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Estates Manager (Mechanical)

TouchConsult
City of London
1 week ago
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Overview

Be among the first 25 applicants for the qualified and experienced Estates Manager (Mechanical) to join the busy and vibrant London Estates Maintenance Department at West London NHS Trust.


Responsibilities

  • Carry out Mechanical Services maintenance (Hard FM) and manage the London Estates Maintenance operational in‑house personnel and external contractors, ensuring training needs are analysed, planned and implemented in line with Trust policies.
  • Act as responsible person and/or authorised person for services including Water safety, Heating, Ventilation and Medical Gas systems.
  • Work closely with Building & Staffing, Electrical Estates Managers, Systems and Compliance Manager, and report to the Head of Estates.
  • Mobilise and operationally manage designated externally provided Estate Maintenance Service (EMS) contracted services to all WLT London sites.
  • Effectively manage day‑to‑day estates maintenance services to all London sites.
  • Act as the Authorised Person for Ventilation, Water safety, medical Gas and undertake statutory compliance and improvement works across London Sites as required.
  • Plan and implement continual improvement in standards of Hard FM services.
  • Ensure Trust interests are protected legally and in accordance with NHS directives and HTMs relative to estate maintenance services.
  • Ensure compliance to all Health & Safety requirements.
  • Exercise judgement across all day‑to‑day estate issues, including legislation, operations, NHS directives, HTMs & HBNs, H&S and conflicting demands; analyse data, interpret and impart information accurately.
  • Routinely report, audit and improve performance of estate reactive, planned preventive maintenance, form reports and review to continually improve standards and quality of services provided.
  • Participate as a designated On Call Officer as part of the out‑of‑hours emergency on‑call service when required.
  • Manage allocated financial budgets as designated.

Qualifications

Required: Proven track record of working with management of multi‑trade staff and contractors at various levels, strong interpersonal and team working skills.


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