Estates Officer (Mechanical Bias)

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London seeks an Estates Officer for the Estates Department. The role involves maintaining mechanical and electrical services, ensuring patient and staff safety, and supervising repairs. Candidates should have experience in a maintenance environment and relevant academic qualifications in engineering. The position offers opportunities within a prestigious cancer center.

Qualifications

• Good standard of education required.
• Specialist knowledge acquired through relevant courses or equivalent experience.
• One or more Hospital Engineering related qualification.

Responsibilities

• Understand and maintain Building and Engineering Services to a high standard.
• Develop rapport with staff and patients.
• Supervise equipment breakdowns and ensure safe repairs.

Skills

Maintenance environment experience

Proficient use of hand tools

Health & Safety awareness

Communication skills

Supervision abilities

Education

HNC/HND/Degree in relevant field

C&G trade apprenticeship

Hospital Engineering qualification

Job description

Job summary

The Estates Department operates and maintains energy and environmental resources, controls, electrical and mechanical services providing power, lighting, heating, air conditioning to wards, outpatients and operating theatres. Estates directly impacts on patient welfare, frontline clinical care, infection prevention and control and energy efficiency and sustainability across the Estates Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed, highly self-motivated individual. The Royal Marsden is looking for an Estates Officer to join the Estates Team in Chelsea. This is a highly valuable broad ranging role, which will expose them to the whole range of Estates services including mechanical, electrical, building & energy control systems and project management.

Main duties of the job

The Estates Department is responsible for providing the safe operation of planned, reactive and emergency maintenance to The RMH Trust. The Estates Officer having a range of duties will support the department, and the wider Trust in providing a comfortable, safe and secure environment for patients, staff and visitors.

The Trust incorporates many building types and engineering systems, all of which must comply with current legislation, guidance and recommended approved codes of practices, therefore it is crucial for the post holder to have or gain knowledge of the plant and systems, including:

• Electrical
• Gas/LPG
• BMS
• Heating
• Public Health
• Sewage
• Hot/Cold Water systems
• Building Construction
• Air Conditioning
• Fire Detection etc.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer.

Job responsibilities

• To understand the operation and maintain the Building and Engineering Services and systems to a high standard and utilised in a safe and efficient manner.
• To develop rapport and empathy with other staff groups, patients and visitors where this is necessary to support job completion.
• There is a need for good communication skills which will assist the department to gain the cooperation of others and maintain good relations.
• Supervise and undertake breakdowns of service equipment, and see that testing, maintenance, fault diagnoses are carried out appropriately, timely and that repairs to all Building or engineering services plant and equipment are safe.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential: A good standard of education, Specialist knowledge acquired through relevant HNC/HND/Degree course or equivalent working experience and responsibilities, Relevant C&G trade apprenticeship or equivalent on the job experience, Post apprentice experience, One or more Hospital Engineering related qualification.

Desirable: Service training, Additional Hospital Engineering related qualification, Recognised supervisory management qualification, Recognised Health & Safety Qualification.

Experience

Essential: Experience within a maintenance environment, Proficient in the use of hand tools and machinery, Highly aware of Health & Safety issues, Experienced in working in a demand driven service, Experienced in working to deadlines, Experienced in issuing permits to work.

Desirable: Supervision of multi- disciplinary team in healthcare premises, Experience of working in a large organisation.

Additional information

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.