About this role
Job summary
The Head of Estates Operations leads the effective operation and maintenance of the Trust's estate across all Trust sites (circa 100 locations), ensuring buildings and engineering systems are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. The role has responsibility for managing significant estates budgets, including capital, maintenance, utilities, rent and rates, and for overseeing maintenance and capital contracts supporting the whole estate.
Working closely with the Estates Leadership Team, the post holder provides expert professional leadership and advice on estates, engineering and building matters, ensuring full compliance with statutory requirements, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs) and relevant codes of practice. The role has overall responsibility for statutory compliance, operational estates maintenance, electrical and mechanical services, building fabric, capital maintenance programmes and minor improvement works, delivered through a mix of directly employed staff, contractors and project-based teams.
Right to Work in the UK: This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
To lead and manage all aspects of Estates Operations, planning and maintenance activities for the Trust in accordance with Trust policies, procedures, statutory requirements and allocated budgets, ensuring buildings and engineering systems are safe and available for intended use.
Provide leadership and expert professional advice on engineering and building activities, ensuring compliance with statutory legislation, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs) and codes of practice.
Manage delegated estates budgets including capital, revenue, utilities, rent and rates.
Manage estates maintenance contracts and capital schemes, ensuring NHS-compliant procurement and performance management.
Ensure statutory compliance across all Trust sites including electrical, mechanical, water, asbestos, gas and pressure systems.
Lead business continuity planning to maintain safe, compliant estate operations at all times.
"Because of the seniority of this post the postholder may be required to participate in on-call arrangements, after suitable training"
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description Job responsibilities
To lead and manage all aspects of Estates Operations, planning and maintenance activities for the Trust in accordance with Trust policies, procedures, statutory requirements and allocated budgets, ensuring buildings and engineering systems are safe and available for intended use.
Provide leadership and expert professional advice on engineering and building activities, ensuring compliance with statutory legislation, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs) and codes of practice.
Manage delegated estates budgets including capital, revenue, utilities, rent and rates.
Manage estates maintenance contracts and capital schemes, ensuring NHS-compliant procurement and performance management.
Ensure statutory compliance across all Trust sites including electrical, mechanical, water, asbestos, gas and pressure systems.
Lead business continuity planning to maintain safe, compliant estate operations at all times.
Person Specification
Evidence Essential
o Significant demonstrable management experience, preferably within the facilities, estates or project management arena, or equivalent experience o Responsibility for estates or facilities services within a complex organisation with diverse forms of contracts, managing complex contractual issues. o Detailed knowledge of procurement methods including PFI, construction contracts and facilities services contracts o Highly skilled in estates management and an ability to problem solve under pressure o Wide-ranging experience of influencing decision makers at a strategic level.
Desirable
o Membership of relevant professional body such as HCIMA, BIFM, CIBSE, RICS or CIOB, IEEE, or an equivalent level of experience o Experience of applying new technology to modernise estates services or achieve savings o Thorough understanding of priorities for mental health care provision
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.
Employer details Employer name Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address Bath NHS House
Bath
BA1 3QE
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)