Estate Officer (Operations)

NHS; Northallerton; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Northallerton is seeking an Estate Officer (Operations) to manage its engineering maintenance section. The role includes overseeing maintenance projects, coordinating with clinical staff, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will possess a degree in engineering and relevant operational experience in a healthcare setting. The position offers a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580, along with on-call payments.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering discipline with post-graduate training.
• Operational experience in a Healthcare environment.
• Expert technical understanding of highly specialist engineering systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering maintenance section.
• Coordinate with estate managers and clinical staff.
• Plan and prioritize maintenance projects.

Skills

Team leadership

Technical problem-solving

Calm under pressure

Communication

Education

Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Member of a relevant professional institute

Tools

Engineering tools and equipment

Job description

Go back South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Estate Officer (Operations)

The closing date is 28 December 2025

Responsible for engineering maintenance section for the trust, including management of staff

Act as Authorised Person/ Responsible Officer in relation to specific maintenance responsibilities e.g. medical gases, sterilisation equipment

Maintains, operates and reviews pre planned maintenance programme/ and reactive and out of hours maintenance; review and revises procedures, working practices

The work does involve lone working which requires candidates to be able to identify various alarms and working in restricted places, it is therefore essential that candidates read the Job Description and are able to undertake all tasks required.

Users of the service should receive a high level of Customer Service in a polite efficient manner by staff with a high standard of personal presentation and hygiene.

Occasionally the post holder will be required to access unpleasant working areas such as confined spaces, drainage systems and plant rooms and may be exposed to sewage, fumes, dust and dirt.

Main duties of the job

Will work closely with the Estate Manager, Estate officers, Estate team leader and clinical managers for example ward managers, matrons, other heads of departments.

Working in agreement and co-operating with other departments to ensure maintenance and repairs are completed, in and around the other service users inc patients.

Providing engineering information at meetings for departmental updates relating to complex engineering information, including pricing and timescales of work.

Provide and receive complex information, negotiating skills

Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists; negotiates with contractors or suppliers.

Analyse, Plan, and organise complex activities, taking into consideration the health and safety aspects, departmental demands due to labour and costs.

Plans and prioritises maintenance projects, including liaison with users, contractors, specialist agencies, project management.

To undertake all line‑management responsibilities and duties for all specialist Engineering Section staff including e‑rostering, training, KSF Appraisals of all staff and ensure that they all receive an agreed PDP and objectives.

Will have key relationship skills to motivate the team and be empathic in situations that may arise on site or within the team.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in‑house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

• oDegree or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering discipline with post‑graduate training and experience equivalent to Batchelors level.
• oNumeracy and Literacy Level 2 or Maths & English (English Language or English Literature) GCSE A-C/4-9 or Maths & English O Level/GCE A-C or Maths & English CSE Grade 1 Or NARIC/ENIC which compares the qualification to UK GCSE (https://www.enic-naric.net/)
• oMember of a relevant professional institute
• oCompetent Person for various estates engineering disciplines.

Experience

• oIn depth knowledge of Hospital Technical Memorandum
• oOperational/engineering experience in a Healthcare environment
• oAble to initiate and lead programmes of change departmentally and in an organisational setting working in conjunction with key stakeholders and other healthcare professionals.
• oBe able to use tools and equipment for when analysing and repairing equipment/systems on site.
• oExpert technical understanding of highly specialist engineering systems within a healthcare environment.
• oPrevious operational experience as Authorised Person LV, Sterilisers /Washer Disinfectors and MGPS.
• oAuthorised person legionella and water systems.
• oAuthorised person in Ventilation systems.

Knowledge and skills

• oAbility to remain calm and focused on resolving the situation when dealing with emergency/urgent situations.
• oAbility to get on with people and work as part of a team
• oAbility to work independently on own initiative.
• oAbility to lead a team of specialist professionals
• oSpecialist works and building knowledge including legislation to degree level or equivalent, post graduate knowledge through training, experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year on call payments