Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-A-7890
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clough Road
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Estates Engineering Officer
Band 6
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
ROLE SUMMARY
The following list is not exhaustive but it does represent the responsibilities and core competencies around this role. The post holder will therefore be required to:
Supervise the day to day operational management of a high value Estates service for specific localities that are part of a large Mental Health and Community Services property portfolio across Essex, Bedfordshire and Luton.
Assist fellow Estates Engineering officers on day to day issues as and when required in line with the collaborative approach that underpins this role.
Works with and supports the Maintenance Manager to ensure a seamless Estates Engineering management service is maintained at all times.
Day to day operational management responsibility for ensuring that the Trusts Estates Engineering services are maintained in a safe and compliant condition for all patients, staff and visitors accessing Trust occupied premises, ensuring the services are delivered to meet statutory requirements, government targets and having a particular focus on making sure they are responsive to user needs.
To make operational decisions and provide routine advice across all aspects of Estates Engineering management including electrical/mechanical services, associated PPM (planned preventative maintenance), minor works , backlog, reactive work, insurance inspections compliance, training and technical Documentation.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to provide an effective operational Estates Engineering management service to the Trust and other local Health care organisations covered under the terms of service level agreements.
The post holder will assist the Maintenance Manager to conceive and promote new initiatives for the effective management of services.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please take a look at the Job Description & Personal Specification for the full details of the job advertised
Any queries please contact Craig Sheridan 07866988282.
Person specification
Education/qualifications
Essential criteria
- HNC/D in engineering discipline
Education
Essential criteria
- Experience in an related supervisory or management role or can demonstrate an aptitude for management.
- Engineering degree or equivalent qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive operational and technical knowledge of Estates Engineering related functions. AF/IN/AS
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of budget management, recharging mechanisms, life cycle costs and short term tenancy agreements Detailed understanding of health care operational environments including clinical and non clinical risk, patient focus, Both Disciplines Knowledge Knowledge of operational planning techniques including option appraisals, feasibility studies, NHS modernisation and the changing culture, structure, function and values of the NHS. Customer service,
Skills/experience
Essential criteria
- Literate in IT/Computer Skills Good oral communication skills based on fluency on the English language Able to effectively prioritise own workload and that of others. Able to delegate effectively. Strong operational planning skills. Confident and effective communicator with good verbal and written skills.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to provide leadership to a multi- disciplinary team across a varied portfolio Able to deliver non- complex projects within time, on budget and to required quality and safety standards. Able to make difficult decisions when faced with multi- stranded and conflicting complex data. Able to produce high quality reports with recommendations based on complex data analysis and within tight timescales. The post holder will be able to deliver all work outputs to a high quality commensurate with management and technically qualified status.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Craig Sheridan
- Job title
- Trust Estates Engineering Technical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07866988282
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