrical)
The closing date is 23 July 2026
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a skilled and motivated electrical maintenance professional to join the Estates team on a fixed-term basis until 31 March 2028, working Trustwide from the Freeman Hospital. As part of a dedicated multi-disciplinary team, you will play a vital role in maintaining and supporting critical building services infrastructure across one of the UK’s leading hospital Trusts. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your career within a supportive environment, with access to ongoing training, clear progression routes, and a highly competitive NHS benefits package.
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Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the calibration, fault finding, maintenance, and repair of a wide range of engineering plant and complex electrical infrastructure. This includes standby generators, single and three-phase electrical systems, control circuitry, and other essential hospital plant and equipment. The role involves both planned preventative maintenance and reactive works, ensuring systems remain safe, compliant, and fully operational to support clinical services.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job responsibilities
- Install, maintain, service, and repair a full range of estates electrical equipment, plant, and infrastructure
- Carry out fault finding and repairs on complex systems including electrical distribution (LV), fire alarms, emergency lighting, IPS/UPS, and standby generation systems
- Undertake planned preventative maintenance, inspections, testing, and commissioning in line with Trust standards and procedures
- Act as Competent Person for low-voltage electrical systems in accordance with Health Technical Memorandum guidance
- Perform condition surveys and evaluate inspection and test reports to support safe and effective asset management
- Provide technical advice and guidance to Estates colleagues, contractors, and clinical staff to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures
- Plan, prioritise, and coordinate maintenance tasks, including managing complex activities such as system shutdowns
- Respond to reactive maintenance requests and emergency situations, ensuring minimal disruption to patient care
- Use engineering drawings, technical specifications, and specialist tools and test equipment to carry out works safely and effectively
- Maintain accurate records, certification, and reports using Trust IT systems
- Supervise and support maintenance assistants, apprentices, and contractors as required
- Contribute to training and knowledge sharing within the team, supporting the development of others
- Work flexibly across Trust sites and adapt to the demands of a live healthcare environment
Job Purpose
- To install, maintain, service and repair the full range of estates specialistequipment, plant and infrastructure.
- Provides technical advice to other estates maintenance staff and contractors to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
- Act in the role of Competent Person, as defined by Health TechnicalMemorandum, for the Electrical Distribution (LV) system.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
- BTEC, HNC/HND Approved Apprenticeship, City and Guilds or NVQ 3 Technicians Certificate or equivalent qualifications in relevant topic
- Qualification and experience in fire alarms, control systems
- Level 3 qualification in inspection, testing and initial verification
- Experience in a hospital maintenance environment
Knowledge & Experience
- Experience of working in an industrial environment
- Electrical services systems maintenance
- Expertise and a full understanding of electrical services and electrical control systems in a healthcare environment
- Thorough working knowledge of Building Management Systems
- Have a detailed working knowledge of the following: Electrical Distribution (LV) o Fire Alarm Systems o Emergency Lighting Systems o IPS/UPS o Standby Electrical Generation Systems
- Hospital experience
- Electrical testing and inspection
- Understanding of mechanical systems
Skills & Abilities
- Fit and mobile
- Able to make workload assessments and allocation
- Ability to evaluate and solve problems in situ
- Ability to communicate verbally by phone and in writing to Senior Management and clinical users throughout the Trust
- PC and IT literate. Ability to use tools and test equipment
- Electrical installation
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.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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