Estates Operations Manager

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Estates Operations Manager to lead compliance and operational management of estates at designated sites. Responsibilities include ensuring a safe maintenance service, managing staffing, and overseeing compliance with NHS standards. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a relevant discipline and significant experience in an estates environment. The role offers a salary range of £54,981.50 to £62,916.50 per year, inclusive of a retention premium.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe patient-focused maintenance service within allocated budgets.
• Manage maintenance staff and oversee engineering maintenance.
• Implement and maintain a physical assets register.

Skills

Estates Environment experience

Health and Safety knowledge

Estates Compliance knowledge

CAFM systems experience

Education

Degree level education in relevant discipline

Job description

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Estates Operations Manager

The closing date is 11 December 2025

Under the direction of the General Manager, the post holder will be responsible for maintaining a strategic compliance road map and plans towards full Estates compliance. You will be expected to be self‑motivated and take the lead in analysing risks across wide ranging operational regulations and proactively develop and roll out appropriate mitigation measures and plans, ensuring all appropriate policies and procedures are developed and regularly updated.

As an experienced Estates Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating, monitoring and managing Estates’ compliance in regard to either Electrical and Medical Gases or Mechanical and Ventilation, recording/documentation systems, standard operating procedures and staff legislative training requirements, in particular giving significant practical support to Estates’ Authorised Persons (APs), the General Manager of Estates as well as other managers within the Estate and Facilities Management team in the course of their duties.

Assist the General Manager of Estates in the operational management of the Trust’s estate at the designated site(s), including all building and engineering systems, roadways, footpaths and grounds, and for ensuring that these are maintained to the appropriate NHS and statutory standards in order to deliver a high quality care environment for the Trust’s patients.

Main duties of the job

Ensure the provision of an efficient, effective and safe patient‑focused maintenance service, within the allocated budgets, using directly employed staff and contractors, and through the development of suitable operational plans and maintenance programmes, ensuring that engineering maintenance, including contract work is carried out to appropriate standards and specifications.

Responsible for the management of maintenance staff.

Acts as Coordinating Authorised Person (CAP) for the Trust and Authorised Person (AP) in relation to a number of specific maintenance responsibilities e.g. medical gas, high voltage electrical, low voltage electrical, pressure systems, decontamination, lifts, water, asbestos or specialised ventilation systems. Implements and maintains physical assets register; oversees minor schemes and capital work.

Leads the ongoing development and continuous improvement of the maintenance and repair services within his/her remit.

Provides expert specialist and professional building and engineering expertise to other estates staff, directors, and senior management of the organisation, and may also advise external agencies.

Closing date for applications: 11/12/25

Interview date: TBC

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On‑going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4,810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2,077 per week.
• An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research‑active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level education in relevant discipline

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience in an Estates Environment
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety and a demonstration of behaviours in line with Trust values
• Knowledge of Estates Compliance and HTMs
• Experience with CAFM systems

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

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

£54,981.50 to £62,916.50 a yearpa (Salary is inclusive of a15% Recruitment & Retention Premia)