About this role
Job summary
The role is an interim requirement to contract manage a tier-1 engineering consultancy to conduct:
1. Critical Asset Failure Rate Analysis - complete a 10% review and quantify the probability of failure for life-critical systems. This may extend based on review.
2. 5Year PPM Audit - validate maintenance completeness and identify systemic compliance gaps.
3. In-House Direct Labour Team Assessment - Review and recommend staffing levels for standard-compliant critical PPM delivery.
The role will provide effective contract management duties to ensure performance, deliverables
Main duties of the job
Responsible for leading the 3 workstream engineering baseline assessment and remedial actions plans.
Chair monthly steering committee meetings with the consultancy and key stakeholders to review progress, resolve issues, and ensure alignment with the consultancy assessment timeline.
Establish and enforce a structured review process for all consultancy deliverables, including Probability of Failure scoring validation, compliance gap analysis verification, and benchmarking against healthcare sector standards.
Coordinate the timely provision of all supporting data to the consultancy, including CAFM system exports, maintenance records, incident logs, and engineering drawings.
Ensure consultant findings are effectively integrated to inform the remediation delivery strategy.
Maintain a risk register for the consultancy engagement with mitigation strategies and escalation protocols.
Validate PoF scoring methodology and ensure consistency across asset categories.
Oversee statistical sampling methodology to ensure robust audit coverage.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.
Interest free Season Ticket Loan
Long Term Service Awards
Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers
A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'
Ride to work scheme
Employee assistance programme
Free stop smoking service
Our Trust values:We are Caring / Ambitions / Inclusive
Job description Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Education Essential
Master's Degree gained within hard services discipline.
Professionals/ Statutory Registration Essential
Registered with a recognised professional body.
Previous experience Essential
Substantial experience of operating in a senior hard services role in an estates and facilities context. Fully understand the level and the standard of service required to ensure hard services statutory and performance standards are maintained, monitored and regularly reviewed Substantial staff management experience which will include external contractors and their effective management. Significant experience gained in the process to ensure legal compliance in accordance with the various Acts of Parliament and Local by-laws required under health & safety an appreciation of the intricate language of legal documents etc.
Knowledge Essential
Significant understanding of the relationships between various departments in order to ensure coordination of ongoing service delivery across the Trust Significant experience of development of Hard Services Policies and Procedures including the introduction of innovation in service delivery Formulation and presentation of technical reports.
Skills & Abilities Essential
Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them. Ability to establish strategic direction and tactical delivery plans by establishing clear work priorities, effective delegation, and performance management and review Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individual and teams to achieve departmental targets. Good work ethic personally organised and self-motivated.
Additional Essential
Commitment to the Essentia Way - working together, doing it well and looking after each other
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address 200 Great Dover Street
London
SE1 4YB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)