Finegreen are currently supporting a large NHS Trust in the appointment of an Estates Maintenance/Operations Manager. Due to the immediate need, the client is looking for a candidate who could commence in the next 2 to 4 weeks, but would also like to attract those looking for a substantive role within the NHS at Band 7 as this is a permanent role within the structure also.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Ensure the continuity of all Electrical, Mechanical and Building Site Services at an acute hospital site; by the implementation of maintenance regimes which enable the Trust to demonstrate compliance with its statutory obligations and anticipate service failures allowing corrective action to be
• taken in advance;
• Manage and oversee the performance of the in-house Estates Maintenance multiskilled workforce regards to work orders being attended to and completed within the SLA allocated;
• Undertake Authorised Person responsibilities, in line with Health Technical Memoranda, for relevant engineering elements;
• Direct line management of the Estates Maintenance Supervisor x 2; Estates Maintenance Engineer and Estates Maintenance Administrator;
• Efficiently manage the Estates Maintenance budgets and control expenditure on stores and reactive maintenance which will be regularly reviewed by the Head of Estates Maintenance and Deputy Head of Maintenance;
• Support/cover for the Estates Officer (Mechanical), Estates Officer (Electrical), and Estates Officer (Buildings) as and when required with specific tasks being designated/assigned which are acceptable to the level of competency of the post holder;

The ideal candidate will have:

• Comprehensive experience working within an Estates management position within a healthcare setting ideally, but can look at candidates outside this within similar settings;
• Understand healthcare related estates HTM, HBNs etc;
• Qualified within Engineering or Building Services discipline.

If you are interested in the role, please contact Donna Larder on (phone number removed) or send your to (url removed)