Job summary
The role holder is responsible for the supervision, planning and allocation of Estates trade staff and external contractors who undertake maintenance repairs and minor new works installations on a wide range of building, engineering plant and equipment across the Trust and community sites.
The post is primarily based at Newmarket with responsibility for that site and the Trusts community sites. They will also be required to support at other locations
Main duties of the job
The role holder will provide technical assistance to staff and contractors on issues that are complex and non routine ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
The role holder will be responsible for all contractor management at their sites including administration of the Trust Permit to Work Scheme.
The role holder will be responsible for maintaining the departments Planned Preventative Maintenance and reactive works programme and to ensure that all PPMs are compliant to current mandatory and statutory legislation and up to date with new assets as they come on line.
To undertake complex fault diagnosis on building services, fault rectification, maintenance and capital works across the Trust. In addition, the post holder will be required to plan minor improvement work as directed by the Estates manager or their nominated officers.
The post holder will be responsible on a daily basis to the Estates Operations Maintenance Manager.
The post holder will ideally have a building background with good all round skills in domestic, industrial and commercial maintenance fields.
The role holder will be required to be an Authorised Person (AP) in relevant services after suitable training.
The role holder will be required to participate in the departments Senior Engineers On-Call out of hours service.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on job role and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification attached for more details on job role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Recognised trade apprenticeship in electrical and/or mechanical and/or building discipline.
- Recognised trade apprenticeship in electrical and/or mechanical and/or building discipline.
- 1st Line Management qualification or working towards qualification (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 3 or working towards qualification. (or equivalent eg. Building services HNC)
- Customer Care Training
- Authorised Person and or Competent Person in various engineering services in and acute hospital environment.
- Qualification in Asbestos category A&B / P402 qualification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in the day-to-day management of Maintenance Staff.
- Previous carpentry/building experience
- Evidence of a maintenance background with skills to carry out minor mechanical, electrical or building repairs.
- Ability to understand and interpret engineering drawings.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an Estates field in an Acute Hospital environment.
- To have a knowledge and understanding of HTM's & HBN's
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good organisational skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems
- Good ability to plan and organise direct labour force to obtain maximum productivity
- IT competent in particular with Microsoft Office Word and Excel
- Good communication skills and the ability to maintain effective working relationships throughout the organisation
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Evidence of good written and spoken communication skills.
- Organised approach to work
- Able to follow written instructions and procedures
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to cope with demanding and stressful situations
- A dedicated and committed member of a team.
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties and can cope with new and changing demands.
- Good attention to detail
- Approachable and tactful
- Ability to inspire and enthuse others
- Customer focused
- The ability to be sensitive to project issues that may impact on patients, visitors and staff e.g. dignity, design issues, noise, dust etc.
- A focussed individual who will ensure deadlines are met
Person Specification
Education & Qualification
Essential
- Recognised trade apprenticeship in electrical and/or mechanical and/or building discipline.
- Recognised trade apprenticeship in electrical and/or mechanical and/or building discipline.
- 1st Line Management qualification or working towards qualification (or equivalent)
Desirable
- Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 3 or working towards qualification. (or equivalent eg. Building services HNC)
- Customer Care Training
- Authorised Person and or Competent Person in various engineering services in and acute hospital environment.
- Qualification in Asbestos category A&B / P402 qualification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in the day-to-day management of Maintenance Staff.
- Previous carpentry/building experience
- Evidence of a maintenance background with skills to carry out minor mechanical, electrical or building repairs.
- Ability to understand and interpret engineering drawings.
Desirable
- Experience of working in an Estates field in an Acute Hospital environment.
- To have a knowledge and understanding of HTM's & HBN's
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good organisational skills and ability to address and develop solutions to problems
- Good ability to plan and organise direct labour force to obtain maximum productivity
- IT competent in particular with Microsoft Office Word and Excel
- Good communication skills and the ability to maintain effective working relationships throughout the organisation
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Evidence of good written and spoken communication skills.
- Organised approach to work
- Able to follow written instructions and procedures
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to cope with demanding and stressful situations
- A dedicated and committed member of a team.
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties and can cope with new and changing demands.
- Good attention to detail
- Approachable and tactful
- Ability to inspire and enthuse others
- Customer focused
- The ability to be sensitive to project issues that may impact on patients, visitors and staff e.g. dignity, design issues, noise, dust etc.
- A focussed individual who will ensure deadlines are met
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
