Head of Healthcare & Critical Facilities ( Operations and Maintenance) Facilities Management - HTM

Confidential; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a senior leader to head operations and maintenance across healthcare facilities in the UAE. You will oversee engineering systems, asset performance, and regulatory compliance while driving operational excellence and patient safety.

The role focuses on cost optimisation, team leadership, and delivering reliable services through strategic maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives. Strong HTM/DoH knowledge is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field from recognised university.
• PMP or equivalent management certification preferred.
• 15 years total facilities management/engineering experience.
• 7+ years in senior healthcare facilities leadership role.
• Proven HTM/DoH compliance experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead operations and maintenance of healthcare facilities ensuring service continuity and regulatory compliance.
• Develop strategic maintenance plans and procedures aligned with healthcare requirements.
• Ensure HTM/DoH guidance and international facilities standards compliance.
• Oversee critical engineering systems including medical gas, electrical, ventilation, water, fire safety and lifts.
• Lead risk management, business continuity, and emergency preparedness.
• Manage budgets, procurement, and cost-control while maintaining service quality.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams and manage contractors for safety, quality and value.
• Drive continuous improvement, energy efficiency, and asset lifecycle planning.

Skills

Leadership

Facilities management

HTM/DoH knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

PMP or equivalent management certification

Tools

CMMS

Asset management software

Job description

The role is responsible for leading operations and maintenance across healthcare facilities, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient service delivery. It oversees engineering systems, asset performance, and contractual compliance in line with relevant HTM, DoH guidelines, and international FM standards. The role drives operational excellence, clinical safety, and regulatory compliance. It also focuses on cost optimisation, team leadership, and customer satisfaction. Continuous improvement and long-term asset reliability are key priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall operations and maintenance of healthcare facilities, ensuring service continuity, asset reliability, and compliance with contractual requirements.
• Develop and implement strategic maintenance plans, operational procedures, and service improvement initiatives aligned with healthcare requirements.
• Ensure compliance with relevant HTM guidance, DoH requirements, statutory regulations, and international facilities management standards.
• Oversee critical healthcare engineering systems, including medical gas pipeline systems, electrical services, ventilation, water systems, fire safety, and lifts.
• Ensure maintenance strategies address HTM 02-01 for medical gases, HTM 03-01 for ventilation, HTM 04-01 for water systems, HTM 05 series for fire safety, HTM 06 series for electrical services, and HTM 08-02 for lifts, as applicable.
• Lead operational risk management, asset criticality assessments, business continuity planning, and emergency preparedness.
• Monitor service delivery against key performance indicators (KPIs), service-level agreements (SLAs), contractual obligations, and customer satisfaction targets.
• Manage operating budgets, expenditure forecasts, resource allocation, procurement, and cost-control initiatives while maintaining service quality.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering, maintenance, and facilities management teams, ensuring appropriate competency, training, and performance.
• Oversee contractors and specialist service providers to ensure technical quality, safety compliance, contractual performance, and value for money.
• Ensure effective implementation of preventive and corrective maintenance programmes to maximise equipment reliability and availability.
• Oversee asset lifecycle planning, replacement strategies, condition assessments, and long-term infrastructure improvement programmes.
• Ensure effective implementation of permit-to-work systems, risk assessments, and safe systems of work, with approvals undertaken by appropriately authorised personnel.
• Coordinate with clinical, infection prevention, HSEQ, and other stakeholders to minimise operational disruption and maintain safe healthcare environments.
• Lead investigations into significant service failures, safety incidents, audit findings, and recurring maintenance issues, ensuring root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Oversee technical audits, statutory inspections, compliance reporting, and closure of identified non-conformities.
• Drive energy efficiency, sustainability, resource optimisation, and initiatives to reduce operational costs without compromising safety or service quality.
• Oversee CMMS utilisation, maintenance data integrity, asset registers, performance dashboards, and management reporting.
• Build strong relationships with clients, healthcare stakeholders, regulatory bodies, and service partners to maintain service standards and customer satisfaction.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives, innovation, and operational transformation to enhance service delivery, clinical safety, and long-term asset performance.

Tools & Methods, HSEQ

Abide by the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality, (HSEQ) policy, procedures necessary for the good conduct and safety of the workplace. It is a requirement and moral obligation of each employee to be actively committed and accountable to the compliance of Enova’s HSEQ policy, operating procedures, as well as being compliant to local legislation. The Employee shall seek clarification and guidance in specific cases or whenever one feels necessary.

Customer Relations

Develop a pro-active working relationship with all authorities and assist in establishing areas for service improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or Facilities Management, from a recognised/accredited university and approved by the Ministry of Education.
• PMP or an equivalent management certification is preferred.
• 15 years of total relevant experience in facilities management, engineering operations, or maintenance.
• At least 7 years in a senior leadership position within healthcare facilities management.
• Proven experience in compliance with HTM, DoH requirements, and international facilities management standards.

Job Specific Skills

• Strong leadership in healthcare facilities operations and maintenance.
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant HTM and DoH requirements.
• Qualified and certified in accordance with the relevant Health Technical Memoranda (HTM) and Department of Health (DoH) guidelines.
• Expertise in asset management, maintenance strategy, and lifecycle planning.
• Strong financial, budgetary, and contractual management skills.
• Knowledge of critical healthcare engineering systems and regulatory compliance.
• Expertise in risk management, business continuity, and emergency preparedness.
• Proficiency in CMMS, asset management systems, and performance reporting.