Overview

Senior Engineer - Huntingdon role at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will act as the Senior Engineer for retained estates across the Trust, providing technical leadership and operational management of the mechanical, electrical, and water engineering teams. This role supports day-to-day leadership of engineering services and contributes technical expertise to the New Hospital Programme (NHP) and wider Trust Capital redevelopment projects. The post holder will ensure compliance with statutory requirements, support high-performing engineering teams, and drive improvements in patient safety, resilience, and service efficiency. The successful candidate will encourage multidisciplinary working between Estates and Facilities managers and seek opportunities to share resources and collaborate.

For informal details, contact: Arunas Paulauskas, Head Of Estates (Retained Sites), arunas.paulauskas1@nhs.net, 07927 680427.

Location: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.

Responsibilities

• Line manages mechanical, electrical, and water infrastructure engineers across retained sites.
• Oversee engineering maintenance, statutory compliance, and reactive response.
• Ensure consistent application of HTMs, HBNs, and best practice standards.
• Act as an Authorised Person (AP) for relevant systems (e.g. electrical, water, ventilation, medical gas).
• Provide technical advice and operational insight to the New Hospital Development Team, leading HTM sub-groups.
• Ensure alignment between capital project specifications and operational estates and oversee handover.
• Participate in commissioning and technical review meetings.
• Support delivery of water safety, electrical safety, and fire safety strategies.
• Lead on compliance-related audits, updates to procedures, and action plans.
• Support Trust-wide initiatives including PAM and ERIC returns.
• Act as a key point of contact for engineering issues affecting service delivery.
• Liaise with Estates Manager for workforce performance and compliance.
• Work alongside Clinical Teams, Project Leads, and Contractors; attend Trust forums on infrastructure safety and compliance.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience in leading engineering teams within healthcare or similarly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of HTMs, HBNs, and statutory requirements related to healthcare estates.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and manage capital projects from design to handover.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Benefits

We offer a variety of staff benefits; details are available in the attached staff benefits leaflet.

Additional

We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from all backgrounds, with a focus on welcoming disabled, BAME communities, and those from the local area.