Estates Officer (Mechanical Operations) @ Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Job summary

NHS Band 6 Salary:£39,959 - £48,117 per annum.

Hours per Week: Full time 37.5 hrs (Part of On-Call rota)

Contract type: Permanent.

Location Base: St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG.

Main duties of the job

Bring your engineering expertise to a role where it really matters

Are you an experienced mechanical engineering professional looking for a technically challenging and rewarding opportunity? We are looking for a motivated and technically competent Estates Officer (Mechanical Operations) to join our Operational Estates team at St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight. This is an opportunity to apply your engineering knowledge and experience within a complex acute hospital environment, helping to maintain the essential infrastructure and specialist engineering systems that support the delivery of patient care. Working as part of a dedicated Estates team, you will use your technical expertise, exercise professional judgement and contribute to the safe, reliable and efficient operation of our hospital estate.

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Job description

Job responsibilities

About the role

As an Estates Officer (Mechanical Operations), you will play a key role in the operational management, maintenance and compliance of mechanical engineering services across our acute hospital estate.

You will work with specialist infrastructure critical to the hospital's continuous operation, including:

• Water safety and quality systems, supporting safe healthcare water infrastructure.
• Steam systems and associated mechanical plant, supporting essential hospital services.
• Ventilation and air-handling systems, including specialist clinical environments.
• Building Management Systems (BMS), supporting effective monitoring and control.
• Medical gas pipeline systems, supporting essential clinical services.
• Other mechanical engineering systems and infrastructure across the hospital estate.

The role offers technical variety and opportunities to exercise professional judgement, resolve engineering challenges and influence maintenance strategies, operational standards and service improvements.

What you'll be doing

• Providing specialist technical advice, management and operational oversight of mechanical engineering services.
• Taking responsibility for the maintenance, reliability and performance of allocated engineering systems.
• Applying technical expertise and professional judgement to investigate faults, resolve complex problems and support operational decisions.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, statutory requirements, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), engineering standards and Trust policies. Page 1 Estates Officer (Mechanical Operations) | Isle of Wight NHS Trust.
• Identifying and managing engineering risks, developing practical solutions and improving safety and operational performance.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, contractors and specialist providers to maintain high standards of service delivery.
• Contributing to maintenance strategies, engineering procedures and continuous service improvement.

About you

We are looking for an individual who combines strong mechanical engineering knowledge with a practical, proactive and solutions-focused approach. You will bring relevant technical experience, sound engineering judgement and a commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, quality and compliance. You should be confident taking responsibility for engineering systems, investigating technical issues, making informed decisions and working collaboratively to deliver effective solutions.

Experience within healthcare engineering would be advantageous. However, we also welcome applications from suitably qualified and experienced engineering professionals working in other technically demanding environments, including commercial building services, industrial engineering and facilities management. Above all, we are looking for someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys solving engineering challenges and recognises the importance of maintaining safe and reliable services.

Why join us?

Engineering with purpose

Make a real difference by maintaining the critical engineering infrastructure that supports safe, effective patient care.

Technical variety and responsibility

Work with diverse, specialist engineering systems, applying your expertise to resolve challenges, influence operational decisions and improve engineering standards.

A Supportive Team

Join dedicated colleagues committed to delivering reliable engineering services and maintaining a safe hospital environment.

On-call responsibilities

You will participate in an on-call rota, providing technical guidance and support to the on-call engineering teams, with site attendance only required where serious incidents necessitate escalation.

Additional on-call payments and any applicable enhancements will be provided in accordance with the relevant NHS terms and conditions and local arrangements.

Working across our organisation

This is a designated site-based position at St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, within our Single Corporate Service supporting the Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. Occasional business travel between sites may be required. Travel arrangements and frequency will be discussed individually, with the Staff Mobility Local Agreement applying.

Join #TeamIOWNHS

If you are an experienced mechanical engineering professional looking for a role offering technical variety, meaningful responsibility and the opportunity to make a genuine difference, we would welcome your application. Whether you already have experience in healthcare engineering or are looking to bring your skills and expertise from another engineering sector, this could be an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your career.

For full job details and person specification, please refer to the Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualification in mechanical engineering or equivalent qualification and level of knowledge acquired through equivalent experience.
• A willingness and ability to undertake further study to gain additional authorising experience/qualifications.
• Specialist training in NHS Estates related subjects.
• Evidence of CPD.
• Authorised Person for Piped Medical Gas System.
• Authorised Person for water systems.
• Authorised Person for Ventilation Systems.
• Management Diploma (ILM) or equivalent.
• Current valid driving license to drive 4 wheel vehicles including cars / vans.

Experience

Essential

• Have relevant estate/facilities experience.
• Have supervisory / management experience.
• Good communication skills at all levels, across all disciplines.
• Able to place purchase orders for materials & services.
• Preparation of technical reports and specifications.

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)