iM Med SteelcoBelimed is looking for motivated people with a solid electrical grounding who are ready to build a specialist engineering career supporting vital healthcare equipment across the UK.

We will give you the specialist training you need to become a successful Decontamination Engineer. You bring the electrical knowledge and the right attitude — we will do the rest.

• Electrical City & Guilds Level 2 as a minimum
• An ability to read electrical drawings and wiring diagrams, or the willingness to learn
• A practical, hands-on approach
• Good problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and customer service skills
• A willingness to learn and develop
• Full UK driving licence

• A full specialist training programme
• Ongoing professional development
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Genuine career progression
• Exposure to leading healthcare technology
• The opportunity to make a real difference to patient safety

Every day you will help hospitals and healthcare providers keep critical equipment running safely and efficiently.

iM Med SteelcoBelimed is growing, and we are looking for talented breakdown and validation engineers to join our technical services team. It is a chance to work with leading decontamination technology while supporting healthcare providers across the UK — and to play a direct part in keeping critical hospital services running safely.

• Reactive breakdown repairs and rapid fault diagnosis
• Validation and testing of decontamination equipment
• Planned preventative maintenance and servicing
• Fault-finding on complex electro-mechanical systems
• Providing first-class technical support to healthcare customers
• Supporting critical hospital services and patient safety

• Experience servicing Sterilisers and/or Washer Disinfectors
• Endoscopy and/or SSD experience preferred
• Experience of reading electrical drawings and wiring diagrams is essential
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills
• Relevant engineering qualifications
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• A proactive, team-focused attitude

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Industry-leading training and development
• Genuine career progression
• A growing, innovative organisation that values quality and excellence
• Work that makes a real difference to patient safety

• Serve as the named deputy for the Validation Manager — able to assume full operational responsibility during any period of absence

• Maintain continuity of report turnaround, AE(D) correspondence, and engineer support during cover periods

• Ensure engineers receive timely feedback on submitted reports and that no report queue builds up during planned or unplanned absence

• Maintain working knowledge of all active sites, AE(D)s, and outstanding issues so that handover requires minimal briefing

• Review submitted periodic test reports against VALPOL-001 (iM Med Validation Services Quality Policy) to identify errors, omissions, and non-compliance

• Manage the AE(D) rejection process — log, assign, chase, and verify resolution within defined SLAs

• Maintain the engineer error tracking log and flag threshold breaches to the Validation Manager

• Support the Validation Manager in identifying training needs from error patterns across the engineer poo

• Act as the first point of contact for engineer queries on report format, document order, calibration requirements, and site-specific requirements

• Conduct site visits where required to witness validations and assess engineer competency

• Deliver or support delivery of validation training sessions to engineers (iM Med and Belimed pools)

• Chase engineers for outstanding or overdue reports within agreed timescales

• Maintain professional working relationships with AE(D)s across the NHS Trust portfolio

• Respond to AE(D) and Trust queries in the Validation Manager's absence without escalating unnecessarily

• Ensure all site-specific additional requirements (as recorded in MASTER DATA) are communicated to engineers in advance of site visits

• Maintain awareness of any site disputes, validation complications, or at-risk relationships

• Maintain the validation MASTER DATA files (endo and SSD) — site, machine, AE(D), and template data

• Manage report filing, naming conventions, and record retention in line with VALPOL-001

• Operate IPReports software to track report status and support engineers with template queries

• Prepare monthly activity summaries for the Validation Manager covering report volumes, outstanding rejections, and error rates

• Provide day-to-day guidance and oversight to the Validation Administrators during cover periods

• Support the onboarding and training of new validation team members

• Contribute to the development and review of validation policies and procedures

• Strong working knowledge of HTM 01-06 (endoscope decontamination) and/or HTM 01-01 (sterile services)

• Experience reviewing or producing NHS periodic test reports as a Competent Person (Decontamination) [CP(D)] or in a quality oversight role

• Confident communicator — able to give clear, direct feedback to engineers and to liaise professionally with AE(D)s

• High attention to detail — able to cross-check report content against standards and identify discrepancies

• Self-motivated and able to manage a multi-stream workload independently

• Willing to visit sites across the UK to witness validations or support engineer development

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

• City & Guilds ENG08 and/or ENG20 qualification

• Experience working with IPReports or similar report management software

• Experience in a multi-site NHS decontamination environment

• Previous line management or team leadership experience

• Familiarity with ISO 13485 quality management systems

• Takes ownership — does not need to be chased, and does not let things drift

• Calm under pressure — able to manage multiple priorities during busy cover periods without dropping standards

• Confident on the phone — willing to chase engineers, speak to AE(D)s, and escalate appropriately

• Honest about what they know and what they need to learn

• Commitment to patient safety as the foundation of everything the Validation team does