General Manager Estates & Facilities

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working

Protected wellbeing hours

Job summary

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Estates & Facilities Manager to lead hard and soft FM across Fairfield Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary, with group-wide and local site responsibilities. You will manage maintenance, regulatory compliance and a range of E&F services, while directing staff and deputising for the Deputy Director as required.

You will drive policy implementation, oversee contracts, and ensure safe, compliant environments across multiple sites, with

Qualifications

• Experience in hard services estates management.
• Experience leading cleaning, catering or other soft services is desirable.
• Experience implementing group-wide estates and facilities strategies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee hard and soft FM services and contracts across internal and external providers.
• Manage staff at site level and ensure delivery of operational estates services.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory instruments and national standards for building fabric and engineering services.
• Lead on group-wide E&F strategies and local site implementation.
• Provide specialist leadership for Electrical Installations, Fire Safety, and related systems.

Skills

Hard FM management

Facilities management

Contract management

Regulatory compliance

Electrical installations

Fire safety

Asset management

Staff supervision

Education

Degree in Estates/Facilities Management

Chartered FM qualification

Job description

An opportunity has arisen to join the Senior Estates and Facilities Management Team at The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Based at Fairfield Hospital in Bury and also responsible for Rochdale Infirmary, you will be experienced in hard services estates management and ideally have experience in managing facilities soft services . You will be able to operate at senior level in our Group Wide E&F Team as well as at Local site level and be responsible for site maintenance and compliance project management, group standards, minor works and have direct line management for a wide range of E&F Services. Support the Deputy Director for Estates, Facilities & Capital in the implementation of policy and service development. Deputise for the Deputy Director for Estates, Facilities & Capital in his/her absence. Act as subject matter lead for identified specific services as required.

• You will be responsible for the implementation of professional management throughout Estates & Facilities.
• To manage hard and soft FM services & contracts, both internal and external, in addition to all levels of directly employed staff, to ensure the delivery of operational estates and facilities services.
• To be responsible for managing and complying with all statutory instruments and guidance ensuring best practice related to building fabric and engineering services.
• To lead the implementation of the group's wider estates and facilities strategies.
• Responsible at site level for the professional and technical management of highly specialised areas of Estate and Facilities Management including Electrical Installations, Medical Gases, Critical Patient Support Systems, Fire Safety, Security Systems, Lifts, Special Working Conditions and Patient Environment etc.
• To deliver all E&F regulatory standards and ensure compliance with national standards and policies.
  The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.