Head of Estates

2 weeks ago


Essex, United Kingdom Cobalt Recruitment Full time

Location:
Essex, England
- Sector:
Real Estate & Property Services
- Job type:
Contract & Interim
- Salary:
£425 - £450 per day
- Job ref:
JN -032023-79279_1679673038
- Published:
24 March 2023
- Duration:
6-9 Months
- Expiry date:
23 May 2023
- Start date:
ASAP

Cobalt Recruitment are working with a large NHS Trust in Essex to recruit an interim Head of Estates for an initial 6-9 month contract, paying £425-£450 per day LTD rate (inside IR35, via umbrella company) with accommodation provided if required.

The post holder will be educated to masters level and have a strong association with a professional body. You will have overall responsibility for the continued safe operation of the estate and the day-to-day oversight of the granular detail that provides safe and effective outcomes that are measured against a combination of national standards and locally agreed quality metrics.

You will have/be:

- A qualified engineer with significant experience leading estates and maintenance teams within the NHS.
- The ability to take the estates service forward in terms of predicative maintenance and solid reliability engineering based upon raw data, metrics and continuous improvement.
- Experience adopting a strategic approach to every facet of the trust's engineering maintenance regime and ensuring that operationally appropriate safe systems of work are recorded with the trust's quality management system.
- The ability to support the technical lead in the implementation of the trust-wise maintenance strategy and its subsequent measurement and supervision.
- Responsible for the engineering and property key policy implementation and significant updates.
- Able to provide direction and oversight of the trust backlog maintenance programme both annually and strategically within the five year plan.
- Experienced in the management of the estates budget, seeking to improve performance and reduce costs by maintaining effective and efficient estates service contract and working closely with the Divisional Finance Officer.
- The ability to identify Cost Improvement Programmes annual and ensure delivery of same.
- Responsibility for the trust's compliance elements for fire, water, security, ventilation PPM and essential insurance checks via the Head of Compliance.
- Oversight of the professional development of the Head of Compliance and the Trust Technical Lead.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with key stakeholders both internally and externally.



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