Site PAN WALES - Vantage Point House NP44 7HF, Beacon House NP44 3AB, Ty Elwy LL17 1JL, Matrix One SA6 8RE Town St Asaph
Salary: £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/01/2025 23:59
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications have been received. If you are successful and shortlisted for interview, you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Therefore, please ensure you check your email account regularly.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
Job Overview
To be responsible for the day-to-day operational management and supervision of the Estates Maintenance Team, providing leadership, technical expertise, and team development, maintaining safe and compliant service delivery and ensuring achievement of service standards.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main Duties of the Job
* Responsible for ensuring delivery of building and estates maintenance services for the Trust’s portfolio of property, related plant and utilities, contracted out services, and minor works projects ensuring compliance with appropriate legislative standards and other guidance notes and within the resources allocated.
* Provide a safe and suitable built environment for all colleagues, visitors, and external contractors through effective management of emergency reactive repairs and planned maintenance whilst delivering continuous improvement.
* Responsible for hard FM service delivery, developing and providing an efficient, cost-effective, customer-focused, fit-for-purpose estates service.
* Provide specialist and professional Estates expertise to staff.
* Manage planning for planned preventative maintenance of assets and balancing their level of service in line with their lifecycle plan.
* Responsible for the operational management of all estate’s services, planning and coordinating reactive and planned maintenance tasks to ensure the Trust achieves statutory and HTM compliance with respect to all aspects of engineering and building services.
* Develop and manage the estates CAFM system.
* Provide expert knowledge, guidance, and leadership in the development of the BMS system for rollout for larger estate and domestic size buildings.
Working for Our Organisation
Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high-quality care, wherever and whenever we’re needed.
The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities, and disability groups.
Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you’re sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The post-holder’s principal responsibilities and main areas of work are as indicated below.
Planning and Design
* Ensure the effective operation of the Trust's Building Management System providing expert knowledge, guidance, and support in its development and ensure the safe and timely completion of planned and reactive maintenance.
* Support the delivery of robust, effective, and best value management of all Estates service and maintenance contracts, including performance contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLA’s).
* Manage the undertaking and coordination of condition surveys of estates plant and services using the data collected to prepare planning programmes for capital investment, statutory compliance, and backlog maintenance.
* Participate in an on-call rota as necessary, requiring the ability to deal with major and complex operational incidents.
Improvement, Monitoring, Policy/Service Development
* Ensure all necessary action is undertaken in relation to Hazard Notices, Safety Action Bulletins, and Medical Device Alerts as they relate to estates services.
* Responsible for the preparation and implementation of departmental policies and procedures as directed.
* Assist in the preparation of Estates Strategy and Business Planning processes.
* Responsible for the selection of new estates equipment within the division.
* Benchmark existing services against other public sector bodies and private sector organisations.
Communication
* Provide expert specialist and professional estates advice and guidance to the capital design section and external consultants.
* Ensure that all delegated works schemes are designed, costed, and delivered on time and within budget.
* Act as line manager for all maintenance staff within the Estates team, supervising both directly employed and external contractors.
* Identify the training needs of all staff under their control and provide mandatory and vocational training for Estates staff.
Finance and Budget
* Contribute to the tendering process for all estate work.
* Act as Authorising Officer and/or AP for delegated activities.
* Determine revenue consequences of capital and revenue developments.
Digital and Information
* Monitor estates planned and reactive works and report on performance against agreed indicators.
* Investigate significant non-compliance and determine methods of improving performance.
Research Development, Evaluation & Audit
* Undertake a critical analysis and prioritisation of estates planned maintenance routines.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Educated to Level 5 in a professionally related subject (HND/NVQ), or equivalent level of practical experience.
* Knowledge of estates services including Electrical Systems, HVAC Systems, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Boiler Plant, UPS, and BMS systems.
* Knowledge of Hospital Technical Memoranda (HTM’s) and NHS Estates & Facilities Alerts.
* NEBOSH - General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health.
* Chartered Status Corporate member of Professional body.
Experience
* Experience of maintaining buildings, building structures, or building services within large, complex sites.
* Experience in preparing departmental policy and procedures.
* Experience in the maintenance of specialist services.
Other
* Must have excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex technical data.
* Ability to travel between various sites within the Welsh Ambulance Services geographical area.
* Welsh Language Skills are desirable.
The Trust actively seeks to recruit and appoint people currently underrepresented in the workforce, including women, people with disabilities, LGBT, and those from minority ethnic groups.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa.
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