The WTWA Estates Officer has responsibility for Hard Facilities Management (FM) services and subcontracted services at Wythenshawe Hospital, Trafford Hospital, Withington Community Hospital, Altrincham Hospital (WTWA), Opal House and associated 'Off Campus' properties. the post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all buildings, plant & infrastructure are maintained safely and cost effectively within agreed statutory requirements, in accordance with NHS and the Trust's policies and procedures. The post holder will manage and monitor programmes of work, Compliance, Health & Safety (H& S) legislation and work with the Trust's Energy & Sustainability team to ensure efficient use of energy, power and utilities services. The post holder will deputise for the WTWA Estates Manager in his/her absence.

Main duties of the job

Operational Maintenance

Estates Preventative Maintenance

Estates Reactive Maintenance

Finance

Management

Energy & Utilities Management

Health & Safety

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of �2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• City and Guilds Level 3 Engineering Maintenance / Building Services
• NVQ Level 3/ ONC in Engineering/ Building Services
• Evidence of Continuing Learning

Desirable

• HNC and HND in relevant discipline
• Corporate membership of relevant professional body
• Suitable Building Contract Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in estates contract management
• Experience in managing multi-disciplined team
• A track record of successful management and control of Hard Facilities contracts
• Experience of budget management
• Evidence of acting as the lead in maintaining and managing engineering Compliance

Desirable

• Proven track record in providing contract appraisal
• Estates management
• Understanding of Property Leases, Rates etc
• NHS experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people and professionals at all levels in the organisation and externally
• Good communication skills both written and verbally
• Contract management and control experience
• Ability to present information in clear and understandable format
• Contract and performance management skills including managing third party service providers
• Ability to prioritise workload

Desirable

• Experience of performing the role of Chair in Safety Group or Compliance Meetings

Requirements

Essential

• A good working knowledge of IT packages including Microsoft Office, Excel and Word
• A sound working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation and associate safe working practices
• Numerate
• Literate
• Good interpersonal skills
• Well-developed problem solving ability
• Car driver

Desirable

• Understanding of acute hospitals and healthcare environment
• Knowledge of legislation requirements as they relate to estates and environmental issues within the NHS Trust estate

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Self-motivation and act on own initiative
• Has a controls and results orientated perspective
• Ability to influence others
• Ability to build good working relationships
• Able to work with high degree of flexibility and adaptability
• Perform well under pressure with demonstrable copying skills
• Good Organiser
• Team player
• Honesty
• Problem solving approach

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trafford General Hospital

Moorside Road

Davyhulme, Manchester

M41 5SL

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349-EST-V6318552