Senior Estates Operations Leader – Healthcare Trust

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a senior Estates leader to oversee maintenance across allocated trust sites, ensuring safe and compliant operations. You will lead engineering and infrastructure teams, drive improvements, and contribute to planning and delivery of estates services in a high-demand healthcare setting.

With strong NHS knowledge, you will manage budgets, contracts, and performance while protecting patient safety and service quality.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in Engineering, Building Services, Estates Management or related technical discipline, or equivalent senior operational experience.
• Authorised Person / Responsible Person training in at least one discipline (e.g., Water Safety, Electrical Safety, Medical Gases, Ventilation).
• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to estates, compliance or operational leadership.
• Formal training in health and safety legislation, compliance frameworks or risk management.
• Professional membership of IHEEM, IET, CIBSE or equivalent.
• Significant experience managing operational estates services across large or complex sites, ideally within healthcare or a similarly regulated environment
• Experience leading multi disciplinary teams, including supervisors, managers and technical specialists.
• Demonstrable experience delivering safe, compliant and efficient planned and reactive maintenance services.
• Experience managing delegated budgets and delivering value for money.
• Strong track record ensuring statutory compliance, including HTMs, ACoPs, HSE guidance and safety legislation.
• Experience managing contractors, service contracts and performance monitoring.
• Experience supporting service improvement, operational change or standardisation within estates services.
• Experience responding to operational incidents and leading investigations or corrective actions.
• Experience working within an acute NHS Trust or large public sector organisation
• Experience contributing to local operational planning, risk management or governance processes
• Experience supporting cross site alignment or consolidation of estates practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational estates delivery across designated sites, ensuring services support clinical and organisational needs.
• Manage and develop operational teams to ensure safe, compliant and efficient maintenance services.
• Contribute to estates service improvements, operational planning and compliance assurance.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

NHS estates compliance

Operational leadership

Contract & budget management

Risk management & business continuity

Team leadership

Operational reporting

Cross-site collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in Engineering / Building Services / Estates Management or equivalent

Tools

CAFM systems

Digital estates tools

Job description

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a senior Estates leader to oversee maintenance across allocated trust sites, ensuring safe and compliant operations. You will lead engineering and infrastructure teams, drive improvements, and contribute to planning and delivery of estates services in a high-demand healthcare setting.

With strong NHS knowledge, you will manage budgets, contracts, and performance while protecting patient safety and service quality.