Estates Officer - Mechanical

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A large acute health trust in the UK is seeking a professional to ensure safety compliance in its facilities. This role involves managing compliance with various legislative requirements and working within a team to provide a safe, effective healthcare environment. The ideal candidate should have experience in engineering and maintenance along with strong project planning skills. A competitive salary and benefits, including an extensive pension contribution and generous annual leave, are offered.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

Access to discount schemes

20.6% employer pension contribution

27+8 days annual leave

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with statutory legislation and codes of practice.
• Work within estates and facilities management for safe and cost-effective healthcare.
• Exercise professional judgement in maintenance and compliance issues.
• Plan and organize multi-discipline projects.

Skills

Compliance with legislative requirements

Team management

Problem-solving

Project planning and organization

Job description

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

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This role will work to ensure that the land, buildings, and property are safe and fit for purpose in accordance with statutory legislation codes of practice and Divisional business plans.

You will work to ensure parity of service and compliance and adherence to procedures and policies, including all statutory & non statutory instruments including but not limited to Health Technical Memorandums, Hospital Building Notes and best practice.

Responsibilities

• Be professionally responsible for compliance with various legislative requirements such as asbestos, fire safety, environmental protection and building regulations.
• Work within estates and facilities management team to provide a safe, appropriate and cost effective environment for effective healthcare delivery
• Exercise professional judgement across a wide range of estates compliance and maintenance issues taking into account legislation, complexity of systems or interactions and the conflicting demands of the service.
• Plan and organise a broad range of activities, adjust plans or strategies. Including planning multi-discipline projects which may run concurrently and be inter related. Projects may include conflicting requirements/solutions and the post holder will assist and make judgements to find the preferred solution

UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world‑leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Benefits

• A competitive starting salary and unsocial enhancements
• Access to a raft of national and local discount schemes including shopping, holidays and insurance
• An industry leading pension where your employer pays in 20.6% of your annual salary!
• 27+8 days annual leave per year, paid leave including absence

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

• The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

• UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.