Engineering Manager

Job Description
Facilities Manager | Private Hospital | Full Time | Permanent | Southampton

Spire Southampton Hospital is seeking a highly experienced and proactive Hospital Facilities Manager to lead our Estates and Engineering function you will also have oversight of Portering and Housekeeping services and the teams beneath. This is a key leadership role responsible for, ensuring compliance, safety, and operational excellence across the hospital site.

If you have a strong background in engineering or building services, proven project management experience, and a passion for leading teams in a healthcare setting, we'd love to hear from you.

Spire Southampton Hospital offers world-class care, attracting patients from across the South of England and internationally. We deliver some of the best cardiac surgery results in the country. Our Critical Care department and multidisciplinary team offer you peace of mind for our wide range of treatments.

Duties And Responsibilities

• To ensure one best way and best practice in all aspects of engineering, housekeeping and portering
• To ensure hospital compliance with Spire's Fire Policy
• To operate the maintenance, on a continuous basis, of the site buildings and equipment within the hospitals ensuring an efficient and safe maintenance and engineering service.
• To ensure the team reach and maintain an agreed level of engineering competency with development plans agreed to increase staff capability.
• To oversee the delivery of local engineering policies and their implementation
• To ensure hospital is compliant and adheres to all the regulatory requirements as per the Engineering Audit
• Maintain continual professional development across the team.

Who We're Looking For

• Previous experience of working within a hospital is essential, minimum 5 years.
• A relevant background in electrical, plumbing, or building services engineering.
• Previous experience of working within a hospital or healthcare environment is an essential requirement of this role.
• Strong management experience essential.
• Previous experience in managing a team.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams.

Contract Type:
Permanent

Benefits
We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing Date:
If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
About Us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.