Senior Engineering Manager - Mechanical Location: Liverpool, Merseyside Type: Permanent | Full Time (40 hours) Salary 60k plus Benefits Role Overview The Senior Engineering Manager (Mechanical) is responsible for leading the delivery of engineering and estates services within a large acute healthcare environment. The role combines strategic planning, technical leadership, and operational management to ensure safe, compliant, and high-performing building services in line with statutory regulations, PFI requirements, and NHS healthcare standards (HTMs/HBNs). Key Responsibilities Lead mechanical engineering and estates services, ensuring full statutory, contractual, and healthcare compliance Act as Authorised Person (AP) in line with site and organisational requirements Provide senior technical guidance to engineering teams and manage external stakeholders, contractors, and regulators Oversee maintenance, lifecycle planning, PPM systems, inspections, and emergency response arrangements Develop and implement risk management strategies and long-term estates plans Manage budgets, performance, compliance audits, and continuous improvement initiatives Lead, develop, and manage engineering teams, ensuring competence, training, and succession planning Participate in the estates on-call rota and provide senior escalation support Promote safeguarding, health & safety, and environmental compliance across all service delivery Requirements Proven senior technical leadership experience within facilities management or healthcare estates Strong working knowledge of HTMs/HBNs, statutory compliance, and safe systems of work AP qualification desirable Relevant certifications (e.g. NEBOSH, IOSH, IWFM) Strong mechanical engineering background with excellent problem-solving and analytical skills Confident communicator able to engage senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams Proactive, adaptable leader with a strong compliance and service excellence mindset RG Setsquare is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy