Spire Dunedin Hospital is seeking a highly experienced and proactive Hospital Engineering Manager to lead our Estates and Engineering function. This is a key leadership role responsible for managing five heritage buildings, ensuring compliance, safety, and operational excellence across the hospital site. If you have a strong background in engineering or building services, proven project management experience, and a passion for leading teams in a healthcare setting, we’d love to hear from you. Duties and Responsibilities: Lead the delivery of safe, efficient, and compliant engineering services across the hospital site. Ensure best practice and consistency in all aspects of engineering and estates management. Oversee planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring buildings and equipment are maintained to the highest standards. Manage and develop a skilled team of site engineers and handymen, supporting their professional growth. Ensure full compliance with Spire’s Fire Policy and all regulatory requirements, including CQC and Public Health England standards. Act as the hospital’s Approved Person (AP) for key systems including medical gases, water safety, low voltage electrical services, decontamination equipment, and heating & ventilation. Who We’re Looking For: We are looking for a confident and experienced Engineering or Estates Lead with: AP Qualification is desired. A relevant background in electrical, plumbing, or building services engineering. Previous experience of working within a hospital or healthcare environment is an essential requirement of this role. Strong management experience essential. Previous experience in managing a team. Proven ability to lead and develop teams. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A proactive, flexible approach and commitment to continuous improvement. Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time – 37.5 hours per week Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 08:00 - 16:00, with some evenings and weekends, you will also be part of the on call rota Benefits: We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to: 35 days annual leave Contributory pension scheme with flexible retirement options Private medical insurance and life assurance Free DBS Free uniform Access to ‘Spire for You’ – our reward platform offering discounts and cashback at over 1,000 retailers Ongoing training, development, and career progression opportunities Our Values: We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation: Driving clinical excellence Doing the right thing Caring is our passion Keeping it simple Delivering on our promises Succeeding and celebrating together Our people are our difference; its their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart. We’re committed to supporting our employees’ wellbeing and professional growth in a collaborative and inclusive environment. Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. About Us At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to make a positive difference to peoples lives through outstanding personalised care. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards. About the Team For over a century, Spire Dunedin Hospital has played a part in Reading’s history as a first-class medical facility serving its community. We offer fast access to the region’s leading consultants, providing you with personalised treatments and aftercare.