Engineering Tradesperson – (Core Trade Electrical)
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Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.
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The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.
Job overview
Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB are seeking an Engineering Tradesperson (core electrical) to join our Estates team supporting the Prince Charles Hospital to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for our patients, visitors and staff.
This role will attract shift and on call allowances.
We are looking for a skilled individual with a track record of carrying out maintenance tasks to the appropriate levels of quality required, the ability to diagnose and repair faults, and to calibrate a range of engineering plant and equipment.
Main duties of the job
To provide a safe and comfortable environment for patients, staff and visitors by:
- Providing multi-skilled engineering expertise across various electrical and mechanical equipment and fabric.
- Ensuring all essential services are maintained to support clinical departments in their prime task of treating patients whilst ensuring all statutory legislation is complied with.
- Ensure maintenance tasks are fulfilled to appropriate levels of quality in a compliant manner.
- Perform engineering maintenance work including activities, which are complex and/or non-routine.
- Responsible for fault diagnosis, repair and calibration on a wide range of engineering plant and equipment.
- Maintenance and repair on a range of Industrial, Commercial, Domestic, and Plant equipment.
Typical areas of work include:
- Power/Lighting circuits
- Low voltage switchgear
- Fire alarm systems
- Emergency Generators and associated switchgear
- Battery systems and uninterruptable power supplies
- Air conditioning equipment and controls, including theatre handling units
- Heating controls, boiler controls and associated equipment
- Lift release
- Portable equipment
- Nurse call and cardiac arrest systems
- Catering equipment
- Medical vacuum and compressed air plant
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.
CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:
- We listen, learn, and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We work together as one team
CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above.Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Completed an accredited Electrical apprenticeship training course to a minimum level 3 vocational qualification or equivalent plus relevant training or equivalent experience, plus additional training and developed skills e.g. air conditioning
- Evidence of significant CPD
Knowledge
Essential criteria- High level of knowledge and understanding of electrical/ mechanical services/systems and a working knowledge of other associated trades. Familiarity with approved guidance documents
- JIB Registration
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience with Fire Alarm Systems Generators Lifts BMS engineering maintenance Completion of a structured training programme
- Previous experience of working within the NHS
We also warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community.
Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government’s Work in the UK guidance.For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form.
Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles.
All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification.
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