Lead Engineer

NHS; Stapleford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Lead Engineer to manage maintenance at Woodthorpe Hospital. In this full-time role, you will oversee engineering operations, act as the main customer interface, and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing technical teams, sound fault finding techniques, and relevant qualifications in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. This position offers a dynamic work environment in a reputed hospital with a commitment to high standards of care.

Qualifications

• Experience managing contractors and service engineers.
• Strong understanding of health and safety guidelines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary engineering customer interface.
• Ensure completion of engineering planned maintenance.
• Respond to reactive calls and improve maintenance techniques.

Skills

Line management in a maintenance environment

Contractor management

Quality management

Health and safety awareness

Fault finding techniques

Education

City & Guilds Part 1/2, NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent

Job description

Lead Engineer

Go back Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Limited

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Job summary

The site on which Woodthorpe Hospital now stands has provided healthcare to the people of Nottingham since 1877 and is conveniently located towards the north of Nottingham city centre, with excellent on-site parking facilities and access to public transport nearby.

Today, we are a modern well-equipped hospital with 41 private bedrooms (all en-suite) and two operating theatres. We are constantly developing our services and are proud of our comprehensive range of specialist departments and the high standard of care that they allow us to offer all of our guests.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced Lead Engineer to join our Team at Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital.

Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Shifts - 8-4 or 7-3

About us

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years experience. We are a global provider operating in 8 countries, with 88,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.

We love people with a positive, can do attitude who want to make a difference in their work. Our employees are Ramsay. The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success. We are able to support training and development to our employees, to deliver a high standard of clinical care whilst ensuring patient safety, dignity and confidentiality. We are a progressive and caring facility and support the Ramsay vision People caring for People. We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us.

Job responsibilities

• Act as the Engineering primary day to day customer interface
• Ensure the Engineering Planned Preventative Maintenance Routine has been completed as detailed in the Standard Operating Procedure manuals (MMS). The level of undertaking of each Engineer will be based on the competency level established and ongoing internal development will enable working towards providing a comprehensive PPM coverage across the whole site with Engineering Technicians
• Feed back on findings to enable a continuous improvements of planned Maintenance & Maintenance Techniques working towards a condition based maintenance regime
• Provide feedback and direction on the Standard Maintenance Manual to Engineering Manager
• Provide advice and support on Health and Safety along with maintenance, testing and assisting in delivering the practical element of Fire systems training
• Completing the Fire Risk assessment with assistance from external specialist provider Hospital Managers and other Engineering colleagues
• Ensure response to all reactive calls
• Ensure all Statutory Insurance Inspections are undertaken and remedial tasks resolved within Cluster
• Escalate reactive calls which require specialist involvement to resolve
• Attend and support H&S or Infection Control meetings as requested by site
• Ensure that the site is safe and working effectively by maintaining Health & Safety requirements
• Respond effectively and timely to ad-hoc customer requirements
• Provide advice on technical and compliance issues affecting the site to clinical and non clinical staff
• Ensure all Corporate led Engineering initiatives are implemented within Ramsay sites
• Carry out Portable Appliance Testing (PAT Testing) as required for all portable equipment used throughout the hospital at intervals defined by both policy and Risk assessment
• Arrange and be available to participate in on-call out of hours cover for Woodthorpe (1 week in 3)
• Be available to work in any other agreed Ramsay location to assist in Engineering absence cover
• Carry out spare part stock take when required
• Advise Engineering Regional Lead and Group Estates Manager on external contracts

Decision Making Authority

• Prioritisation of breakdown against planned maintenance
• Take part in arranging provision for on‑call service for Ramsay hospitals
• Arranging out of hours work to complete service level in conjunction with Engineering Regional Lead
• Working inside company standards and guidelines
• Working inside Statutory requirements and escalating failures
• Authorisation and sign off of Permit to Works
• Use of Contractors in conjunction with Regional Lead
• Attend to call‑out request

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure all work has been carried out in a safe and competent manor
• Local engineering responsibility for the site and within designated Ramsay sites
• Effectively plan and communicate with Contractors and Service Engineers as required to undertake work with minimal disruption to hospital services
• Ensure all Engineering logs and paperwork are completed and filed in the appropriate locations in an accurate, MMS system updated in a timely and diligent fashion
• To cover holidays and sickness of other Engineering Technicians responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in line managing in a Maintenance Environment post apprenticeship or qualifications gained.
• Experience in managing and co‑ordinating Contractors and Service Engineers
• Understanding of Quality Management, customer satisfaction and the continuous improvement process
• Duel or multi‑skilled with the core preferably Electrical
• Comprehensive understanding of Health and Safety guidelines and applicable law
• Understanding of Legionella prevention requirements within Hospital buildings
• Excellent written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Sound fault finding techniques
• I T aware / competent

Qualifications

Essential

• City& Guilds Part 1/2, NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent preferably in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Desirable

• Time served apprenticeship in a Mechanical or Electrical biased discipline preferred
• Fire safety or Fire Risk Assessment training desirable

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Ramsay Health Care UK Operations Limited

Address

Woodthorpe Hospital

748 Mansfield Road

Woodthorpe

Nottingham

NG5 3FZ

Employer's website

https://www.ramsayhealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)