Maintenance Services Manager - Building Services

NHS National Services Scotland; Airdrie; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 35 days

NHS pension

Annual incremental salary progression

Paid sick leave increasing with length

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is recruiting a Senior Estates Manager to lead the operational management of the Estates Department within a designated area. You will oversee capital schemes, contract management, and ensure compliance with safety and statutory requirements.

The role requires professional qualifications, leadership experience in healthcare environments, and a driving licence. You will report to the Senior Professional Head of Estate Services and contribute to the capital programme delivery.

Qualifications

• Must hold MSc in Engineering/Building related subject or equivalent.
• Corporate membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., CIOB) is normally required.
• Demonstrable experience in a senior operational management post in health care or related environment.
• Operational management qualification, if not part of degree, to fulfil duties.

Responsibilities

• Function within and assist the Property and Support Services Department to achieve corporate objectives.
• Manage budgetary and quality audit mechanisms across several services.
• Ensure physical and financial risks to the organisation are minimised and managed.
• Provide professional technical support and management advice to NHSL management groups.
• Lead recruitment, selection, interviewing, training, development and grievances of staff.

Skills

Senior operational management

Corporate membership body (CIOB or eq)

Driving licence

Education

MSc in Engineering/Building related subject

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

As a senior member of the Property and Support Services Department the post holder is responsible for the operational management of the Estates Department within a designated area of NHSL.

Management of delegated specific corporate service functions such as statutory compliance, energy management, policy implementation, etc.

As a member of the management team the post holder will provide operational leadership, including staff management and have overall responsibility for ensuring that Engineering, Building, Painting and Grounds maintenance is carried out to appropriate standards and specifications.

The post holder has responsibility for the delegated capital and backlog maintenance schemes and is responsible for the design; contract specifications and documentation management of construction and management of contractors on site and contributes to the effective delivery of the capital programme.

The post holder is the professional head of estate services within the designated area delegated by the Senior Professional Head of Estate Services and as such has the responsibility to lead and manage the effective and efficient delivery of a wide range of services through the use of in-house and contract staff as appropriate.

In addition to having responsibility for the management of the Health and Safety procedures and policies within the Estates Department the post holder has responsibility for the various premises compliance with fire safety legislation and NHS Firecode, together with responsibility for plan and systems statutory compliance.

The post holder will ensure NHSL estate and property related assets managed effectively in line with the current NHS Scotland and statutory guidance including deriving policies and associated procedures from first principles.

In this key role, you will:

• The post holder requires to function within and assist the overall achievements of the Property and Support Services Department, personal objectives linked to NHS Lanarkshire’s corporate objectives.
• Manage appropriate budgetary and quality audit mechanisms across several services.
• Ensure physical and financial risks to the organisation are minimised and managed appropriately.
• To provide professional, technical support and management advice to various management groups within NHSL as required.
• Manage the recruitment, selection, interviewing, training, development and grievances of staff.

What You'll Bring:

• The post holder requires to be professionally qualified and hold corporate membership of an appropriate professional body, which normally requires a MSc degree or equivalent in an appropriate Engineering/Building related subject, e.g. Corporate Member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services, demonstrable experience in a senior operational management post in health care or related commercial environment, plus a qualification in operational management, if not taken as part of the degree, is required to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of the post.
• Additionally specialised certificate training, 3 yearly refresher training and 1 yearly update and CPR training is required for statutory duties (HV and LV Electrical, Legionella, Sterilisers, Lifts, Mains Gas, Ventilation Systems, etc.) the post holder is nominated to undertake and which may require national registration of the nominee.
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.