Strategic Lead – Estates Operations

Linea; West Midlands; In loco; GBP 56.000 - 66.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

NHS is seeking an experienced Strategic Lead - Estates Operations to provide senior operational leadership across a complex, multi-site healthcare estate. You will ensure safe, compliant and efficient operational estates services while leading multidisciplinary teams and maintaining critical buildings and systems.

The role reports to the Head of Estates and focuses on driving performance, statutory compliance, service improvement and workforce development to support frontline clinical delivery.

Competenze

• Significant senior management experience within Estates Operations or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of NHS Estates compliance requirements (HTMs, HBNs, ACoPs).
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical and operational teams.

Mansioni

• Provide senior operational leadership across multiple hospital sites and oversee maintenance services.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary Estates teams and contractors.
• Ensure statutory compliance with HTMs, HBNs, ACoPs and HSE legislation.
• Act as an Authorised Person / Responsible Person for relevant disciplines.
• Oversee risk management, safe systems of work and asbestos compliance.
• Develop and implement maintenance programmes and service improvements.
• Manage delegated budgets, contracts and resources with value-for-money focus.
• Provide technical leadership and operational assurance to senior Estates management.
• Oversee engineering infrastructure, plant performance and business continuity.
• Utilise CAFM systems to monitor performance and compliance.
• Support sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives.
• Participate in Estates senior management on-call rota.

Conoscenze

Senior management experience

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication skills

Formazione

Engineering degree

Building Services degree

Estates Management degree

Strumenti

CAFM systems

Digital Estates tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Strategic Lead - Estates Operations

NHS | Band 8b (Subject to AfC Evaluation)

Location: Shrewsbury & Telford, Shropshire (Multi-Site)

Salary: NHS Agenda for Change Band 8b

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

The Opportunity

Finegreen is working in partnership with an NHS Trust in Shropshire to recruit an experienced Strategic Lead - Estates Operations to provide senior operational leadership across a complex, multi-site healthcare estate.

This is an excellent opportunity for an established Estates professional to take responsibility for the delivery of safe, compliant and efficient operational estates services, leading multidisciplinary teams and ensuring critical buildings, engineering systems and infrastructure are maintained to the highest standards.

Reporting to the Head of Estates, the successful candidate will play a key role in driving operational performance, statutory compliance, service improvement and workforce development, ensuring estates services effectively support frontline clinical delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior operational leadership across multiple hospital sites, overseeing planned and reactive maintenance services.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary Estates teams, including operational managers, supervisors, technical specialists and contractors.
• Ensure statutory compliance with NHS Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), Health Building Notes (HBNs), Approved Codes of Practice (ACoPs) and relevant HSE legislation.
• Act as an Authorised Person / Responsible Person for relevant technical disciplines.
• Oversee operational risk management, safe systems of work, contractor management and asbestos compliance.
• Develop and implement operational maintenance programmes, service improvement initiatives and performance standards.
• Manage delegated budgets, contracts and resources, ensuring effective financial control and value for money.
• Provide technical leadership and operational assurance to senior Estates management.
• Oversee engineering infrastructure, plant performance, business continuity and emergency response arrangements.
• Utilise CAFM systems to monitor maintenance performance, compliance and service delivery.
• Support sustainability, energy efficiency and operational modernisation initiatives.
• Participate in the Estates senior management on-call rota.

The Ideal Candidate

We are seeking an experienced Estates leader with a strong technical background and a proven track record of managing operational services within complex, highly regulated environments.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Significant senior management experience within Estates Operations, ideally gained within the NHS, healthcare or a similarly complex environment.
• A degree-level qualification in Engineering, Building Services, Estates Management or a related discipline, or equivalent senior operational experience.
• Authorised Person / Responsible Person training in at least one technical discipline, such as Water Safety, Electrical Safety, Medical Gases or Ventilation.
• Strong knowledge of NHS Estates compliance requirements, including HTMs, HBNs, ACoPs and statutory legislation.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary technical and operational teams.
• Experience managing maintenance contracts, delegated budgets, operational performance and service improvement.
• A strong understanding of risk management, health and safety, business continuity and emergency planning.
• Experience using CAFM systems and digital Estates management tools.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and leadership skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across clinical and corporate teams.
• Professional membership of IHEEM, IET, CIBSE or an equivalent body, alongside formal leadership qualifications, would be advantageous.

Why Apply?

This position offers the opportunity to take on a senior leadership role within a complex NHS Estates environment, with responsibility for critical infrastructure and the operational services that directly support patient care.

You will have the opportunity to influence service delivery, develop high-performing teams and contribute to improvements in operational resilience, compliance and efficiency across multiple hospital sites.