Job summary
- Job Purpose
To oversee technicians, craftsmen, maintenance assistants and Day to Day to Contractors in the day to day management. Working with the Estates Operations Officers to lead and direct a multidisciplinary team of of the operations and maintenance of the hospital estate to ensure a safe and pleasant environment for patients, visitors and staff.
Base - Grantham and District Hospital
Main duties of the job
Working with the Estates Operations Officers to efficiently and effectively manage/plan/organise, on a day to day basis, the flexible delivery of services by a multi-skilled and multi-disciplinary direct labour workforce and specialist contractors in accordance with Trust policies.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Estates Operations Officers in the management of the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the hospital estate in an efficient, safe and professional manner.
Ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance is met. Providing a safe and pleasant environment for our Patients, Staff and visitors.
Safeguarding policies of the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Estates Operations Officers in the management of the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the hospital estate in an efficient, safe and professional manner.
Ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance is met. Providing a safe and pleasant environment for our Patients, Staff and visitors.
Safeguarding policies of the Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed an apprenticeship or other appropriate training in a mechanical or building services engineering environment
- BTEC ONC or equivalent in Mechanical or Building Services Engineering or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Specialist technical training in plant, infrastructure and building services.
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
- Management Qualifications
Previous Experience
Essential
- A number of years within a maintenance environment demonstrating basic level of understanding of Estates delivery and maintenance.
- Aware of Health & Safety legislation
- Experienced in working in a demanding customer driven service.
- Experienced in working to deadlines.
- Demonstrable experience of making judgements on estates and maintenance issues taking into account legislation and H&S
- Experience in managing a multidisciplinary engineering team
Desirable
- Management of contractors and consultants with disciplinary team in Healthcare premises.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Experienced in issuing permits to work.
Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Knowledge of Estates service delivery, operational maintenance and procedures /processes.
- Able to prioritise and achieve deadlines.
- Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of statutory maintenance and inspections for plant and building services.
- Work co-operatively with colleagues
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance.
- Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks.
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project related information with specialists, nonspecialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers.
- Ability to define detailed PPM's and maintenance specifications including using O&M's, Statutory guidelines, HTM's, BS's, etc.
- Ability to scrutinise service reports.
- Ability to estimate work and services using published and internal cost data e.g., BCIS BMI, etc.
- Ability to develop works /service brief's and specifications.
- Supervise engineering maintenance team, oversight of contractors
Desirable
- Be able to work within a pressured environment.
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency.
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Management of contractors and consultants with disciplinary team in Healthcare premises.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Experienced in issuing permits to work.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Versatile and flexible in approach.
- Self-starter.
- Physically fit.
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions.
- Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries.
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Confident.
- Must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle for work travel
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completed an apprenticeship or other appropriate training in a mechanical or building services engineering environment
- BTEC ONC or equivalent in Mechanical or Building Services Engineering or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Specialist technical training in plant, infrastructure and building services.
- Additional Hospital Engineering related certified training
- Management Qualifications
Previous Experience
Essential
- A number of years within a maintenance environment demonstrating basic level of understanding of Estates delivery and maintenance.
- Aware of Health & Safety legislation
- Experienced in working in a demanding customer driven service.
- Experienced in working to deadlines.
- Demonstrable experience of making judgements on estates and maintenance issues taking into account legislation and H&S
- Experience in managing a multidisciplinary engineering team
Desirable
- Management of contractors and consultants with disciplinary team in Healthcare premises.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Experienced in issuing permits to work.
Knowledge, skills, aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Knowledge of Estates service delivery, operational maintenance and procedures /processes.
- Able to prioritise and achieve deadlines.
- Able to work safely and have a sound knowledge of Health and Safety legislation in the built environment
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of statutory maintenance and inspections for plant and building services.
- Work co-operatively with colleagues
- Ability to work with minimum of guidance.
- Good manual dexterity Logical and systematic approach to work tasks.
- Exchanges maintenance, technical project related information with specialists, nonspecialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers.
- Ability to define detailed PPM's and maintenance specifications including using O&M's, Statutory guidelines, HTM's, BS's, etc.
- Ability to scrutinise service reports.
- Ability to estimate work and services using published and internal cost data e.g., BCIS BMI, etc.
- Ability to develop works /service brief's and specifications.
- Supervise engineering maintenance team, oversight of contractors
Desirable
- Be able to work within a pressured environment.
- Able to act efficiently taking a 'hands on' role in an emergency.
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Management of contractors and consultants with disciplinary team in Healthcare premises.
- Experience of working in a large organisation.
- Experienced in issuing permits to work.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Versatile and flexible in approach.
- Self-starter.
- Physically fit.
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions.
- Sympathetic when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries.
- Imaginative outlook.
- Work on own initiative.
- Confident.
- Must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle for work travel
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).
