Principle Mechanical Engineer | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 22 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £66,653 - £77,094 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Frimley, GU16 7UJ |
| Cwmni: | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7729096/151-HS-47 |
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The Principal Mechanical Engineer will provide professional leadership and assurance for the Trust’s mechanical engineering systems, ensuring they are safe, reliable, compliant, and fit for purpose in a healthcare environment.
The role exists to safeguard patient and staff wellbeing by overseeing statutory compliance, risk management, and technical standards across all mechanical assets, including ventilation, medical gases, pressure systems, water safety, boilers, and energy systems.
Acting as a senior technical authority, the post-holder will support the Head of Compliance and Assurance in delivering a robust estates compliance framework, drive continuous improvement in system performance, and contribute to the Trust’s strategic objectives in sustainability, energy efficiency, and service resilience.
Key Responsibilities
• Deputise for the Head of Assurance, overseeing compliance across PAM, audits, risk assessments and safety groups, ensuring action plans and estates risks are monitored and updated.
• Manage the estates policy library, assurance training matrix and asbestos risk register, and coordinate statutory maintenance and PPM scheduling in line with SFG20.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders, producing performance and compliance reports, including for the Hospital Infection Control Committee.
• Liaise with Estates teams to ensure maintenance aligns with SFG20, escalate end‑of‑life assets for capital replacement, and travel to Trust sites to assess requirements and arrange inspections.
• Participate in safety group meetings, support out‑of‑hours engineering activities, and provide technical advice to capital project managers.
• Witness and sign off works in line with HTM/HBN guidance, supervise mechanical works and contractors, and maintain AP competence through ongoing training.
• Ensure compliance with all HTMs, HBNs, SFG20, British Standards, PAM and statutory health & safety requirements, including testing programmes and Trust duties relating to infection control, safeguarding, equality, and information governance.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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A detailed and comprehensive version of the job description and main responsibilities can be found in the attached JD and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 5 Feb 2026