Job Title: Estates Manager
Job Summary:
The Estates Manager will be responsible for developing and managing the Estates Service within the organization, ensuring the delivery of a safe, cost-efficient, and high-quality service. This role includes oversight of key areas such as maintenance, fire safety, compliance, energy, grounds, and minor new works.
Key Responsibilities:
* Advise the Associate Director of Estates as required, to ensure service is maintained in the absence of the post holder and undertake such duties as required of that post holder.
* Advise on key areas of Estates Services to assist in the development of long-term strategic plans and programs of work that will impact on services and Trust assets to allow the organization to achieve its overall objectives.
* Be accountable for Estates Services to ensure budgets are appropriately controlled, cost-efficient, and improvements are identified and implemented within delegated limits.
* Responsible for several service areas across the Trust in terms of service delivery, including but not limited to, Estates Services, Fire, Grounds and Gardens, Asbestos, Electrical Systems, Medical Gas, Water Services, Decontamination Engineering services, and Ventilation Systems.
* Responsible for the line management of all staff within the remit of service areas.
* Lead in all specialist service areas taking into account legislation, Regulatory and Good Practice Guides (HTM, HSE, CQC, PLACE) to ensure the Trust is not put at unacceptable risk.
* Deal with staff grievances in line with Trust policy, including disciplinary issues and all contracted areas of service where disputes may arise to ensure the Trust is not exposed to unacceptable risk.
* Visit roof tops, confined spaces, drains, and plant rooms & boiler houses in the course of their work as required.
* Lead on and negotiate high-level technical agreements and services across the range of services with Senior managers of the Trust and also outside providers of service and other agencies to ensure overall best value for money is maintained at all times.
* Advise the Associate Director of Estates of updates to legislation and CQC standards and how this impacts the Estate.
* Be a budget holder for several department budgets across Estates Services, to delegated limits.
* Ensure expenditure is controlled across the budgets.
* Approve purchase orders and sign off payment of invoices.
* Manage nominated Capital Projects and maintain budget limits.
* Ensure value for money is obtained from in-house and outsourced Estates Services.
* Write Business Cases for Capital & Revenue schemes and projects as required in undertaking this role.
* Provide and manage CIP's to meet the finance targets of the organization.
* Provide managerial support and leadership to Estates Services staff.
* Maintain effective channels of communication within the department between management, staff, and other hospital departments.
* Produce performance plans where required in line with Trust Objectives.
* Lead on Estates Services recruitment and forward department structure planning.