About this role
Job summary
The Band 6 Estates Officer plays a pivotal role in supporting the effective management and development of the Trust's estate, ensuring that buildings, engineering systems, and infrastructure are maintained to a safe, compliant, and high-quality standard. Reporting to the Estates Manager, the post holder is responsible for overseeing day-to-day estates operations, managing maintenance programmes, monitoring contractor performance, and ensuring statutory and mandatory compliance requirements are met across the organisation.
The role requires close collaboration with clinical and non-clinical departments to ensure the estate supports the delivery of safe patient care and operational services. In addition to operational management, the Estates Officer provides leadership to estates staff, supporting workforce development, performance management, and service improvement initiatives.
The role also contributes to the planning and delivery of capital and backlog maintenance projects, assists with financial and resource management, and provides technical expertise on engineering, building, and compliance matters. As part of the Estates management team, the post holder is expected to manage competing priorities, respond to emergency situations, and drive continuous improvement to ensure the Trust's estate remains safe, efficient, sustainable, and fit for purpose.
Main duties of the job
The Estates Officer is responsible for managing and coordinating the day-to-day delivery of estates maintenance services across Trust sites, ensuring that engineering systems, buildings, and infrastructure are safe, reliable, and compliant with statutory requirements. This includes overseeing planned preventative maintenance programmes, responding to operational issues, monitoring contractor performance, undertaking technical inspections and surveys, and ensuring that all estates activities support the effective delivery of healthcare services. The post holder provides technical advice to staff and stakeholders, assists with compliance monitoring, and supports the management of risks associated with the Trust estate.
The role also involves leading and supporting estates staff, including allocating workloads, monitoring performance, identifying training needs, and promoting high standards of service delivery. The Estates Officer contributes to the planning and delivery of capital and backlog maintenance projects, manages budgets and resources within agreed limits, and supports the implementation of service improvement initiatives. Working as part of the Estates management team, the post holder is expected to investigate faults and incidents, contribute to emergency response arrangements, and ensure that the Trust's estate remains efficient, compliant, sustainable, and fit for purpose.
About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!
Person Specification
Qualifications (Academic, Professional & Vocational)
Essential
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent experience.
- BTEC Level 5, HND or BSc/ BEng in an Engineering or building related discipline and / or demonstrable level of experience for the role
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Registration with professional body.
- A recognized form of computer skills training such as European Computer Driving License
- Computer Aided Design course.
- Building Management Systems.
- HTM knowledge of specialist systems
Previous Experience (Nature & Level)
Essential
- Evidence of success in leading and implementing change programmes within an NHS or other complex organisation
- Experience of managing a range of Estates services issues including: Procurement, contractors, planning, quality standards, governance and H&S issues.
- Proven management skills and experience to control promote teamwork.
- Understanding of principles, practice of risk assessment, method statements and techniques.
Desirable
- Management experience of a large multi-disciplinary team.
Evidence of Particular
- Knowledge
- Skills
- Aptitudes
Essential
- Proven ability to work and integrate with a wide variety of professionals, managers and staff.
- The ability to identify shortfalls in areas of activity and to identify underlying causes.
- Ability to analyse a range of complex options making judgements to appropriately advise key decision makers.
- The ability to generate ideas and continuously appraise and challenge the effectiveness of processes and activities.
- Ability in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, E-mail.
- The ability to present thoughts and ideas to a wide range of audiences at various professional levels.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: ? Patient Centred ? Safety ? Compassion ? Respect and Excellence
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Fully conversant with statutory requirements that impact on the Trust. Conversant with NHS guidelines, Codes of Practice and requirements of regulatory authorities.
- Ability to undertake on-call duties in a directorate Rota.
- Ability to work with minimal guidance and monitoring. Work on own initiative in a demand driven environment.
- To be flexible and adaptable to change.
- Capable to respond and participate in an Emergency situation including attendance to declared major incidents.
- Commitment to see job through from inception to completion
- Develop a rapport and display empathy with patients, visitors, staff and work colleagues where necessary.
- Working deadlines.
Desirable
- Knowledge and principles of Lean working to achieve best value within Estates & Facilities.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincolnshire-wide
NG31 8DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)