Job summary
Employer heading
Estates Maintenance Supervisor (Interim)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of only four dedicated Children's Hospital Trusts in the UK providing integrated, highly specialist healthcare for children and young people in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and beyond.
An opportunity has arisen to appoint to the vacant post of Interim Maintenance Supervisor - 2 Year Fixed Term.
For specific scope of this role, please consult the job description and personal specification.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be a suitable qualified and or experienced in building maintenance in a supervisory capacity, and will be expected to assist Estates Managers and carry out a wide range of duties with a flexible approach to engineering and building maintenance, in order to meet the Estates Director's obligation to the provision of a safe environment for staff, patients and visitors within agreed quality standards.
The successful candidate will have proven supverisory experience and be suitably qualified in Building Construction with previous experience of working in a healthcare environment and will be expected to provide day to day planned and reactive maintenance support, within the estabished Estates Operational team as well as undertaking minor project works.
The successful candidate will be expected to partake in a formal on call rota, approximately every 5 weeks.
Working for our organisation
At Sheffield Children’s, our purpose is clear: to provide healthier futures for children and young people. Our three strategic aims are:
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Outstanding Patient Care
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Brilliant Place to work
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Leaders in Children’s Health
We work successfully with local, regional, and national partners to provide physical and mental healthcare across acute and community settings. Many of our clinicians are amongst the best in their field, recognised nationally and internationally for their expertise.
As well as having enormous pride in what we do, we are a friendly, welcoming, and motivated NHS Trust who are guided by our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. Our nearly 4000 colleagues live these values, ensuring kind and compassionate care that makes patients and their families feel safe and at home.
As we approach our 150th anniversary in 2026, we remain committed to enhancing our reputation in children’s health leadership, improving the experiences of both patient and colleagues, and focusing on our communities and population health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description and personal specification for full details.
Inclusive Recruitment & Selection
We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: [email protected]
We are currently reviewing our recruitment & selection process and are looking to make our job adverts more inclusive. This will support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. If you have any ideas in how we can make our recruitment & selection process more inclusive, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at [email protected]
Trust Values
The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:
· Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
· Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
· Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
· Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Apprentice trained; time served Building / Engineering trades person (Electrical, Plumbing mechanical or general building / Joinery).
- City & Guilds qualification or Industry approved formal certification.
Desirable criteria
- Scaffold Inspection Certificate CITB Registered.
- Certified Fire door inspection training.
- Authorised / Competent person status (under HTM).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Supervisory Experience.
- Running successful ’building / engineering’ projects to completion.
- Experience of a wide range of building/engineering maintenance.
Desirable criteria
- NHS Experience
- Managing potential for conflict and use experience to defuse situations.
- Time served in the construction industry (Buildings / engineering)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive building maintenance knowledge
- Workshop Machinery, knowledge of how to use efficiently and safely.
- Supervising qualified trades / Craft staff.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of scaffold safety and the correct methods of erection and use
- Experience of a CAFM system.
- Building management systems (BMS).
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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
- James Wilson
- Job title
- Estates Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 271 7219
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