This is a new post to support the Trust in the delivery of key estates objectives. In particular, the job holder will work closely with the Estates Manager to monitor and manage the performance and activities of the Trust Facilities Management (FM) provider to ensure corporate governance and assurance in the delivery of all its Statutory and Mandatory Compliance, Planned & Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs and minor works.
The job holder will liaise closely with all stakeholders and members of senior management and represent the Estates function at corporate meetings to provide assurance on matters such as Health & Safety compliance. Ensuring all properties are fit-for-purpose, safe, compliant and well maintained at all times. In undertaking role, they will identify any
unreported maintenance requirements and ensure issues are resolved in a timely manner and provide assurance on activities and tasks that have been completed.
They will also ensure building maintenance issues are appropriately logged. The job holder will also provide professional subject matter expert assurance that all PPM, audits,inspections and tests on a range of services that include fire, gas, water, asbestos lifts, emergency lighting, electrical systems, fuel etc. are fully compliant with H&S Executive and Statutory and Mandatory requirement
In this role you will:
Manages and ensures adherence to a broad range of occupational policies guided by Building, H&S Regulations and HTM guidance.
Responsible for all providing governance, assurance and performance for ‘hard’ facilities such as mechanical and electrical maintenance and ‘soft’ facilities management activities relating to the estates such as premises cleaning and waste
Essential criteria:
Estates, Facilities, Contractor management experience.
Evidence of ongoing personal and technical development
Highly developed specialist Estates technical knowledge underpinned by theory, training qualification and experience
Masters Degree in Building Services or Electrical, Mechanical or Engineering or relevant equivalent discipline
Member of an appropriate Professional/ Chartered Institute (e.g. Member of the Chartered Institute of Buildings Services
Engineers (CIBSE) British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Institute of Healthcare
Engineering and Estates Management (IHEEM)
IOSHH or NEBOSH qualification
Desirable Criteria:
Prince 2 accreditation .Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
(HVAC), Building Contract Management professional qualification
Authorised Persons Certificate in one of the following disciplines i.e. Electrical Low Voltage Systems, Fire Alarm Systems, Fixed Electrical Installation Testing, Gas, Water, Asbestos Installations etc
Option to join NHS pension scheme
A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
Access to occupational health and counselling services.
Award winning wellbeing hub
Back up buddy App
Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Identifies and receives maintenance and repair technical issues and makes H&S compliant recommendations to resolve, keeping all stakeholders updated of the necessary actions
Exchange detailed technical building, mechanical and electrical maintenance issues and project related information with specialists and non-specialists’ stakeholders. Negotiates and influences with contractors, suppliers, senior managers
Requires a specialist Estates, Facilities, Building Services technical knowledge across a broad range of disciplines and procedures underpinned by sound theory and practice gained through relevant training, qualification, experience and ongoing personal development
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