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An exciting opportunity has arisen at Great Ormond Street Hospital for a Principal Engineer (Electrical) to join the organisation. GOSH is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare, with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.
This is an exciting time to join the GOSH Space and Place Directorate, which has ambitious plans for the future of GOSH Estates.
The department has recently reviewed the engineering and Estates structure, including introducing new roles in compliance and assurance. This role of PE fulfils the role of Coordinating Authorised Person (AP) and the candidate would have a depth of knowledge in at least one, if not all HTM safe system of work.
The role will be to coordinate, develop and support the Head of Estates in the management of the Engineering Team - to ensure overall engineering compliance and safety for the Electrical discipline.
The Trust is easily accessible via various public transport links and comes with a full NHS benefits package which includes 27-33 holidays + BH, attractive pension scheme, various discounts and an interest free season ticket loan.
For more information about this role, please contact Chris Page at Castlefield Recruitment, quoting the reference 19275.
The Role
Responsibilities will include;
- Support the ongoing development of robust Safe Systems of Work (including Standard Operational Procedures) for all major M&E disciplines and coordinate and act as the AP/RP lead in relevant specialist areas
- Lead the electrical compliance team
- Help the operational lead develop the CAFM based maintenance programme to work in parallel with the AP and CP structures to ensure compliant maintenance and PPM regimes along with accurate reporting
- Act as the point of contact for the electrical service/infrastructure management including associated specialist fields, specify solutions in line with best practice/relevant legislation and oversee that this work is undertaken as required
- Lead and manage, projects to successful completion
The Person
- Current Chartered Engineer or working towards accreditation (or equivalent experience)
- Significant experience working within healthcare engineering, with exposure predominantly within the Electrical specialism
- Experience of acting in the role of AP for Electrical Services
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to develop positive and effective working relationships and present on technical issues to non-Estates stakeholders
