Estates Operations Manager

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier healthcare institution in London is seeking an experienced Estates Operations Manager to lead maintenance and engineering efforts. You will oversee compliance and safety across critical systems, ensuring service-driven solutions for a renowned hospital. The ideal candidate will have significant engineering management experience and a background in healthcare estates. Competitive salary of £56,276 to £63,176 per year offered, alongside a full-time permanent position.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role at a senior level within an Estates/Works function.
• Knowledge of statutory requirements in the healthcare sector.
• Ability to manage multi-disciplinary Estates teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Maintenance & Engineering team and contractors.
• Oversee planned and reactive maintenance and statutory compliance.
• Contribute to strategic estates planning and sustainability initiatives.

Skills

Proven engineering management experience

Staff management/supervisory skills

Excellent project management skills

Negotiation skills

Interpersonal relationship skills

Education

Degree in mechanical engineering or related

NEBOSH General Certificate

Job description

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Estates Operations Manager

The closing date is 14 November 2025

Venn Group is proud to be working in exclusive partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) to recruit an Estates Operations Manager (mechanical bias). This is a vital leadership role supporting the infrastructure of one of the world's most renowned paediatric hospitals.

This is a unique opportunity to join the forward‑thinking Space & Place Directorate at GOSH, where engineering excellence underpins life‑changing care for children and young people. As Estates Operations Manager, you'll lead the Maintenance & Engineering team and contractors, ensuring the safe, efficient, and compliant delivery of mechanical and building services across the Trust.

You'll be responsible for overseeing planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance, and engineering governance across critical systems including medical gases, ventilation, boiler plant, and water safety. Acting as an Authorised Person (AP), you'll ensure robust risk management and contribute to strategic estates planning, backlog maintenance reduction, and sustainability initiatives.

This role offers the chance to shape operational standards, lead service innovation, and work closely with senior stakeholders to deliver safe environments for patients, staff, and visitors.

Please note: your application details will be shared with Venn Group.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for engineering Mechanical services within the hospital sites

Facilitate a quality Estates service that is responsive to the Trust operational needs, ensuring that the service provided is efficient and effective and delivered to the highest possible standards maximising the Trust's assets for its patients, visitors and staff within the resources allocated.

Provide detailed professional and technical estates advice and support to the senior leadership team within Estates, Trust staff external contractors and consultants covering any issues relating to or that have an impact on the delivery of the operational service.

Ensure compliance with all Statutory Standards, Codes of Practice, Health and Safety Guidance, Health Technical Memoranda, COSHH, Building Regulations and NHS Executive Directives, relating to Estates Services

Ensure robust and detailed planned maintenance teams work to the highest standards, ensuring efficiency and continuous Improvement

Monitor the compliance performance of teams and manage improvements and efficiencies that meet our KPI Targets and Space and Place Strategy

To oversee and manage the annual Performance Appraisal Development Review (PDR) /VBA for the team

To complete and maintain all relevant training as captured within the performance appraisal development review process

Undertake training and development to support the directorate in performance management and HR processes

About us

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long‑term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long‑Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee‑led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

GOSH Culture and Values

• Our Always values
• Proven engineering management experience which includes staff management/supervisory responsibilities
• Previous experience and understanding of Estates maintenance at a managerial level
• Performance management/operational management experience within an Estates function
• Experience and knowledge of technical developments, financial procedures and statutory regulations
• AP or RP certificate
• Be qualified to Degree or equivalent qualification or demonstrate equivalent knowledge gained through experience, in an mechanical engineering or related building services subject with significant relevant post qualification experience
• Bachelor's or equivalent level specialist knowledge of complex engineering services in a healthcare environment
• NEBOSH General Certificate

Experience/Knowledge

• Experience of working at a level that requires interpretation of broad national Trust policies and guidelines
• Experience in a similar role at a senior level within an Estates/Works function
• Post holder must be able to demonstrate an excellent track record of achievements
• Experience of delivering works projects in a leadership capacity
• Experience of managing multi‑disciplinary Estates teams including performance management processes
• Previous experience of leadership positions in a hard services setting
• Specialist knowledge of engineering in healthcare environments
• Negotiation experience with influencing and persuasion skills
• Knowledge of the statutory requirements which apply within the healthcare sector e.g., health and safety, HTM's, HBN's
• Working to L8 and ACOP S, HSG274 and HTM 04-01
• Experience in a relevant Senior related engineering role including project and staff management experience
• Experience in leading change management
• Experience of managing several projects concurrently

Skills/Abilities

• Excellent project management and staff management skills
• Excellent highly developed organisational skills, evidence of methodical planning and an ability to communicate at all levels
• Excellent oral, writing and presentation skills
• Able to interpret spreadsheets and information to analyse spend/performance data
• Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable
• Good interpersonal relationship skills
• Good practical engineering management skills
• Analytical, IT and computer skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to prioritise work and cope with competing demands
• Ability to manage high level of workload, multiple programmes and projects
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment under pressure
• Patient focused and capable of understanding the impact of patient care and experience on the work they undertake
• Ability to chair and control meetings

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.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearper annum inclusive

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

271-SP-7113282-D

Job locations

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust