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Estates Officer - Mechanical
The closing date is 29 July 2025
Do you have experience of engineering and maintenance? Have you got experience of managing a team? Are you looking for your next step?
This role will work to ensure that the land, buildings, and property are safe and fit for purpose in accordance with statutory legislation codes of practice and Divisional business plans.
You will work to ensure parity of service and compliance and adherence to procedures and policies, including all statutory & non statutory instruments including but not limited to Health Technical Memorandums, Hospital Building Notes and best practice.
Main duties of the job
Your role will include:
* Be professionally responsible for compliance with various legislative requirements such as asbestos, fire safety, environmental protection and building regulations.
* Work within estates and facilities management team to provide a safe, appropriate and cost effective environment for effective healthcare delivery
* Exercise professional judgement across a wide range of estates compliance and maintenance issues taking into account legislation, complexity of systems or interactions and the conflicting demands of the service.
* Plan and organise a broad range of activities, adjust plans or strategies. Including planning multi-discipline projects which may run concurrently and be inter related. Projects may include conflicting requirements/solutions and the post holder will assist and make judgements to find the preferred solution
In return, you will receive:-
* A competitive starting salary and unsocial enhancements
* Access to a raft of national and local discount schemes including shopping, holidays and insurance
* An industry leading pension where your employer pays in 20.6% of your annual salary!
* 27+8 days annual leave per year, paid leave including absence
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.
UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full understanding of all relevant legislation, including Health and Safety, applicable to Estate maintenance
* Membership of professional body
* Possession of Mechanical qualification to HND/C standard with appropriate professional registration recognised by the Engineering Council UK
Experience
* Experience of Engineering and maintenance
* Previous experience of staff management
Skills
* Computer literate and fluent with all Microsoft packages, a good working knowledge of industry software protocols
* Able to interpret and analyse technical results to assist in investment planning
* Capable of undertaking risk assessment to ensure risks are known and managed
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
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