Building Team Leader | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Building Team Leader to manage a team of Building Craftspersons and Maintenance Assistants across the Estates maintenance activities. The role also supports Estates Managers in overseeing contracted Building/Engineering works, ensuring access to plant and equipment and coordinating with other departments.

Candidates must demonstrate excellent leadership, motivation, training, technical advice, and the ability to communicate clearly with

Qualifications

• Must have excellent team leadership skills, be able to motivate subordinate staff and provide training, technical advice and support.
• Ability to communicate and liaise with other department managers to arrange suitable access to plant and equipment for maintenance and maintain good working relationships.
• Capable of being tactful and have persuasive skills in respect of providing and receiving complex and sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of Building Craftspersons and Maintenance Assistants across day-to-day Estates maintenance activities.
• Support Estates Managers in control of contracted out Building/Engineering Works.
• Ensure timely and effective communication with Estates Officers, Fire Officers, Team Leaders and other members of the Estates, Facilities and Development team.

Job description

Building Team Leader | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Company:

Company: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The Team Leader is required to controla team of Building Craftsperson's and Maintenance Assistants, employed in the day-to-day Estates maintenance activity throughout the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and additionally support Estates Managers in control of contracted out Building/Engineering Works.

Must have excellent team leadership skills, be able to motivate subordinate staff and provide training, technical advice and support. Ability to communicate and liaise with other department managers to arrange suitable access to plant and equipment for maintenance and maintain good working relationships. Capable of being tactful and have persuasive skills in respect of providing and receiving complex and sensitive information.

Ensure timely and effective communication with Estates Officers, Fire Officers, Team Leaders and other members of the Estates, Facilities and Development team.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please note that, in line with UKVI regulations, this vacancy does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route. As a result, we are unable to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position.

We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

This advert closes on Friday 20 Nov 2026

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust