Band 8a Estates Manager (compliance)

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Estates Officer to support the Head of Estates. This role involves ensuring engineering compliance, managing projects, and providing a robust maintenance service. Ideal candidates will hold an engineering degree and have solid management skills while enjoying career flexibility and professional development support.

Benefits

Excellent career opportunities

Flexible working hours

Training to support professional development

Qualifications

• Preferably a degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience in project management and contracts management is desirable.
• Knowledge of engineering compliance required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure engineering statutory compliance and manage capital maintenance software.
• Collaborate with Estates Manager for reactive maintenance and participate in project management.
• Involvement in line management of estates officers and post-expertise duties for HV/LV, MGPS.

Skills

Engineering statutory compliance

Project management

Contracts management

Education

Degree in a relevant engineering discipline

Job description

In this senior role, you will support the Head of Estates across various estate functions with specific responsibilities including:

1. Ensuring engineering statutory compliance
2. Managing capital maintenance software and PPMs
3. Testing plant & equipment (e.g., autoclaves), buildings, and engineering services
4. Contracts management

Additional duties include collaborating with the Estates Manager (Operations) to provide a robust reactive maintenance service through the maintenance team and specialist contractors. You will also be involved in project management, line management of estates officers, and performing authorised person duties for HV/LV, MGPS, etc. Participation in the out-of-hours on-call rota is required.

The role may require participation in a split shift pattern, working Monday to Friday, 7 am - 3:30 pm and 11 am - 7:30 pm, totaling 37.5 hours weekly.

Qualifications: Preferably a degree in a relevant engineering discipline.

For an informal discussion, contact: George Hutcherson, Insight Executive Group - Tel: [phone]

The detailed duties are outlined in the attached job description and person specification. Please review these documents to understand the role fully.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and most innovative trusts, caring for over 1.6 million patients across three hospitals. Our staff deliver comprehensive healthcare services, including emergency care, maternity, and extensive testing.

We offer excellent career opportunities, flexible working hours, benefits, and training to support your professional development.

For more information, visit: https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

For further details or informal visits, contact: Reece Wright, Head of Estates, Email: [e-mail], Tel: [phone], Internal Extension: 33605