Senior Facilities Manager

Salary �50952-�57,349 Band 8A

Manage the Trust's Hard Facilities Management (Hard FM) Functions including mechanical, electrical, building maintenance and security systems. Make judgements involving highly complex situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.

Develop, establish and maintain Trust-wide policies and initiatives for Estate management and improvements whilst ensuring all risks are fully assessed in order to develop savings and cost efficiencies across the Trust.

Manage the Trust's Soft Facilities Management (Soft FM) Function including cleaning, catering, laundry, car parking and furniture.

Manage the Trust's in-house and external trade persons.

Formulating, implementation and monitoring long term strategic plans which involve uncertainty and which may impact across the whole organisation.

Specialist knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge or relevant practical experience.

Preparation of annual Fire Risk Assessments and implementation of any actions arising.

Ensure compliance with all current and future Health and Safety legislation to enable compliance and seamless implementation of new legislation.

Assist in the reduction of carbon consumption throughout the Trust's Estate.

Main duties of the job

To develop, establish and maintain Trust-wide policies and initiatives for Estate management and improvements whilst ensuring all risks are fully assessed in order to develop savings and cost efficiencies across the Trust.

Manage the Trust's Soft Facilities Management (Soft FM) Function including cleaning, catering, laundry, car parking and furniture.

Manage the Trust's critical systems, including generator and UPS procedures.

Formulating, implementation and monitoring long term strategic plans which involve uncertainty and which may impact across the whole organisation.

To communicate plans and reports which may contain specialist technical information to various committees and working groups.

Establish Strategic Key Performance Indicators to measure all aspects of the Hard FM function and demonstrate the achievement of required service objectives / targets.

Ownership of the Trust's Estates Maintenance Helpdesk including the development, maintenance, monitoring, reporting and control of the system that is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.

Preparation of annual Fire Risk Assessments and implementation of any actions arising.

Ensure compliance with all current and future Health and Safety legislation to enable compliance and seamless implementation of new legislation.

Assist in the reduction of carbon consumption throughout the Trust's Estate.

About us

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of safe, effective and responsive care for all.

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification

Education and Qaulifications

Essential

• Qualification: Hons Degree in relevant subject i.e. Property Management, Building Surveying, Facilities Management MSc in Facilities Management of equivalent property related subject or appropriate experience Member of (or working towards) Membership of a Professional Institution Evidence of Continuing Professional Development2

Desirable

• Member of Professional Institution Qualification or experience in project management Experience of managing multiple properties.

Knowledge

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of building construction and facilities management. Extensive knowledge of Health and Safety legislation around the area of estates Defect appraisal and repair options Knowledge of sustainable construction Budget management experience. Detailed knowledge of building regulations Asbestos and Fire Safety Building services Contractor management Extensive experience and knowledge relating to planned and reactive estates and facilities services and its provision.

Desirable

• Knowledge of public sector estates procedures and guidelines Knowledge of construction project management A working knowledge of Microsoft Project and PowerPoint Knowledge of sustainable construction Working knowledge of the Quality Care Commission and the health care built environment Specialist and extensive experience in managing and maintaining critical systems on which the organisation rely (UPS, Generators etc.)...

Experience

Essential

• Design and detailing Supervision of contractors FM (Hard FM) experience Soft FM experience Demonstrable experience in managing costs and achieving targets

Desirable

• Experience of NHS Estates Code Experience in producing and implementing policies and procedures Drawing using AutoCAD

Key Skills

Essential

• Can demonstrate achievement of successfully introducing and managing change programmes Ability to produce reports to a high standard and analyse complex data Excellent communication and negotiation skills with the ability to present complex information to audiences with differing levels of understanding and differing expectations Receive, review, understand and re-present complex, technical and contentious information and effectively communicate its content and impact across the organisation. Ability to produce data to a high standard and analyse complex data Ability to maintain a clear task focus and prioritise work Ability to interpret government policies Production, implementation and monitoring of estates and facilities related strategy documents and action plans.

Employer details

Employer name

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bernicia House / Agile Working

Newcastle

NE158NY

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