Estates Operations Maintenance Manager

Are you looking to make a difference as a Estates Operations Maintenance Manager?

We're recruiting on behalf of Southern Health and Social Care Trust to add a technical specialist to the team.

As part of the Estates Operations team, the post holder will coordinate and manage both reactive and planned engineering maintenance tasks, working closely with the Estates Maintenance Team Leader and trades staff. They will take responsibility for overseeing training requirements and personnel activities, while also responding to daily requests raised through the estates help desk. Collaboration with the Mechanical Estates Officer will be key in addressing heating, ventilation, and water system faults, ensuring defects are resolved promptly and effectively. In addition, the role involves managing and coordinating estate services under the Term Service Contract, providing technical advice and support to contractors to maintain high standards across all engineering services.

The role:

• Responsible for the operational delivery of all estates maintenance services, including management of the Maintenance Team, Term Service Contractors and specialist service providers.

• Lead, supervise and develop the Maintenance Team, ensuring effective workforce planning, training, performance management and compliance with HR policies.

• Ensure statutory compliance with fire, health and safety, insurance and legislative requirements, including issuing permits to work, maintaining risk assessments and governance standards.

• Oversee the operation and upkeep of estates systems, including Building Management Systems, Labour Management Systems and specialist engineering equipment, ensuring plant and assets are maintained to safe and efficient standards.

• Provide technical and engineering expertise across mechanical, electrical and specialist systems, including heating, ventilation, medical gases and infection control measures, resolving defects through to completion.

• Manage budgets, procurement and contracts, including authorising work orders, verifying invoices, and optimising resources and spare parts to achieve value for money.

• Represent Estates Services in Trust-wide projects and policy groups, contributing to policy development, legal matters, and ensuring patient, client and staff needs remain central to service delivery.

The Person

As the successful candidate you will have the following background and experience:

Essential:

• Previous experience of working on building services systems e.g. plumbing & ventilation, including demonstration of experience of managing a multi-disciplined maintenance team.

• The control and deployment of maintenance staff including contractors to carryout daily reactive and planned maintenance tasks.

• Hold a current drivers license.

What's in it for you?:

• Salary: £37,338 per annum.

• Generous annual leave allowance.

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Zachery Downes Specialist Consultant at MCS Group 02896935501.

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