Estates Compliance Manager

Job summary

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an Estates Compliance Manager, who is diligent, hardworking and will ensure the Trust complies with the Healthcare Technical Memorandum Series, NHS Estates Policies and Principles and associated management and design guidance to create and maintain an estate that delivers the right environment to support the provision of high-quality healthcare and the wellbeing of staff

The post holder will be responsible for the Compliance of the Estate, with particular responsibility for current statutory legislation, health and safety issues and compliance.

This role includes implementation of the maintenance strategy for all estates assets ensuring full compliance, inclusive of undertaking root cause analysis for Estates services or other system issues.

A strong understanding of building services engineering with a good eye for detail, is a requirement of the role:

• Undertaking Inspections
• Completing Audits
• Producing high-quality reports on contractor and estates management compliance
• To digest and produce risk assessments / method statements
• Contractor management

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate effective communication skills, be self-motivated and have the ability to time manage tasks, working flexibly to provide proactive leadership and be a positive role model.

The successful candidate will be working closely with a multi-disciplined engineering team in order to ensure full compliance across our Estates.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for ensuring that the Estates department is fully compliant with all statutory legislation, regulations, best practice guidance and British Standards (HTMs/HBN/ACoPs) by monitoring and reporting on performance in line within agreed KPIs. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that any non-conformances are identified and addressed in a timely and appropriate manner. The post holder will also be required to provide compliance reports on a routine basis. The post holder will work cooperatively with the operational Estates Managers (Building and M&E) in dealing with any technical compliance issues. The post holder will act as the Trust's Senior Authorised Person/Responsible Person (AP/RP) and Technical Lead for Estates' services. Responsible for the management of all Estates related IT system such as the water hygiene and asbestos portal(s), RESET and CAFM (Computer Aided Facilities Management) System.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice