Contract – Fixed Term 12 months
Base - York
Hours – 37.5 hours per week
As directed by the Head of Operational Estates, the post holder will be responsible for the integrity of the Mechanical, Electrical, Building and Fabric infrastructure, and for providing specialist technical advice to the day-to-day management of the Trust’s buildings with regards to breakdowns, planned preventative maintenance and minor works projects whilst providing expert advice on all aspects of Estates Specialist Services.
This role includes responsibility for development and implementation of the maintenance strategy for all estates assets, ensuring full compliance and identification of risks/issues as they arise. The post holder may be required to undertake root cause analysis for Estates services or other system issues, and at times will be required to prioritise tasks considering competing demands.
The post holder will participate in an on-call service to provide out of hours advice and assistance. The post holder will be expected to use their skills, experience and initiative to resolve problems.
Please be aware this role may become Permanent at the end of the fixed term.
The post holder will be responsible for the supervision and management of the Electrical Manager, Building Services Manager and their team of in-house multi-skilled maintenance team, as well as coordination of specialist contractors that are pivotal to the day-to-day running of the Estates function.
The role will also include responsibility for ensuring that the site has compliant value-for-money service contracts for all specialist Estates maintenance services, working closely with colleagues at other Trust sites to standardise contracts where appropriate. This will include working with Trust Procurement specialists to ensure that all contracts are fully compliant with Trust Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs).
The post holder will be based at York Hospital and shall ensure that all plant equipment is serviced and maintained throughout the Trust's property, including the major overhauls and replacement of assets in accordance with Statutory and Trust requirements, and ensure that a lifecycle replacement programme is developed to assist capital planning.
Our Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
* A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers.
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer, please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Daniel Emmott Job title: Head of Operational Estates Email address: daniel.emmott1@nhs.net #J-18808-Ljbffr