Electrician

Electrician

Location: James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW
Salary: £44,500 per annum, Shift allowance inclusive, plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Full time, permanent – 37.5 hours per week. 8-week rolling shift pattern including days and nights (07:00 – 19:00 and 19:00 – 07:00)

Ready to impact a better future?

As an Electrician in our healthcare facilities team at James Cook University Hospital, you’ll help keep a critical NHS environment safe, compliant, and fully operational. Your work will support patients, clinicians, and visitors every day, making a real difference where it matters most.

This is a hands-on role where your skills directly impact the delivery of vital healthcare services. From planned maintenance to reactive repairs, your contribution helps ensure the hospital can operate 24/7, supporting life-saving care and creating a positive impact on the local community.

What you’ll do as an Electrician

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Carry out reactive repairs, fault finding, commissioning, and maintenance across a wide range of electrical services, plant, and equipment
• Deliver planned preventive maintenance to ensure systems remain safe, compliant, and fully operational
• Diagnose faults in complex electrical systems within a live hospital environment
• Work across multiple hospital areas, responding effectively to changing priorities
• Maintain accurate records and ensure all work meets statutory and safety requirements
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and hospital staff to minimise disruption and deliver excellent service

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• A completed recognised electrical apprenticeship or equivalent structured training programme
• Level 3 NVQ or Level 3 National or Diploma Certificate in Electrical Installation or Engineering
• 18th Edition BS7671
• Proven experience working in a similar environment, ideally within building services or healthcare
• Strong communication and customer-focused skills, with a calm and professional approach

Vetting and checks:

A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a strong focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Networks that support inclusion and connection across our organisation, including LGBTQIA+ colleagues, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and colleagues from all cultural backgrounds

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

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