Job summary
- The post holder will have technical, managerial and supervisory control over subordinate staff and specialist contractors.
- Working within the relative specialties of building, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Ensure that planned preventative and reactive maintenance work; undertaken by in-house maintenance staff and specialist contractors, is provided within pre-designated time spans at a competitive cost, providing technical input as required, to ensure compliance with all statutory regulations and legislation.
- To minimise disruption to the running of hospital departments.
- To manage and arrange shutdowns, connections and adaptations to specialised hospital services which facilitate progress on major capital and minor schemes . Carrying out estimates for works within defined budgets. Acting as authorised person for specialist services when appropriate.
- Responsible for ensuring that departments receive technical support with regard to the following specialties; Decontamination equipment (sterilisers / washer disinfectors), medical gases, ventilation systems, steam systems, building construction, water systems including drainage, natural gas systems, boiler plant, electrical systems (HV and LV), energy monitoring & reporting, fire alarms, mechanical engineering systems, legionella, building management systems, emergency standby generators, lifts, general and special waste, etc.
Main duties of the job
- Ensures planned and reactive maintenance work is completed within designated time spans and meets current legislative requirements; .
- Planning and implementing planned preventative maintenance programmes for all areas of the hospital including patient sensitive areas such as operating theatres, aseptic suites, ITU, HDU & CCU etc. This work also includes the revalidation plant performance against initial design figures.
- Instigation and development of a strategic H&S plan for the control of contractors. This is in conjunction with external H&S Professional i.e. HSE.
- Producing reports for backlog maintenance, site infrastructure upgrades to take into account long term growth and progressive plant degradation from which recommendations are formulated.
- Presenting complex contingency plans to all levels of the Trust prior to the commencement of major changes to service infrastructures or in the event of service failure.
- Communication to and from command centre during implementation of Trust major incident plans.
- Day to day management of operational staff, in regard to allocation of work and technical support. Applying Liverpool Hospitals NHS FT Human Resources policies regarding Managing Absenteeism, Disciplinary, and Grievance etc. Monitoring absence rates to meet the trusts annual target for sickness absence rate.
About us
Liverpool Women's delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career.
We value the contribution of individual talent and are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the local community. We will consider requests for flexible working on hiring.
Our core value is to 'Be Kind' and we have an ambition to 'Be Brilliant' with the best people, giving the safest care, to provide outstanding experiences.
The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it's services to provide the most cutting edge care possible. We have long-term aspirations for the future. https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/about-us/our-future/planning-for-future-generations/
We are committed to creating a greener Liverpool Women's https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4095/our-green-plan.pdf
https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-16pp-v5-current-version.pdf
Job description
Job responsibilities
please see what is stated within the above job overview and main job descriptions for the details of this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
please see what is stated within the above job overview and main job descriptions for the details of this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- degree in electrical mechanical or building related subject of HNC with relevant experience with appropriate extensive experience of man management contract administration or project
Desirable
- recognised professional qualification
- asbestos awareness
- legionella / water systems
- a qualification in building services would be an advantage
Experience
Essential
- qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge in a minimum of 3 authorised responsible or test person roles associated with HTMs
- management of directly employed staff
- management of external contracts
- manual handling
Desirable
- Operational experience within acute Trust
- previous experience in a large acute trust
- undertaken role of authorised person or one or more disciplines
- experience working in an NHS environment and the management of PPMS
Knowledge
Essential
- detailed knowledge of statutory legislation
- able to manage and resolve conflict within the area of responsibility
- able to share expertise with others
Desirable
- management of multisite operations
- evidence of developed leadership skills
- autocard certification and willingness to attend various training
Skills
Essential
- ability to apply good problem solving skills
- enthusiastic and motivated with the with the ability to motivate the team
- computer literate with good keyboard skills
- ability to analyse facts and make decisions
- knowledge in procurement design and specification
- ability to develop client brief to produce feasibility designs and carry approved designs to handover
- ability to provide clear instruction when working under pressure or in an emergency situation
Desirable
- conversant with CDM legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- degree in electrical mechanical or building related subject of HNC with relevant experience with appropriate extensive experience of man management contract administration or project
Desirable
- recognised professional qualification
- asbestos awareness
- legionella / water systems
- a qualification in building services would be an advantage
Experience
Essential
- qualification or an equivalent level of knowledge in a minimum of 3 authorised responsible or test person roles associated with HTMs
- management of directly employed staff
- management of external contracts
- manual handling
Desirable
- Operational experience within acute Trust
- previous experience in a large acute trust
- undertaken role of authorised person or one or more disciplines
- experience working in an NHS environment and the management of PPMS
Knowledge
Essential
- detailed knowledge of statutory legislation
- able to manage and resolve conflict within the area of responsibility
- able to share expertise with others
Desirable
- management of multisite operations
- evidence of developed leadership skills
- autocard certification and willingness to attend various training
Skills
Essential
- ability to apply good problem solving skills
- enthusiastic and motivated with the with the ability to motivate the team
- computer literate with good keyboard skills
- ability to analyse facts and make decisions
- knowledge in procurement design and specification
- ability to develop client brief to produce feasibility designs and carry approved designs to handover
- ability to provide clear instruction when working under pressure or in an emergency situation
Desirable
- conversant with CDM legislation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
