Electrical Maintenance Engineer (Estates Manager - Electrical)

The post holder will be responsible for providing effective, operational estates management services to the Sheffield Children's Hospital estates portfolio. Ensuring that the Trust operates within all relevant regulatory, advisory, compliance, financial and service delivery frameworks.

They shall co-ordinate the day-to-day planning and delivery of operational and maintenance functions, primarily but not exclusively for engineering, services and buildings. This will involve day to day management of the in-house maintenance team and specialist contractors or service providers that the department relies upon to provide a normal hours service and out of hours emergency service.

Sheffield Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced Electrically qualified Maintenance Engineer (NHS Job title - Estates Manager - Electrical) to join our busy Estates Maintenance Team. Candidates will be qualified to at least HNC / HND level in Electrical Engineering and with significant supervisory or management experience in a maintenance or installation environment. Applications are welcomed from candidates outside of the NHS who meet the essential criteria. Previous NHS experience or knowledge is not required.

Applicants with good supervisory experience, who are looking to move to the next level are invited to apply as much as those who already have an established management track record.

Resilience is built into all our building services systems to ensure that we can support our clinical colleagues to deliver a 24/7 service, so this is an interesting and varied role looking after a wide range of specialist as well as more typical building services equipment. Patients are at the heart of everything we do, so if you would like to apply your engineering skills in a caring environment we look forward to welcoming the right candidate to our committed engineering team.

At Sheffield Children's, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
1. Outstanding Patient Care
2. Brilliant Place to work
3. Leaders in Children's Health

We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.

As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.

As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children's health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.

The role includes on-call duties on a roughly 1 week in 6 basis split and attracts a generous NHS pay rewards package as follows:Band 7 AFC Pay scale £46,148 pa rising to £52,809 pa after 5 years NHS experience On Call payment circa £2,400 pa Annual leave 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays after 10 years NHS Pension Scheme (Career average) with Contributory rate of 10% The department also operates a flexi time policy.