Estates Operations Manager (Mechanical)

Job overview

You will need to demonstrate strong team working skills; have extensive experience of working in an Estates/FM environment (ideally in the Public Sector) and be able to demonstrate excellent customer service skills.

This post will play a key role in meeting the estates key performance indicators and achieving the departments cost improvement plans. The successful applicant will manage all aspects of the day to day operational estates service on behalf of the Head of Estates.

The role also requires the post-holder to take part in any future estates on-call manager rota, for which additional payments will be made.

Benefits: -

Nest Pension with up to 8% employer contributions making it one of the most generous private sector pensions.

Up to 33 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays).

Generous sickness pay in the event of you being unable to work due to ill health.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.

Main duties of the job

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just under 1000 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Master’s Degree in a Building Services or Construction discipline (or equivalent experience).
• IOSH.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

• NEBOSH.
• Membership of an appropriate professional institute such as IHEEM, CIBSE, RIBA, IWFM, IEE etc.
• In date training for Responsible Person or Authorised Person roles.

Experience

• Significant technical management experience within an acute NHS trust or similar complex organisation such as the MOD.
• Experience of managing a team of engineering managers.
• Evidence of managing significant change within an NHS estates engineering environment (or equivalent complex organisation such as the MOD).
• Evidence of setting up electronic reporting systems and processes to simplify the process of providing assurance to Safety Group meetings.
• Experience of managing a wide range of estates issues around procurement, contractors, planning, quality standards, governance and H&S matters.
• Proven track record of managing risk and prioritising limited funding accordingly.
• Proven experience in being accountable for managing budgets.
• Significant experience in formulating department training & development plans and policies.
• Previously appointed and has already acted as an Authorised Person for multiple electrical disciplines.

Skills and Knowledge

• Able to apply highly specialist technical knowledge to make improvements to the estates department and mentor team members as required.
• Good knowledge of CAFM systems (MICAD) and able to analyse complex data and make informed decisions from it.
• Fully conversant with statutory requirements that apply within an estates department and able to reference where to find said information.
• Demonstrable project management skills, particularly focussed on the delivery of highly complex estates projects.
• Excellent IT skills, able to create complex Excel, Word and Powerpoint documents and produce quality reports as required.

• A recognised computer skills course.
• Knowledge of Building Management Systems.

Personal Attributes

• Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.
• High standard of written and spoken English.
• Able to communicate highly technical information effectively to colleagues at all levels within the Group and within external organisations as required,  Application / Interview / Assessment. Service Excellence Through Our People including explaining technical issues without using jargon.
• Effective negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Committed to continuous improvement and learning to bridge skill gaps.
• Able to continuously appraise situations and ‘challenge the norm’, creating new ideas in the process
• Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.
• Able to coach, mentor and develop more junior staff.
• Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly
• Able to use empathy and tact plus effective listening skills to resolve occasional difficult situations with staff and customers.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

COVID19 Vaccination

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.

References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / [email protected] and we will be happy to provide assistance.

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