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
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