Estates Operational Manager

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional acute healthcare trust in England is seeking an Estates Operations Manager to oversee resources and services across the estate. The role involves managing Estates Supervisors, ensuring compliance with regulations, and leading initiatives for quality and safety. Applicants should have a strong technical background and experience in operational management. The position offers opportunities for professional development and a commitment to work-life balance, alongside extensive benefits including NHS pension and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Access to NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Employee health and wellbeing services

Onsite nurseries and childcare vouchers

Responsibilities

• Manage resources and services across the estate, ensuring effective, compliant service.
• Lead and manage Estates Supervisors and contractors for safe patient care.
• Ensure department achieves and maintains ISO9001 accreditation.

Job description

Main duties of the job

Working collaboratively with the counterpart Band 7 Estates Operations Manager (Mechanical), the post holder will manage resources and services across the estate, providing technical expertise and leadership within their core discipline.

Operational Management

• Lead and manage Estates Supervisors, Directly Employed Labour (DEL), and specialist contractors.
• Ensure the provision of an effective, compliant, and efficient Estates service supporting safe patient care.
• Act as Responsible/Authorised Person for specific disciplines (e.g. LV Systems, Electrical Work Regulations, Lifts, Medical Gas, Ventilation).

Technical Leadership

• Provide expert advice and support to the Senior Operational Manager, Estate Officers, Supervisors, DEL, and contractors.
• Operate, maintain, and develop the Building Management System (BMS), including programming and parameter changes aligned to service needs.

Quality and Compliance

• Proactively ensure the department achieves and maintains ISO9001 accreditation.
• Develop and implement safe systems of work and operational procedures, Trust-wide where necessary.
• Liaise with external regulatory bodies (e.g. HSE, Environment Agency) as required.

Resource & Budget Management

• Manage delegated resources and budgets to ensure value for money and quality service delivery.
• Support capital works and manage minor works projects from conception to completion.

Waste Management

• Oversee operational aspects of waste collection in compliance with environment.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer‑friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will, in conjunction with the Estate Operational Manager (Mechanical/Electrical) manage all Estate Supervisors, Directly Employed Labour (DEL) and Specialist Contractors to provide an effective Estates Service and ensure a safe and pleasant environment for patient care where practicable.
• The postholder will provide a proactive role in ensuring the department achieves and maintains ISO9001 accreditation.
• The postholder will provide technical expertise in their core discipline to the Senior Operational Manager, Estate Officers, Supervisors, DEL and Contractors as required.
• The postholder will manage all resources delegated to them to ensure a value for money, quality service is provided in support of the delegated budget holder.
• They will also assist and act in support of capital projects and will be required to carry out minor works projects from conception, through control, to completion.
• The postholder will develop, implement operational procedures/policies and safe systems of work both at DDH and Trust wide as required including liaison with user departments.
• The postholder will liaise with external agencies as required, i.e. Environmental Agency, HSE, etc.
• The postholder will act as Responsible/Authorised Person for designated functions, i.e. LV Systems, Electrical Work Regulations, Lifts, Medical Gas, Ventilation etc.
• They will be responsible to the Senior Operational Manager for operating, maintaining and developing the BMS System including changing programmes and parameters to meet Service/Estate changes.

Qualifications

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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.