Job summary Interview Date: 13th March 2025 Starting Salary basic: £47,930pa Additional non-contractual attendance bonus: £1,000/annum On call allowance premium: Circa £2,000/annum As an experienced Mechanical Estates Officer, you will play a key role in helping to shape the future of the Estates maintenance service within BFS and will have managerial, professional and technical responsibility for the operational estates services. You will lead the maintenance team (Mechanical) and assist the Estates Manager with the management of the Estates Hard FM infrastructure and the wider Estates function, to provide a high quality, proactive and responsive maintenance and repair service for the Trust. You will ensure compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act, and associated Statutory Regulations that are applicable to the to the position, with suitable training and support. Also, you will act as an Authorised/Responsible Person for a number of specialised building and engineering services, like Pressure systems, Ventilation, Natural and Medical Gases. The role is ideally suited towards a mechanical bias background. As a strong people manager and someone who continually seeks improvement, you will be passionate about the provision of high quality service delivery; ensuring clear direction concerning service improvements and the effective utilisation of resources providing a customer focused approach. You will have the ability to motivate and encourage staff and self in their development. Main duties of the job The main duties of the role are to diligently carry out high-quality maintenance activities ensuring that our patients, staff, and visitors are safe and are in a comfortable environment and the environment is safe and fit for purpose. You will use your Mechanical Engineering skills to ensure proactive planned maintenance of pressure, ventilation, heating, cooling, water, natural and medical gas systems are carried out to a high standard utilising in-house and external resources. You will also carry out reactive tasks within KPI and SLA targets ensuring that our customers are satisfied with the work that has been carried out. You will operate safely demonstrating an exemplary safety-minded culture, complying with various and relevant legislations, regulations, Health Technical Memorandums, and best practice guidance. You will plan workforce resources according to planned maintenance activities, provide information in weekly meetings, and liaise directly with clinical leads for these tasks to be carried out. About us BFS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE A POSITION EARLY. Operating as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, BFS has over 40 years heritage in providing high quality estates, facilities, procurement services and Outpatient pharmaceutical services to the healthcare sector. With a turnover of over £50m per annum, we take pride in our people, the quality of our work and in making financial contributions back into the NHS, supporting our patients and staff to deliver front line patient services. BFS are passionate about providing essential facilities and healthcare support services. Our highly skilled and experienced leading professionals take pride in what they do, delivering world-class services and best-in-class NHS standards. We believe in our people and our ethos is to put our customers and team at the heart of everything we do. Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS) are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history. The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. Certificates of Sponsorship Individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Date posted 10 February 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary £47,930 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number M9163-3816E-02-25 Job locations Gawber Road Barnsley South Yorkshire S75 2EP Job description Job responsibilities Job Description for Mechanical Estates Officer Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities. Supporting Documents Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation. Job description Job responsibilities Job Description for Mechanical Estates Officer Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities. Supporting Documents Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation. Person Specification Experience Essential Able to supervise maintenance and investigate work to the highest level. Use of Building Management System Carrying out surveys Preparation of reports Design or maintenance of Engineering services Analysis of data and presentation of findings Negotiation Desirable Use of AutoCad Management of budgets Presenting to groups of staff Presentation to all levels of the organization. Effort / Environment Essential Ability to work in office environment with VDU Survey work in hot environments, cold environments, low level service areas and rooftop plant areas Working in close proximity to patients and in clinical procedure areas Working in contaminated areas with appropriate personal protective equipment Knowledge and Awareness Essential Fully conversant with modern installation and testing techniques. Familiar with HBNs and HTMs Knowledge and understanding of Estates best practices. Knowledge of Confidentiality Desirable Care Quality Commission standards Healthcare environments Qualifications Essential HNC in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience. Continuing Professional Development To have a minimum of one of the following: Gas Safe registration, Medical Gas Competent Person, Pressure Systems Competent Person, IEE 17th Edition. HTM 06 01 Competent Person. Desirable Degree in Mechanical or Electrical. Membership of relevant Professional Institution. HTM 06 01 AP Medical Gas HTM 06 02 AP Low Voltage Values Essential In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important. In around 100 words please describe how you lead/manage a well-functioning team. Person Specification Experience Essential Able to supervise maintenance and investigate work to the highest level. Use of Building Management System Carrying out surveys Preparation of reports Design or maintenance of Engineering services Analysis of data and presentation of findings Negotiation Desirable Use of AutoCad Management of budgets Presenting to groups of staff Presentation to all levels of the organization. Effort / Environment Essential Ability to work in office environment with VDU Survey work in hot environments, cold environments, low level service areas and rooftop plant areas Working in close proximity to patients and in clinical procedure areas Working in contaminated areas with appropriate personal protective equipment Knowledge and Awareness Essential Fully conversant with modern installation and testing techniques. Familiar with HBNs and HTMs Knowledge and understanding of Estates best practices. Knowledge of Confidentiality Desirable Care Quality Commission standards Healthcare environments Qualifications Essential HNC in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience. Continuing Professional Development To have a minimum of one of the following: Gas Safe registration, Medical Gas Competent Person, Pressure Systems Competent Person, IEE 17th Edition. HTM 06 01 Competent Person. Desirable Degree in Mechanical or Electrical. Membership of relevant Professional Institution. HTM 06 01 AP Medical Gas HTM 06 02 AP Low Voltage Values Essential In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important. In around 100 words please describe how you lead/manage a well-functioning team. 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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). 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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). Employer details Employer name Barnsley Facilities Services Address Gawber Road Barnsley South Yorkshire S75 2EP Employer's website https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)