Estates Supervisor

The post holder will provide team leadership for an effective and efficient maintenance repair service to a high quality on the full range of building fabric, Electrical and Mechanical engineering and electro medical services, plant, and equipment to various trust properties.

Take responsibility for day-to-day operational management of Community Estates Department, for the performance of the team to meet its targets for PPM and reactive works.

Working to ensure breakdowns and Planned Preventative Maintenance work undertaken is compliant with relevant legislation and guidance including NHS Health Technical Memorandum’s (HTM’s) Health Building Notes (HBN’s), British Standards, whilst developing and managing the departmental risk register.

As experts in healthcare facilities and property management, we deliver fully managed healthcare facilities services and property management solutions to clients throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.

We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This means that we part of the Trust’s group and the wider NHS family, but are a separate Limited Company, with our own business plan, board, management structure and staff.

Any profits that we make are used to help grow our business, provide additional employment, training and development for our staff, whilst helping to support the Trust’s frontline clinical services, and the delivery of safe patient care.

Our healthcare facilities services and property management solutions encompass: Capital Developments, Estates Management, Facilities Management, Medical Engineering and Property Services.

Our teams ensure our clients properties and amenities provide the best environment for their customers, patients, staff, and visitors.

Responsible for day-to-day operational management of Community Estates team, working to specific budgets, with regards to breakdown & planned preventative maintenance work ensuring that all work undertaken is compliant with relevant legislation and guidance including NHS Health Technical Memorandum’s (HTM’s), Health Building Notes (HBN’s) British Standards, European Standards, etc.

Responsible for the effective management of all tradespersons and Maintenance Assistants within the Community Estates Team and carrying out individual performance reviews and delivering the training needs of the department / Staff.

Support in the development and implementation of the Estates Strategy based upon Trust and Atlas goals.

Responsible for multi discipline surveys and to support in the production of subsequent management plans to ensure areas of estates are of an acceptable standard utilising audits and condition surveys to support the development of a 5-year backlog maintenance strategy.

Provide effective day to day management of the Community estates team ensuring it fulfils its function effectively, economically, and efficiently with all existing legislation.

Produce appropriate risk assessments and action plans for the department and the estate in line with Atlas procedures. To include passing of appropriate risks for inclusion in the Atlas Risk Register.

Undertake investigations and produce reports in the case of a loss involving buildings, land or plant, accidents / untoward incidents in accordance with Atlas policies.

Responsible for implementation and training within the department.

The post holder is responsible for managing / undertaking complex testing, fault finding and commissioning on engineering plant and equipment across all trades.

To proactively participate in the operation and control of planned maintenance schemes providing recommendations on any changes to current schedules of work, process, or new process.

To manage contractors who undertake works on site, ensuring all such works is undertaken in accordance with Health and Safety legislation, Good Practice and conforms to specifications.

To provide skilled technical support to Capital Project Managers in the pre-investigation, enabling and commissioning of new build and improvement schemes.

Undertake the role of ‘Authorised Person’ for systems and maintain strict records of engineering systems to meet operational and statutory requirements.

To undertake training where necessary to learn new techniques and skills and keep up to date with all mandatory training and any training required for changes in legislation.

Organise materials requisitions and assist in purchasing where required showing value for money etc.

Promote and develop a culture of responsiveness, ownership, and customer care within the team.

Investigate and promote new working practices within the team to provide more efficient and customer responsive service.

As required support the Community Estates Manager in times of Annual Leave, Sickness etc

Arrange both major and minor hospitals service interruptions for maintenance and capital projects, communicating with Clinical and non-clinical staff, outside