Estates Manager: Waste, Utilities and Energy Manager
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) Estates Department has an opportunity for an experienced estate professional to join the team in support of waste streaming and energy management.
The estate is a mixed portfolio of HQ buildings and offices, data facilities, ambulance stations with multiple support functions in them (termed “Resource Centres”) and small ambulance support locations, training facilities, fleet management and logistical support bases.
The Estates Department is responsible for the delivery of a quality estates function. Our remit covers far more than just planned and reactive maintenance contracts. The work of the Estates Department goes into safeguarding all SCAS buildings and ensuring that associated equipment is in a safe operational condition and fit for purpose. Additionally, it is the Estates Department’s responsibility to ensure that our portfolio of properties meet the changing operational needs.
We are now seeking the expertise to self-deliver a number of integral estate functions and recruiting a Waste and Energy manager. This is a great opportunity to develop and shape your career in support of a diverse and fluid estate, within a culture of empathy and compassion. An organisation you can be proud to be a part of, that is making a real difference to people’s lives every day.
* You will develop relationships, in driving compliance and performance
* The management of service contracts to ensure compliance.
* To effectively lead the service providers through a changing property portfolio and environment, minimising disruption and gaining ‘buy-in’ quickly.
* Develop suitable strategies to facilitate ongoing improvement and cost efficiency.
* Produce contract budgets and be responsible for cost control and reporting.
* Take appropriate and timely action to identify and eliminate risks.
* Play a lead role in the management, control and assurance of health and safety compliance.
* Ensure that estate contracts and business processes are compliant with relevant legislation.
* Demonstrate Health and Safety leadership behaviours to continually develop our Safety culture ensuring that all our colleagues, patients and suppliers go home safe every day.
* Maintain estate documentation and records as required.
* Review, sign, action, file and manage associated documentation received from team, specialists, and service providers. Manage systems to ensure that records reflect the status.
Benefits We Offer
* Full training and a range of courses which you can book locally.
* Holiday entitlement of 27 days, rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service, plus an additional 8 days bank holiday (pro rata for part time).
* Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension Scheme.
* Access to continual professional development within SCAS and the wider NHS.
* Occupational Health support and direct access to our Employee Assistance Programme as well as our own Health and Wellbeing Team.
* NHS Discounts in over 200 + stores saving money on holidays, days out, car insurance, restaurants, clothing and much more.
* Ability to join our staff networking groups (as a member, ally or just for interest).
Corporate Induction
It’s really important for us to ensure you have the best onboarding experience which allows you to feel a sense of belonging from the start. To help with this, we will book your Corporate Induction as soon as we possibly can (depending on availability).
All new starters need to attend our *Corporate Induction in person, this is held over one and half days from our educational centres based in: Newbury (Berkshire), Bicester (Oxfordshire) or Whiteley (Hampshire). More specific details will be sent to you once your start date has been confirmed.
* Please note – depending on your role additional training may be required following on from your corporate induction.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Field Job title: Head of Estates Email address: andrew.field@scas.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07803 212347 #J-18808-Ljbffr