Electrical Support Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This new Band 6 Electrical Support Officer role supports the Capital Estates team at University Hospitals Dorset. The post holder will provide technical support for electrical engineering functions, including maintenance, small works, audits, and low voltage authorised person duties. The role involves ensuring electrical safety, statutory compliance, and safe operation of the Trust's electrical infrastructure across various sites. It requires liaising with different teams and contractors, providing technical advice, and reviewing documentation for minor capital projects.
Key responsibilities
- Provide technical support for maintenance, small works, electrical audits, and low voltage authorised person duties.
- Support electrical safety, statutory compliance, and the safe operation of the Trust's electrical infrastructure.
- Liaise with Capital Estates, Strategy and Transformation, Operational Maintenance, contractors, and clinical users.
- Provide technical advice and review documentation such as drawings, specifications, risk assessments, and method statements.
- Undertake checks and surveys linked to electrical systems and capital minor works.
Essential criteria
- Degree in health planning, estates, project management, analytics, or related field
- Experience of working in the Construction or Healthcare Building services industry including site supervision of contractors
- Thorough knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and statutory policies & procedures relevant to managing relevant to the management of public buildings, construction & building maintenance
- Able to build effective working relationships with colleagues, clinical teams, corporate teams and external stakeholders.
- Works well independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Flexible and responsive to changing priorities, conflicting deadlines and operational pressures.
- Demonstrates attention to detail, sound judgement and a practical approach to problem solving.
- Demonstrates the Trust's values and behaviours.
- Be able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
- Educated to degree level in a relevant subject, or able to demonstrate equivalent experience in health planning, estates, project management, analytics, service planning or a related field.
- Able to analyse and interpret information, data and service requirements accurately.
- Able to produce clear written reports, briefing notes, schedules, presentations and planning documentation.
- Good communication skills with the ability to deal with staff at all levels of the organisation.
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- Able to organise workload, manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in NHS
- IOSH or similar H&S training
- Understanding of healthcare planning, service change, estates planning or capital development processes.
- Awareness of NHS planning requirements, including the need to align space, activity, workforce, finance and operational requirements.
- Understanding of governance, risk, quality and safe working practices relevant to healthcare planning and estates project
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Electrical Support Officer
The closing date is 10 September 2026
Job summary
This is a new Band 6 Electrical Support Officer post within the Capital Estates team, supporting the delivery of electrical engineering functions across University Hospitals Dorset. The post holder will provide technical support for maintenance, small works, electrical audits, low voltage authorised person duties, contractor control, and the review of specifications and drawings for minor capital projects. The role will also support electrical safety, statutory compliance and the safe operation of the Trust's electrical infrastructure. Working across Trust sites, the post holder will liaise with Capital Estates, Strategy and Transformation, Operational Maintenance, contractors and clinical users to support the safe planning and delivery of works. They will provide technical advice, review documentation such as drawings, specifications, risk assessments and method statements, and undertake checks and surveys linked to electrical systems and capital minor works. The post does not include direct line management responsibility, but will provide technical support to project managers and wider teams as required. Interview date: 18th September 2026
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