Senior Operational Engineer (AP Low Voltage Systems)

Job responsibilities

Main Duties

• Performs the duties of the Estate Manager in their absence.
• Responsible for the direct implementation of all Operational Health & Safety policies and protocols, ensuring that working practices comply with these in both spirit and practice.
• Responsible for the continuing use and introduction of management systems to control and monitoring of plant and equipment necessary to meet the requirements of all current legislation, sale and achieve high plant efficiency at the lowest operating cost.
• To support the remodelling of the Directorates services to create a more generic, seamless and efficient non-clinical support which meets the needs of patients and clinical colleagues.
• The position will ensure that all Trust Management and personnel policies are cascaded to all staff and implementation is bath consistent and effective throughout the estates Department.
• Responsible for the preparation and issue of tender specifications for annual service contracts relating to external specialist maintenance services.
• Develops long term capital plans to reduce backlog maintenance problems.
• Able to operate a CAD (Computer Aided Design) system.
• Has an appreciation of engineering measuring tools to monitor plan and equipment efficiency.
• Is fully conversant with computerised building management systems.
• Will be responsible for the overall running a number of capital projects for plant replacement and infrastructure upgrade/building maintenance reduction.
• Will act as the lead specialist on a day to day basis and on all capital, schemes relating to electrical engineering infrastructure, guided only by building codes, health and safety legislation and health technical memorandums.
• Will undertake to resolve staff, contractor dispute or disciplinary issues
• Ensures that the Trust and its associated users are provided with a cost effective, technically sound and reliable distribution and engineering service on a continued basis.
• Responsible for the implementation of working practises to ensure that achievement of safe and efficient operation and maintenance of engineering plant and services.
• Responsible for the implementation of a condition-based maintenance management system.
• Ensure the consideration and introduction of new servicing/monitoring techniques including, running time, vibration monitoring and use of programmable logic controllers.
• Responsible for systems to identify and respond to, so that there can be effective resolution of all and any emergency situations that affect the operation of engineering services.
• Responsible for the continuous (24hours/day/7days/week) efficient working of engineering plant, services and equipment so as to reduce, and at best avoid, emergency situations, keeping the same to a minimum.
• Responsible for the operation of specific maintenance contracts as may be in force e.g. Nuffield House and KCL to pre-agreed costs and time scale/content.
• Responsible for the implementation of designated engineering and building installation/preparatory work to agreed costs and time scale/content.
• Liaises with and supports the Design Team as required in connection with technical information, standardisation of equipment and parts regarding compatibility with the existing Hospital services and equipment.
• The production of specific Health & Safety policies and protocols ensuring their adoption in spirit and application in practise.
• Responsible for the effective implementation of the Hospitals Health & Safety policies and protocols.
• Responsible for ensuring that there is effective cover at all times for operational engineering support.
• Liaises as necessary with heads of Department and Business managers to ensure that engineering and building support services are maintained and improved, that such services are cost effective, technically sound and relevant to clients needs. Advises and notifies the client in good time and in detail in connection with all and any procedures relating to all services and equipment down-time.
• Responsible for the engineers on-call schedules and arrangements.
• Responsible for the safe and efficient working of the Waste Disposal Service and/or incinerator plant, including liaison with the contractors and other users, and ensuring its continued use to safe and efficient standards.
• Responsible for the safe, effective and efficient operation of the site central boiler and power house, distribution systems, plant equipment and all other areas.
• Acts as a Senior Authorised person, with regard to High and Low Voltage and Medical Gas Installations.
• Responsible for the management of elevators on site including statutory compliance.
• Responsible for all lift equipment on site including statutory compliance.
• Acts and has the responsibilities for the Deputy Responsible person (with respect to legionella) on site
• Is responsible for bringing together labour, service energy control, efficiency and use to ensure operational aspects of the Hospital always function safely, in a technically sound/cost effective (by comparison to other/other sources) way.

Management and Leadership

• Develop clear standards and a consistent approach to managing and operating our facilities. This will include attitude, environmental maintenance and front of house services that play such an important part in first impressions. The aim will be to create a friendly, courteous and helpful approach to patients by all staff, regardless of their position or role in the organisation.
• Ensure that there are regular open meetings and a consistent method of communication at all levels, across all disciplines and professional boundaries
• Develop along with other staff within the Directorate a common, consistent and more innovative approach to staff recruitment, based on a search for the core personal traits required for a particular role.
• To facilitate service improvements, particularly where these involve changing attitudes or culture.
• Conduct annual appraisals for all staff under his/her direct control.
• Has line management for several technical engineers.
• Responsible for the mechanical and operational engineers.

Financial Responsibility

• Responsible for the budgetary control of Staff Labour, Materials, Contracts, with a revenue signatory delegation of £15,000 (Between Guys & St Thomas) p.a
• Responsible for the control and application of the operations and maintenance budget ensuring it is effectively committed and not exceeded.

Information Management

• Ensure that effective communication exists at all levels and key local and corporate messages are effectively communicated to all staff.
• Ensure that communication is a two-way process, which should encourage feedback and generation of good ideas; better staff involvement; and creating a strong sense of common purpose and team work.
• Present information on multi-stranded projects to senior managers.
• Provide expert technical knowledge on electrical engineering issues for the projects department.
• Is fully conversant computerised maintenance management system including the techniques used for condition-based maintenance.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of all Estates procurement policies.
• Is responsible to ensure that the estate is surveyed regularly to provide an audit check on work progress.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of all Estates procurement policies.
• Responsible for the preparation of regular reports, including facts and recommendations, to the Head of Estates Management on plant status, energy efficiency, emergency situations, personnel issues, services failure, labour performance, accidents, progress on specific schemes, financial matters and any other items/subjects that may be required.

Education and Professional Development

• Ensure that all training is provided for mechanical and operational engineers
• Develops and ensures that staff training and development is achieved.
• Act as a mentor and role model for all trade staff
• Develops through a 1-2-1 mentoring programme various management competencies to acquire the relevant skills to progress to more senior positions within the Department or Trust.

Qualifications/Education

Essential

• Degree qualified
• As undertaken a number of courses to be able to fulfil the roles of Authorised Person duties under the various engineering codes of practice

Desirable

• NEBOSH Qualified

Professional/Statutory Registration

Essential

• Chartered Engineer

Physical Requirements

Essential

• Some heavy lifting may be required.
• Good physical fitness with an ability to work in both a ultra clean and building services environments

Additional Information

Essential

• Team player, flexible and responsive to the needs of colleagues
• Proactive, energetic and enthusiastic
• Self motivated
• Proactive, versatile and problem solving approach
• Professional in approach, outward looking and confident.
• Ability to relate to staff and colleagues and earn respect.
• Ability to be calm and firm under pressure and demonstrate leadership.

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of identifying and undertaking minor building repairs.
• Experience of working within a broad range of occupational guidelines
• Experience of managing an area of maintenance
• Experiencing of managing key performance indicators
• Experience of implementing Health & Safety policies and protocols
• Experience of managing DEL trade staff, maintenance and contractors
• Experience of managing a team and motivating a team
• Experience of communicating technical information with specialists and non-specialists.
• Experience of managing budgets
• Experience providing a responsive service to the customer within time and cost constraints
• Experience of operating a computerised building management system

Desirable

• Has worked in a hospital environment

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

Essential

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent numerical and critical reasoning skills
• Excellent diplomatic skills
• Excellent understanding health and safety law
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to respond effectively to multiple priorities
• Experience with Microsoft Word & Excel, and PowerPoint
• Work well under pressure

Desirable

• Has managed small infrastructure projects

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).