The Estates Department are looking to enhance their maintenance team and would like to add a Maintenance Mechanical Estates Officer to their team of staff.
You will work as an integrated member of the Estates team across a multi-discipline of trades.
Main duties of the job
As a Mechanical Estates Officer, your main duties will involve:
1. Taking responsibility for maintaining Estates equipment, premises, and plant.
2. Provision of specialist and technical advice and ensuring compliance with appropriate legislation and technical memoranda.
3. Responding to out of normal hours' emergency calls as part of an on-call rota.
4. Responsible for appropriate input on relevant estate aspects of meeting the PLACE targets and the quality of the patient's environment.
5. Managing, monitoring, and coordinating planned maintenance activities with appropriate arrangements in support of patient care.
6. Being responsible for all delegated matters affecting the control, procurement, and management of estate services.
7. Developing and assisting in the management of estate staff, revenue resources, and stores within the available funding and delegated works, ensuring that maintenance, minor works, and any delegated capital works meet safety standards, statutory compliance, and that activities are carried out in the most cost-effective and efficient way either through in-house staff or external contracts.
8. Advising on electrical, mechanical, or building and environmental works concerning any problematic areas, non-compliance with statutory or mandatory regulations, and risks to business continuity in respect of the estate.
9. Acting as a leader and supporting the development of resources in order to achieve satisfactory and effective Estates and Facilities services management.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Proven post-qualification experience.
* Experience of working in a healthcare environment.
* Management of a multi-skilled team.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Knowledge and understanding of operational estate management.
* Effective communicator with good written and verbal communication skills at all levels, and good negotiation skills.
* Knowledge of maintenance planning and organisation (PPM, reactive, contract, etc.).
Desirable
* A knowledge and application of NHS technical documents (HTNs, HBNs, etc.), British Standards, regulations, legislation, and best practice guidance.
* Knowledge of legislation relating to estates services.
Personal Attributes
Essential
* Team player with an involving working style and willingness to share responsibility.
* Good leadership, negotiation, communication, and influencing skills.
* Self-motivated, with high work standards for self and others with drive and resilience.
* A team player who is resourceful, with the ability to drive change, inspiring and leading by example.
Qualifications
Essential
* A HND/HNC in a relevant estate discipline appropriate for this role OR equivalent qualification, OR demonstrable acquired knowledge and experience.
Desirable
* Working towards a recognised professional qualification, recognised by the NHS.
* AP LV qualification.
Employer details
Employer name
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Rochdale Infirmary
Whitehall Street
Rochdale
OL12 0NB
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