Team Leader

Job summary

The Team Leader is required to control a team of Engineering Technicians, Senior Technicians, Craftspersons and Maintenance Assistants, employed in the day-to-day Estates maintenance activity throughout the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and additionally support Estates Managers in control of contracted out Engineering Works.

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Main duties of the job

• Leadership & Coordination: Provide effective team leadership across mechanical engineering operations, overseeing both routine and non-routine planned, corrective, and emergency works. Supervise directly employed staff and contractors, ensuring seamless collaboration with other trade disciplines.

• Workforce Planning: Schedule and allocate workloads using planning tools and boards. Delegate complex tasks to skilled trade staff, ensuring optimal labour resource utilisation and operational efficiency.

• Technology Integration: Implement and manage Personal Data Assistant (PDA) devices to streamline work activity tracking and reporting.

• Cross-Trade Support: Provide cover across all trade disciplines during staff absences due to sickness or holidays. Participate in recruitment panels to select and onboard new team members.

• Staff Development & Compliance: Conduct performance development reviews, identify training needs (including statutory and mandatory requirements), and ensure adherence to standards of conduct, timekeeping, and discipline.

• HR & Wellbeing Oversight: Manage staff welfare through return-to-work interviews, Occupational Health referrals, and disciplinary/grievance procedures. Promote a culture of lifelong learning by implementing personal development plans aligned with the Trust's performance review framework.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.