Associate Director - Estates

Transformation Unit; Torquay; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Associate Director - Estates to lead the management of building and engineering infrastructure across Trust properties, including Torbay Hospital.

The role focuses on estates compliance with fire engineering, safety and environmental regulations, and on delivering capital projects, sustainability, and efficient energy use while supporting high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Recognised degree in engineering, building or equivalent qualification.
• Specialist engineering/building knowledge through postgraduate qualification or relevant experience.
• Continuing Professional Development including healthcare estate topics (e.g. legionella, electrical systems, fire, asbestos, HSAW, DDA).
• Chartered membership or working towards chartered status.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management of the building and engineering infrastructure and built environment within Trust properties.
• Ensure estates health, safety and environmental compliance is led in accordance with Trust strategy and statutory obligations.
• Develop and implement estate management strategies; oversee tenancy/leases and space utilisation.
• Manage budgets and resources; lead a team of estate management professionals.
• Drive sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact of the estate and promote energy efficiency.
• Ensure PFI contract obligations are properly managed and delivered.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Building services

CPD in healthcare estate

Health & safety awareness

Education

Engineering degree or building services degree

Chartered status / working towards

Job description

Main area Estates & Facilities Grade NHS AfC: Band 8c Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus EFM SLT on call) Job ref 388-8383896-CORP

Employer Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Torbay Hospital Town Torquay Salary £79,504 - £91,609 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 26/11/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 8c

Job overview

The Associate Director - Estates will oversee the management of the building and engineering infrastructure and built environment within Trust properties, including hospitals, clinics, grounds, and administrative offices. They will ensure that estates compliance, including fire engineering and systems safety, is led in accordance with Trust strategy and statutory obligations.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director - Estates will oversee the management of the building and engineering infrastructure and built environment within Trust properties, including hospitals, clinics, grounds, and administrative offices. They will ensure that estates compliance, including fire engineering and systems safety, is led in accordance with Trust strategy and statutory obligations.

The main duties include developing and implementing estate management strategies, overseeing property occupancy (tenancy and lease agreements, space utilisation), maintenance and repairs, managing building and engineering design solutions for capital projects, ensuring compliance and assurance with estates health, safety, and environmental regulations, managing budgets and resources, and leading and managing a team of estate management professionals.

Responsible for supporting the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of the Trust estate and promoting the efficient use of energy and resources.

Additionally, ensure that the private finance initiative contract between the NHS and the private sector companies is properly managed and that the contract obligations are met.

Working closely with clinical and administrative staff to ensure that Trust properties are designed and equipped to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

As an integrated care organisation, the Trust's purpose is to provide safe, high-quality health and social care at the right time, in the right place to support the people of Torbay and South Devon to live their lives to the full.

The EFM Teams underpin the provision of clinical services, employing approximately 600 staff, delivering support services across all sites within the Trust.

We need all EFM staff to own and live our organisational values and we not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust’s and the EFM Teams core values:

• Working together for people
• Commitment to quality care
• Respect and dignity

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Associate Director -Estates will oversee the management of the building and engineering infrastructure and built environment within Trust properties, including hospitals, clinics, grounds, and administrative offices. They will ensure that estates health and safety and environmental compliance, including fire engineering systems , is led in accordance with Trust strategy and statutory obligations.

The main duties include developing and implementing estate management strategies, overseeing property occupancy (tenancy and lease agreements, space utilisation), maintenance and repairs, managing building and engineering design solutions for capital projects, ensuring compliance and assurance with health, safety, and environmental regulations, managing budgets and resources, and leading and managing a team of estate management professionals.

Responsible for supporting the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of the Trust estate and promoting the efficient use of energy and resources.

Additionally, ensure that the private finance initiative contract between the NHS and the private sector companies is properly managed and that the contract obligations are met.

Working closely with clinical and administrative staff to ensure that Trust properties are designed and equipped to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• Recognised degree in engineering, building or equivalent qualification in building services or relevant discipline.
• Specialist engineering or building knowledge acquired through post graduate qualification or relevant experience.
• Proven record of Continuing Professional Development including specialisation to the healthcare estate (e.g. legionella, electrical systems, fire, pressure systems, asbestos, H&SAW, DDA etc).
• Chartered membership or working towards chartered status.

You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.

If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a Staff Carers' policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer's Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.

The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.