Band 7 Engineering Compliance Officer

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Leicester is looking for an Electrical Engineering Compliance Manager. This role involves supporting the Head of Estates and overseeing the compliance of electrical systems. Key responsibilities include managing electrical activities, producing reports for compliance, and ensuring policies meet current regulations. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and will be part of the Estates on-call rota, requiring autonomous decision-making in dynamic situations.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing electrical services and compliance.
• Ability to oversee safety management and operations.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and procure works for electrical activities.
• Produce compliance reports for Board level requirements.
• Ensure policies are up to date with current legislation.

Job description

The role of the Electrical Engineering Compliance Manager is to work with the wider Estates Maintenance team on the Trust's Electrical system and to support the Head of Estates with the broader electrical strategy for the Trust. This role will require the candidate to be the Authorised Person and cover the Authorised Person duties in electrical services and comply with all legal requirements with responsibility for providing assurance to the Trust board that these meets the statutory compliance requirements, overseeing safe management, maintenance, operation, and reactive response for engineering systems. To aid the Head of Estates to deliver planned and reactive Electrical services and programmes of work across the LPT estate with specific responsibility for ensuring compliance of contractors is in place, supervising their presence and work, giving guidance and direction as appropriate. They are also the primary Authorised Person for HV and LV sitewide and will be the responsible person for the Generator Testing Programme which is a fundamental requirement for ensuring the safety of the site. This position also requires serving as a deputy for the Compliance Manager when needed. This position is part of the Estates on call rota, which carries a level of autonomous decision making, with the ability to know when and who to escape matters; there will also be the requirement for out of hours working.
Contact Details: Robert Wyles, Head of Estates 07775 594508

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for procuring works to manage Electrical activities, producing reports for Board level reporting requirements and keeping records to ensure and evidence compliance. You will work with others and strategically develop any service-related plans and procedures across the trust in line with safe systems of work and HTM & regulatory/mandatory standards. Ensuring all policies and standing operating procedures are in date, disseminated and up to date with current and/or changes in legislation and any changes in the HTM is a core function of this role, along with ensuring that all data contained on the CAFM system relevant to Electrical compliance is complete, accurate and in line with HTM/SFG20 requirements. They are responsible for working with a wide range of staff members across the organisation, employing a wide range of communication and negotiation skills and techniques, to enable access to clinically operational areas of the site.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy for all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6‑month probationary period. All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. All jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

For details on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

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Qualifications

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Experience

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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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.