Estates Mechanical Team Leader

4 weeks ago


Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals Full time

Job Overview

The Estates Mechanical Team Leader will play a crucial role in supporting the mechanical trades operations and maintenance work across the Trust's sites. This includes activities that are demanding and/or non-routine, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards, policies, and procedures.

The key areas of focus are to implement the planned building maintenance programmes for the Trust, ensuring compliance with key standards, both legislative and performance-related (as defined through the Service Level Agreement) – also meeting where necessary the requirements of the NHSLA (National Health Service Level Agreement).

The post holder will be responsible for contributing towards the development, implementation, and review of the Trust's Estates plans and work closely with the other Estates Managers/team Leaders in the development of works programmes across the workshop.

Main Duties of the Job

  • Supervise trade works applicable to mechanical disciplines, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, plumbing, pressure systems, water management, medical gases.
  • Supervise works carried out in hazardous areas, taking all safety measures to prevent danger, avoid injury, and prevent damage to equipment. Ensure risk assessments are completed as appropriate.
  • Directly supervise the mechanical operational staff at the Headington Hospitals sites as per management structure chart.
  • Deputise for the Estates Mechanical Manager as per management structure chart.
  • Contribute to the development, implementation, and review of the Trust's Estates plans and work closely with the other Estates Managers/team Leaders in the development of works programmes.
  • Plan maintenance activities, (including staff rota's) allocating staff and physical resources. Manage out-of-hours essential maintenance.
  • Plan and schedule major interruptions, maintenance activities, and co-ordinate the work of contractors, including liaison with users.
  • Monitor performance of contracts, taking effective steps to ensure that acceptable levels of service and values for money are achieved.
  • Actively participate in the wider team operation and control of planned maintenance schemes.
  • Exchange and communicate sometimes complex building project-related information internally and externally with specialists and non-specialists.

Working for Our Organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.



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