Engineering Manager

1. St Joseph's Hospital are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our busy TEstates department.
2. As Engineering Manager at St Joseph’s Hospital, Have the ability to work on engineering plant and equipment with other members of the estates team, particularly for more complex and demanding engineering tasks if required. 
3. Be willing to work flexible shift patterns, including evening and weekends when required.

37.5 hours per week (flexibility required and On-Call)

£51,083 per annum

Description

St Joseph's Hospital are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our busy TEstates department.

Duties and responsibilities

• Managing and maintaining the physical assets of all hospital buildings and plant, taking responsibility for the ongoing development and update of the estate. 
• Appropriate reporting in relation to the physical condition of the hospital estate, plans and surveys and legislation compliance and statutory compliance including Health Building Notes and Health Technical Memoranda guidelines.
• Contribute to the project management of capital projects to ensure delivery on time, within budget and compliance with all relevant standards. 
• Provide technical input into short, medium and long-term estates capital investments. 
• Inform the order of prioritisation of capital works.
• Determine the prioritisation of maintenance and compliance activity.
• Prepare scope of works, tender documents and cost estimates for capital works and maintenance.
• Distribute estates activity amongst available resource to ensure that deadlines and targets are met within agreed timescales.
• Determine maintenance budgets.
• Manage and undertake Pre-Planned Maintenance (PPM) of Hospital systems and equipment and react swiftly to any rectification/repair/upgrade works identified. 
• Maintain the Service Register.
• Maintain the Estates Risk Register and a Register of Compliances/Non-Compliances.
• Develop and update the hospital’s plant refresh programme.
• Manage the safe and cost-effective recycling/reuse/disposal of plant as it is replaced.
• Management of consultancies and contractors, on and off site. 
• Propose and deliver a plan to maintain compliance with statutory obligations and best practice, including Health Building Notes and Health Technical Memoranda with a proactive and forward-looking approach ensuring that all changes to legislation and guidance are accommodated.
• Obtain competitive quotations/tenders for works to be undertaken by third parties and demonstrate best value in procurement of these services.
• Contribute to the review of quotations and tender documents and the selection of third-party organisation to undertake works at the hospital.
• Supervision of building, mechanical, electrical and other works within the hospital estate, ensuring that all work is undertaken to the appropriate standards. 
• Oversee the preparation of drawings, specifications, schedules of work received from third parties for all new works and maintenance programmes.
• Manage and provide a first-class maintenance and repair service for the hospital.
• Ensure that urgent reactive maintenance is prioritised over pre-planned activities.
• Maintain a list of approved contractors.
• Manage and maintain all policies and procedures within the Estates Department.
• Undertake regular system and safety checks to ensure operational efficiency and internal/external audit requirements are being met or exceeded.
• Take ownership of striving for best practices within the Estates Department and ensure that standards are consistently high throughout the hospital.
• Maintain strong communication and proactive engagement with Heads of Departments and Hospital Senior Management.
• Maintain a suitable stock of critical spares and general Estates consumables.

Essential 

• Degree of HND Qualified Engineer or appropriate experience.
• Have experience of Estates project management.
• Have experience of managing routine maintenance, statutory and mandatory compliance requirements and property/Estates management including facilities and grounds maintenance.
• Ability to work effectively and professionally with employees and managers at all levels.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to prioritise, work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, meeting platforms, and have practical experience of using commercial building estates and maintenance management software. 
• Have the ability to work on engineering plant and equipment with other members of the estates team, particularly for more complex and demanding engineering tasks if required. 
• Be willing to work flexible shift patterns, including evening and weekends when required. 
• Be willing to be part of an on-call rota.