Estates and Engineering Manager | Spire Portsmouth Hospital | Permanent |Fulltime-37.5 hours per week | Competitive salary Are you a Senior Engineer looking to move into management or perhaps you already work a similar capacity and are looking for your next career move? If so, Spire Portsmouth Hospital has an opening for an Estates and Engineering Manager. Spire Portsmouth Hospital offers world-class care within beautiful surroundings and is part of one of the UK's most respected private hospital groups. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, you can get fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations and diagnosis to personalised treatments and as much aftercare as you clinically need. Duties & Responsibilities: - To facilitate the implementation of a planned preventative maintenance system and ensure an equitable standard of all routine checks and replacements. Lead on the service, test, diagnose and repair, where practical, mechanical and electrical installations, plant and equipment. - To ensure an accurate and consistent standard of recording test results as set out in current hospital standards and legislation. - To lead on Fire Safety and Site Security liaising closely with the H&S Lead. - To ensure robust site level project management on any relevant local projects; either instructed and run locally or instructed central projects - To lead on the emergency maintenance team outside normal working hours by organising weekend cover for essential maintenance and contractor supervision. In addition, you will be expected to provide call-out cover for each site on a rota basis. - To carry out any other duty that reasonably falls within the general nature and level of responsibility of the lead post. - To be visible and accessible to all healthcare colleagues across all disciplines as a specialist engineering resource - To chair/attend the appropriate committees such as Water Safety Management, Ventilation, Medical Gas Management, Waste Management and attend other governance and engineering meetings. - Develop strong working relationships and escalation pathways to hospital SMT and Regional Engineer To be the hospital Approved Person, or ensure that the hospital has an AP for; - Piped Medical Gases - Water Safety - Low Voltage Electrical Services - Decontamination equipment What we are looking for: The post holder should have an advanced electrical, plumbing or engineering background. This should include some experience in building services. Training in all other aspects of the post will be provided Specific Skills required: Previous experience of working within a hospital equipment is essential. A good level of interpersonal and communication skills Benefits We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to: 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers Private medical insurance Life assurance Health Assessment Employee Assistance Programme Sharesave Free DBS Free Car park Our Values We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation: Driving clinical excellence Doing the right thing Caring is our passion Keeping it simple Delivering on our promises Succeeding and celebrating together Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart. We commit to our employee's well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward. Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care. For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people. Closing date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.