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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 73,000 - 84,000; Full time

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Job summary

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an Engineering Manager to oversee the integrity of mechanical, electrical, building and fabric infrastructure, providing expert technical advice on maintenance and minor works projects.

The role requires leading day-to-day operational management, ensuring statutory compliance, and participating in on-call rotas. You will drive safe, compliant estates operations and detailed reporting across engineering services.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead estates and engineering teams.
• Experience ensuring statutory and NHS standards compliance.
• Experience with major plant and building services is desirable.
• Experience in risk management and safety leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead operation, maintenance and management of engineering systems within Trust premises.
• Lead design and tender processes for approved schemes in line with legislation.
• Develop contingency plans to maintain critical systems during outages.
• Maintain accurate records; ensure communications comply with policies and procedures.

Skills

Engineering management

Maintenance planning

On-call management

Regulatory compliance

Record keeping

Job description

Engineering Manager | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Company: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Salary: £72,719 - £83,505 Per Annum Hours: Full-time Location: Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP Job type: Permanent

Summary

• As directed by the Estates Manager the post holder will be responsible for the integrity of the Mechanical, Electrical, Building and Fabric infrastructure and for providing specialist technical advice to the day-to-day management of the Trust’s buildings with regard to breakdowns,planned preventative maintenance and minor works projects whilst providing expert advice on allaspects of Estates Specialist Services.

• Engineering Manager will be employed on work appropriate to their core specialist skills. However, progressively be suitably trained to acquire elements of other skills with the intension of reaching levels of flexibility and competence to enable them to achieve and apply the ability, where required to perform the following: To provide safe and efficient day to day operational management of the Trust’s engineering systems. To ensure the Estates service meets statutory requirements at all times and is responsive to the client’s requirements.

• The role will require the post holder to participate in an on-call Rota for the Estates Department,to undertake the organisation and supervision of any work necessary out of normal workinghours, the following duties are included:Attend site out of normal working hours as necessary.Be prepared to be available within reason to work at short notice, out of normalworking hours, in emergency situations.

• To take the lead responsibility for Operation, Maintenance and Management of the Engineeringsystems associated within the Trust’s premises.

• To lead on the interpretation of Electrical and Mechanical test results and the subsequent correctiveactions.

• Develop and prepare various management reports on Engineering Services, Risk, IPC, VSG / WSGcompliance and performance as and when required.

• Responsible for keeping accurate and complete records of all activities and ensure writtencommunication is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

• To act as ‘Authorized Person for HV, LV, MGPS, Ventilation, Steam & Pressure Systems, Lifts andmaintaining strict records of these systems to meet operational and statutory requirements.

• Responsible for the regularly reviewing the use of highly complex engineering systems to ensure thatthey continue to meet demand criteria and user’s expectation of the service, particularly where such services have a direct impact on clinical care or safety.

• When assigned lead on the design and tender approved schemes in accordance with relevantlegislation, guidance and procedures.

• Develop and maintain emergency / contingency plans to maintain critical systems and minimizedisruption to the normal operation of the hospital during power failure or other emergency situation.

• At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), we are committed to achieving the best staff experience in the NHS. In the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, we proudly:

• Scored above the national average for the People Promises: "We are recognised and rewarded," "We are always learning," "We work flexibly," "We are a team," and for staff engagement.

• Ranked #1 among all Trusts in North and Central London for all People Promises and themes.

• Ranked #1 among all Acute Specialist Trusts for "We work flexibly."

• At RNOH, we’re committed to being actively anti-discriminatory and actively inclusive. We recognise our brilliant people do brilliant work, and we offer rewarding careers, no matter what their background. We continue to strive to break down barriers to be the Trust where people come together because what they do matters, makes a difference and where they can thrive.

• Joining our organisation means enjoying a wide range of staff benefits, including:

• 24/7 access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.

• A Rewards & Recognition platform, offering opportunities to thank colleagues, send gifts, and access exclusive discounts.

• A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub, providing a space to relax and recharge away from the work environment.

• Salary sacrifice schemes for transport (season ticket loans, car and bike), electrical goods, and childcare

At RNOH, we are more than a workplace—we are committed to patients, to excellence and the wellbeing of our staff.

Management

• To be responsible for the ongoing training and development of the member/s of staff within the post’sareas of responsibility, ensuring they have the required skills and recognize their role in contributing tothe directorate performance.

• To manage employee relation issues, ensuring that Trust policies and procedures are adhered to, andall issues are dealt with in a timely and consistent manner, including managing sickness absence.

• To manage recruitment and retention of staff in accordance with Trust policies.

• To lead on internal communications within the Trust to advise of any works affecting or which mayaffect the operational service delivery.

• To be the first point of contact for responding to complaints and concerns from the service users inrelation to engineering services or equipment maintenance issues providing a response which is empathetic in relation to the issues involved.

• To implement, advise and modify changes to the PPM, Asset Management and Advise Notessystems as required to cover legislation, British standards etc.

Health, Safety, Fire and Risk Management

• To lead on the Identification of statutory and NHS standards applicable to Estates function anddevelopment and management of systems to ensure full compliance is achieved.

• Responsible for promoting a Health and Safety culture within Estates, ensuring appropriate riskassessments are carried out by in-house staff and contractors and to manage the Estates Health and Safety advisor workload.

• Responsible for ensuring that all work undertaken on the estate is carried out in accordance with safeworking procedures, statutory requirements and HTM guidance.

• Responsible for the development, completion and review of policies and procedures relating to theEstates function.

• Liaise with Safety, Fire, Risk and Infection Prevention Control teams to ensure that all appropriatecontrols are place.

• Lead in the identification and assessment of risk in relation Estates and ensure that controls are put inplace.

• To ensure effective monitoring systems are in place to effectively demonstrate compliance withstatutory inspection requirements for all critical aspects of the Estates and Facilities functions.

**Rotation between Bolsover Street and Stanmore**

**Required to undertake long days / night shifts / on-call**

This advert closes on Thursday 3 Sep 2026

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