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You will be part of a team of Estates managers who are professionally responsible for meeting the organisations key objectives, for the delivery of patient care by the provision of effective, efficient and safe operation & maintenance of estates services, systems and budgetary resource, in compliance with statutory requirements & mandatory NHS Healthcare standards & guidelines, for the day to day operational activities of the Estates Department, technical & managerial control of directly employed and specialist contract staff, and to manage delegated capital projects. This is a highly specialist post with a high level of expertise is required to effectively deliver the service within a multi-discipline estate function. Resolution of operational challenges to ensure the seamless delivery of services including investigating incidents & hazards reported via DATIX incident reporting system; prepare assessment and compile expert reports on findings and judgments and Investigate, analyse & diagnostics complex fault conditions electrical/mechanical systems and equipment. & provide expert technical support and guidance to technical staff & contractors Control, manage and authorise expenditure of the maintenance budget within delegated limits and provide multiple departments with budget costing for service development. In particular these budget costings entail you to obtain information and ensuring the feasibility of the planned service development. The costing frequently cover a broad range of complex technical systems (e.g. Ventilation, Power, Water supply, Heating & Cooling, Building and Roofing etc) which require organisation and planning to ensure the project is achievable in cost and timescales. This often impact on multiple departments, services and agencies when performing site surveys etc. You will perform staff appraisals, control personnel career development, controlling departmental workload and allocation of blocks of work to ensure appropriate training and management of personnel covers a broad range of activities to ensure that trades personnel are competent to perform maintenance works. You are required to have highly developed specialist knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience, evidenced by academic qualification to Degree level in an appropriate subject with demonstrable experience of working in a healthcare or industrial/commercial building services environment, endorsed with a post graduate qualification in a supplementary discipline (e.g. Mechanical or Electrical or Building). Ideally you are required to be an incorporated engineer member of a registered Engineering or Building Institute (e.g. Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineering, Institute of Electrical Engineers, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estates Management etc.) Trained on a course in the operational and safety procedures that are covered in the relevant Scottish Hospital Technical Memorandums (SHTM’s). The shift for this post is Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm.
Informal Contact: Mark Riddell, Acting Site Estates Manager, Tel No: 0141 211 0188
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .