Job summary
Have you worked in healthcare maintenance? Understand PPMs & held service contracts with contractors for maintaining equipment?
Less on the tools, more gap analysis to ensure all mechanical equipment has the appropriate maintenance schedules in place; placing orders to fill the gaps and holding contractors to account for certification and remedials.
Come and be part of a great team that delivers NHS Property leasing and commercial landlord responsibilities throughout North Essex & East Suffolk.
The role includes liaising with landlords to obtain statutory service records whilst undertaking gap analysis of any Trust mechanical assets to ensure service contracts are fit for purpose and cover all our statutory obligations, seeking opportunity to merge contracts and wider economies of scale.
Whilst undertaking site audits, condition surveys and maintaining accurate records of occupancy, the successful candidate would be a face of the team and contact point for some maintenance escalation matters therefore good rapport skills & the ability to convey technical information clearly, is required.
We are looking for a competent individual with experience of plant compliance management, HBN/HTM knowledge as well as appreciation of water sampling results and baseline Health & Safety knowledge.
Applicants must have good attention to detail and IT literacy.
Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
1. To provide effective support in liaison with the Property Team and Landlord Management teams to ensure compliance across the sites within the portfolio.
2. Working on both simple and complex estates projects over a wide range of values from inception through to commissioning, ensuring performance and monitoring against those contracts.
3. Researching PPM requirements of mechanical plant and systems, undertaking gap analysis and to ensure all mechanical and wider statutory compliance PPMs are undertaken and raising orders to ensure these are in place.
4. Impose good governance practices to ensure evidence exists of such maintenance and PPMs
5. Prepare service user briefs for potential projects identifying the user service requirements, objectives to be achieved and standards (HTMs and HBNs) to be met.
6. Proactively provide updates on all schemes to the Property Managers and Head of Property undertaking direct tasks as required.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
7. Experience of FM contracts and delivery of them
8. Experience and demonstrable skills in financial management of FM contracts
9. Experience of documentation and associated protocols necessary for managing contract processes
10. Experience of liaison with and supervising building and engineering contractors
11. Microsoft and specialist software with regards logging information and refining said data to produce reports
Desirable
12. Direct experience of implementation of FM projects
13. NHS and /or public sector experience with health technical memorandums and health building notes
14. Previous experience in a hospital maintenance environment with exposure to all building and engineering aspects
Qualifications
Essential
15. Possession of relevant FM related qualifications or evidenced NHS Estates/facilities role experience
16. Experience of FM contract management
17. Evidence of continuing professional development
18. Membership of appropriate Professional body
Desirable
19. NEBOSH General Certificate
20. To have completed a recognised trade apprenticeship and hold a BTEC/HNC/Diploma in Building or Engineering or equivalent
21. Accredited HTM Competent Person Course
Knowledge
Essential
22. FM/maintenance related terminology
23. Knowledge of statutory legislation and relevant Codes of Practice, HTM & HBN
24. Knowledge of Health & Safety and Safe Working Procedures
Desirable
25. Ability to deliver to a basic standard erecting a shelf/whiteboard, replace handle on drawers, evaluate and put a TV bracket up, strength to move boxes and undertake low level relocations of kit.
26. A knowledge and understanding of the provision of maintenance services both in-house and contracted
27. HTM course certification ie. Asbestos awareness & control of legionella.