Estates Manager

Job Title: Estates Manager 8B

Clinical Service Unit: Estates

Location: Milton Keynes

Job Type: Temporary

Duration of booking: 4 Months with a possible extension

Pay Rate: £36.50 - £38 PAYE Inclusive of Holiday Pay

Hours per week: Monday – Friday 37.5 hours

Job Summary:

The Estates Manager will be responsible for developing and managing the Estates Service within the organization, ensuring the delivery of a safe, cost-efficient, and high-quality service. This role includes oversight of key areas such as maintenance, fire safety, compliance, energy, grounds, and minor new works.

As a key member of the Estates Team, the post holder will be accountable for delivering a well-governed and managed estate, contributing to strategic planning, and supporting the organization's overall objectives. The Estates Manager will ensure budgets are controlled, services are delivered effectively, and staff are managed and trained in line with organizational standards.

Essential:

• Estate Management experience in managing and developing complex engineering systems including Electrical and Mechanical service
• Communicating Estates policy and highly technical information to senior management directors, negotiating large contracts and dealing with a range of staff, contractors, specialist & non-specialist
• Have managed a range of departments and disciplines within Estate Management, including Electrical Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Teams, and Waste Management Statutory Compliance

Key responsibilities

• To advise the Associate Director of Estates as required, to ensure service is maintained in the absence of the post holder and undertake such duties as required of that post holder.
• The post holder will advise on key areas of Estates Services to assist in the development of long term strategic plans and programs of work that will impact on services and Trust assets to allow the organisation its overall objectives.
• To be accountable for Estates Services to ensure budgets are appropriately controlled, cost efficient and improvements are identified and implemented within delegated limits.
• The post holder will be responsible for several service areas across the Trust in terms of service delivery, including but not limited to, Estates Services, Fire, Grounds and Gardens, Asbestos, Electrical Systems, Medical Gas, Water Services, Decontamination Engineering services and Ventilation Systems.
• The post holder will be responsible for the line management of all staff within the remit of service areas.
• The post holder will need experience of Spreadsheets, Building Management System, MiCAD and other CAD systems to fully utilise information to fulfil the requirements of the role.
• The post holder will lead in all specialist service areas taking into account legislation, Regulatory and Good Practice Guides (HTM, HSE, CQC, PLACE) to ensure the Trust is not put at unacceptable risk.
• The job role will entail conflicting demands on time and resources that will require high levels of management judgement, to ensure the Trust is not exposed to undue risk.
• To deal with staff grievances in line with Trust policy including disciplinary issues and all contracted areas of service where disputes may arise to ensure the Trust is not exposed to unacceptable risk.
• The post holder will need to visit roof tops, confined spaces, drains and plant rooms & boiler houses in the course of their work as required.
• The post holder will lead on and negotiate high level technical agreements and services across the range of services with Senior managers of the Trust and also outside providers of service and other agencies to ensure overall best value for money is maintained at all times.
• Advise the Associate Director of Estates of updates to legislation and CQC standards and how this impacts the Estate.
• Budget holder for several department budgets across Estates Services, to delegated limits
• To ensure expenditure is controlled across the budgets.
• Approve purchase orders and sign off payment of invoices.
• Manage nominated Capital Projects and maintain budget limits.
• Ensure value for money is obtained from in-house and outsourced Estates Services.
• Write Business Cases for Capital & Revenue schemes and projects as required in undertaking this role.
• Provide and manage CIP’s to meet the finance targets of the organisation
• To provide managerial support and leadership to Estates Services staff.
• To maintain effective channels of communication within the department between management, staff and other hospital departments.
• To produce performance plans where required in line with Trust Objectives.
• To lead on Estates Services recruitment and forward department structure planning.