Job summary
The Estates Officer (Mechanical) plays a vital role in ensuring the safe, efficient and reliable operation of mechanical engineering services across the Trust's estate. Acting as a technical specialist, the postholder provides expert maintenance, fault diagnosis, repair and compliance management for a wide range of systems including heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), medical gases, hot and cold water, pressure systems and specialist healthcare installations.
In this supervisory position, the Estates Officer oversees skilled trades staff and specialist contractors, ensuring highquality workmanship, safe working practices and minimal disruption to clinical services. The role requires strong communication and relationshipbuilding skills, as the postholder routinely coordinates with clinical teams, shares technical information, and provides assurance on planned and reactive maintenance activities
Main duties of the job
The Estates Officer (Mechanical) delivers expert maintenance, fault diagnosis and compliance oversight across critical mechanical systems including HVAC, water safety, ventilation and medical gas infrastructure. The role supervises trades staff and contractors, ensuring highquality workmanship, safe systems of work and minimal disruption to clinical services. Responsibilities include planning and prioritising tasks through CAFM, conducting risk assessments, supporting audits, and maintaining statutory records. The postholder manages resources, coordinates emergency responses, and provides technical guidance to clinical and nonclinical teams. Acting as an Authorised/Responsible Person under multiple HTMs, the Estates Officer ensures regulatory compliance, operational resilience and effective service delivery aligned with Trust values. In addition, the role contributes to the development of maintenance strategies, supports asset improvement, and drives continuous service enhancements by analysing performance data, identifying risks, and implementing effective engineering solutions that improve safety, efficiency and patient environments across the Estate
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Basic education to GCSE/'O' Level in Maths and English or post-Secondary Education training in a relevant field
- *NVQ Level 3 in a relevant Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering discipline plus additional knowledge acquired through the completion of City & Guilds of London Institute Certificate in either;
- oCourse 205 in Mechanical Engineering Maintenance Part 2 (205-3)
- oCourse 596 in Plumbing Advanced Craft Certificate (596-2) in Both - Sanitary Plumbing Plus, Installation and Maintenance of Domestic Heating Systems and Appliances.
- oCourse 596 Plumbing Craft Certificate (596-1) Plus course 599 Construction Service Welding Advanced Craft
- oDegree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- *Experience in a complex HVAC engineering environment
- *LTHW Systems
- *Domestic Hot and Cold-Water Systems
- *Experience of Managing and Supervising teams
Desirable
- *Ventilation and air conditioning
- *Pumping and pressure boosting
- *Vacuum and compressed air plants
- *Automated water treatment plant
- *Firefighting installations
- *Computerised building management controls
- *Laundry equipment
- *Patient handling equipment such as beds, hoists, wheelchairs, etc.
- *Hydrotherapy pool
- *Has detailed knowledge of Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999. Interprets the regulations and notifies line manager of any non-compliance as and when encountered.
- *Holds a current certificate of training and is competent in the operation and use of bonded abrasive wheels for compliance with the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998
- *Water storage
- *Potable Water distribution systems
- *Thermostatic Mixing Valves
- *Domestic above ground drainage
- *Be multi skilled to make safe Mechanical/Electrical/Fabric Systems
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Adaptable to change
- *Ability to work without supervision and confident to take decisions based on own ability
- *Ability to learn new skills
- *Available for undertaking overtime
- *Available for potential future shift working
- *Physically demanding role requiring manual handling of loads, extremes of temperature and the ability to work at heights or in confined spaces
- *Appreciation of their own limitations
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Basic education to GCSE/'O' Level in Maths and English or post-Secondary Education training in a relevant field
- *NVQ Level 3 in a relevant Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering discipline plus additional knowledge acquired through the completion of City & Guilds of London Institute Certificate in either;
- oCourse 205 in Mechanical Engineering Maintenance Part 2 (205-3)
- oCourse 596 in Plumbing Advanced Craft Certificate (596-2) in Both - Sanitary Plumbing Plus, Installation and Maintenance of Domestic Heating Systems and Appliances.
- oCourse 596 Plumbing Craft Certificate (596-1) Plus course 599 Construction Service Welding Advanced Craft
- oDegree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- *Experience in a complex HVAC engineering environment
- *LTHW Systems
- *Domestic Hot and Cold-Water Systems
- *Experience of Managing and Supervising teams
Desirable
- *Ventilation and air conditioning
- *Pumping and pressure boosting
- *Vacuum and compressed air plants
- *Automated water treatment plant
- *Firefighting installations
- *Computerised building management controls
- *Laundry equipment
- *Patient handling equipment such as beds, hoists, wheelchairs, etc.
- *Hydrotherapy pool
- *Has detailed knowledge of Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999. Interprets the regulations and notifies line manager of any non-compliance as and when encountered.
- *Holds a current certificate of training and is competent in the operation and use of bonded abrasive wheels for compliance with the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998
- *Water storage
- *Potable Water distribution systems
- *Thermostatic Mixing Valves
- *Domestic above ground drainage
- *Be multi skilled to make safe Mechanical/Electrical/Fabric Systems
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Adaptable to change
- *Ability to work without supervision and confident to take decisions based on own ability
- *Ability to learn new skills
- *Available for undertaking overtime
- *Available for potential future shift working
- *Physically demanding role requiring manual handling of loads, extremes of temperature and the ability to work at heights or in confined spaces
- *Appreciation of their own limitations
Desirable
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.
