Senior Maintenance & Contracts Officer (Estates)

NHS; Stockton-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization seeks an Operations Manager for the Estates Maintenance Team. You will ensure compliance and effective management while leading a diverse team. Essential qualifications include Level 5 education and NEBOSH certification. Experience in building maintenance and strong analytical skills are vital. The role offers competitive pay and is based in Stockton-on-Tees, with full-time availability.

Qualifications

• Experience of maintaining buildings and managing technical staff.
• Knowledge of Hospital Technical Memoranda (HTM's) and NHS standards.
• Ability to work flexibly and participate in On-Call rota.

Responsibilities

• Manage estates maintenance services for the Trust’s property portfolio.
• Ensure compliance with legislative standards and deliver emergency repairs.
• Provide professional leadership and develop the estates CAFM system.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Education

Level 5 in a professionally related subject (HND/NVQ)

NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health

Tools

BMS systems

HVAC Systems

Job description

Job Summary

To be responsible for the day-to-day operational management and supervision of the Estates Maintenance Team, to provide leadership, technical expertise, and team development, maintaining safe and compliant service delivery and to ensure achievement of service standards.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring delivery of building and estates maintenance services for the Trust's portfolio of property, related plant and utilities, contracted out services and minor works projects ensuring compliance with appropriate legislative standards and other guidance notes and within the resources allocated.
• To provide a safe and suitable built environment for all colleagues, visitors and external contractors through effective management of emergency reactive repairs, planned maintenance whilst delivering continuous improvement.
• Responsible for hard FM service delivery, to develop and provide an efficient, cost effective, customer focussed, fit for purpose estates service.
• Provide specialist and professional Estates expertise to staff.
• Manage planning for planned preventative maintenance of assets and balancing their level of service in line with their lifecycle plan.
• To be responsible for the operational management of all estate's services, the planning and co-ordination of reactive and planned maintenance tasks to ensure the Trust achieves statutory and HTM compliance with respect to all aspects of engineering and building services.
• To develop and manage the estates CAFM system.
• Provide expert knowledge, guidance and leadership in the development of the BMS system for role out for larger estate and domestic size buildings.

About Us

#RemarkablePeople

Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we're needed.

The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities and disability groups.

Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you\'re sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.

In line with the Trust's Starting Salary Procedure, all applicants will start at the bottom of the band for the position applied for, but can apply for a higher salary if they have previous experience relevant to the position.

Details

Date posted: 09 September 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,263 to £47,280 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 020-AC095-0925

Job locations: PAN WALES - Vantage Point House NP44 7HF, Beacon House NP44 3AB, Ty Elwy LL17 1JL, Matrix One SA6 8RE

Job Description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Essential Qualifications and Knowledge

• Educated to Level 5 in a professionally related subject (HND/NVQ), or equivalent level of practical experience
• Knowledge of estates services including but not limited to Electrical Systems, HVAC Systems, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, Boiler Plant, UPS and BMS systems.
• Knowledge of Hospital Technical Memoranda (HTM's) and NHS Estates & Facilities Alerts, Hazard Notices
• Knowledge to determine the condition of estates services taking due account of legislative, health and safety, remaining lifespan etc and to determine accurate budgetary estimates for the remedial and or upgrade works necessary to bring the Estate to an acceptable standard.
• NEBOSH - General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health.

Desirable Qualifications

• Masters degree in an estates discipline
• Chartered Status Corporate member of Professional body

Experience

Essential

• Experience of maintaining buildings, building structures or building services within large, complex sites and managing technical and maintenance staff. Must have some experience of scoping, specifying and delivering revenue schemes.
• Experience of scoping, specifying and delivering revenue schemes.

Desirable

• Experience in preparing departmental policy and procedures. Have detailed knowledge and experience of operating practices within other NHS divisions, which will enable the post holder to determine the most suitable long and short-term maintenance planning.
• Experience in the maintenance of specialist services e.g standby generation, undertaking building services surveys facilitating long term planning processes

Other

Essential

• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex technical data; ability to read and interpret complex, technological drawings and manuals as they relate to Estates services. Strong organisational skills; good communicator with staff and contractors at all levels and able to constructively challenge current working practices; able to lead and negotiate with a large multi-disciplinary workforce
• Ability to travel between various sites within the Welsh Ambulance Services geographical area. Able to work hours flexibly and participate in On-Call rota

Desirable

• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Welsh Ambulance NHS Trust

Address: PAN WALES - Vantage Point House NP44 7HF, Beacon House NP44 3AB, Ty Elwy LL17 1JL, Matrix One SA6 8RE