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Estates Technical Manager

The closing date is 01 June 2025

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Job summary

This 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.

This role offers hybrid working, however you will also be required to travel across Kent Surrey and Sussex to attend sites.

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.

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.

Main duties of the job

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
  • Provides and receive complex technical and sensitive information.Persuasive, motivational, negotiating and training skills are required. Identifies and receives maintenance and repair technical issues and makes H&S compliant recommendations to resolve, keeping all stakeholders updated of the necessary actions
  • Manages long term maintenance planning, short term minor worksprojects, planning and emergency/ contingency planning for critical services

About us

  • 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.

Details

Date posted

19 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

Depending on experience 46,148-52,809

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

278-ETM-0425-CC

Job locations

NEXUS HOUSE

4 GATWICK ROAD

WEST SUSSEX CRAWLEY

RH10 9BG


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • 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

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • 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

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Estates, Facilities, Contractor management experience.
  • Highly developed specialist Estates technical knowledge underpinned by theory, training qualification and experience
  • Relevant experience of working in a health care environment with estates, facilities, contract management background, and its impact on operation performance
  • Expert level technical knowledge and understanding of the range of the Estates Services and Equipment
  • Professional estates technical knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent plus specialist knowledge acquired;

Desirable

  • Prince 2 accreditation
  • Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Building Contract Management professional qualification

Skills

Essential

  • Well-developed numerical skills
  • Plan and organise broad range of complex activities; formulate, adjust plans or strategies
  • Provide and receive complex information, use negotiating skills, analyse highly complex information, gain co-operation or agreement when required
  • Full clean driving licence for travel across sites
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Estates, Facilities, Contractor management experience.
  • Highly developed specialist Estates technical knowledge underpinned by theory, training qualification and experience
  • Relevant experience of working in a health care environment with estates, facilities, contract management background, and its impact on operation performance
  • Expert level technical knowledge and understanding of the range of the Estates Services and Equipment
  • Professional estates technical knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent plus specialist knowledge acquired;

Desirable

  • Prince 2 accreditation
  • Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Building Contract Management professional qualification

Skills

Essential

  • Well-developed numerical skills
  • Plan and organise broad range of complex activities; formulate, adjust plans or strategies
  • Provide and receive complex information, use negotiating skills, analyse highly complex information, gain co-operation or agreement when required
  • Full clean driving licence for travel across sites

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

NEXUS HOUSE

4 GATWICK ROAD

WEST SUSSEX CRAWLEY

RH10 9BG


Employer's website

https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

NEXUS HOUSE

4 GATWICK ROAD

WEST SUSSEX CRAWLEY

RH10 9BG


Employer's website

https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

ESTATES MANAGER

PAUL KENT

paul.kent@secamb.nhs.uk

07736790575

Details

Date posted

19 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

Depending on experience 46,148-52,809

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

278-ETM-0425-CC

Job locations

NEXUS HOUSE

4 GATWICK ROAD

WEST SUSSEX CRAWLEY

RH10 9BG


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