Job overview
Managerial Responsibilities
1. Responsible for monitoring and ensuring that the operation and maintenance of Estates services, buildings and building services installations comply with health service requirements and statutory instruments.
2. Directing, encouraging and motivating contractors to achieve financial and key performance targets.
3. Provide long term maintenance planning, short term project planning and emergency/contingency planning for critical services.
4. To co-ordinate and liaise with other staff within the Estates Directorate ensuring efficiency in service provision.
Main duties of the job
Manage the provision, maintenance, and statutory compliance of NHS Estates electrical infrastructure, plant, equipment, and services to ensure safe, resilient, and fit‑for‑purpose healthcare environments across all Trust sites. Lead the operation, maintenance, and lifecycle management of hospital electrical engineering systems, ensuring continuous safety, compliance, and reliability. Provide authoritative specialist electrical engineering advice to managers, clinical teams, and Estates staff to support effective decision‑making and operational resilience. Specify, procure, and manage electrical engineering contracts, delivering high performance, value for money, and strong contractor governance. Ensure full compliance with statutory legislation, NHS England guidance, Health Technical Memoranda, and relevant standards. Develop cost‑effective, evidence‑based maintenance strategies that support patient safety and business continuity. Monitor contractor performance, address non‑compliance, and ensure systems are inspected, tested, and accurately documented to meet regulatory, audit, and assurance requirements. Travel between Trust sites as required to support operational delivery, inspections, audits, and stakeholder engagement.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
2.EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
5. Must have a good standard of general education plus additional knowledge attained via a recognised and relevant diploma level (at HNC/HND level) in Building Services/Mechanical Engineering/Construction related discipline or approved equivalent training
6. Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent plus specialist knowledge acquired through relevant post-graduate courses and experience to masters equivalent level
7. Completion of a structured training program in engineering discipline for a minimum period of five years
8. Full Current Driving Licence
9. Degree in Building Services/Mechanical Engineering/Construction related discipline or equivalent experience
3.EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
10. Experience of managing engineering building services, operational engineering maintenance and repair services
11. Experience and knowledge of operational budget management
12. managing Experience of contractors
13. Extensive knowledge and experience of working with engineering systems within complex organisations and environments
14. Experience of working within and developing a ‘safe system of work’ and dealing with health and safety issues
15. Line management experience.
16. Experience in specifying and managing engineering contracts
17. Experience of Estates Management/Project Management including the concurrent management of multiple projects and services
4.SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
18. Demonstratable knowledge and approach to maintenance management and methodologies a structured, analytical, and best practice approach to maintenance management
19. Good communication skills, both written and verbal to a wide range of individuals and groups at all levels internally and externally
20. Computer literate and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite of programs, BMS and CAFM systems.
21. Able to analyse data and produce reports using a range of software packages
22. Demonstrable record of accomplishment of working effectively within and through multi-disciplinary teams
23. Works independently and exercises a high degree of professional judgement
24. Knowledge of HTM’s, HBN’s and Estates specific legislation
25. Good knowledge of energy efficient working practices within building services engineering
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
26. Can work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
Desirable criteria
27. Full Current Driving Licence Flexible working
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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