Estates Engineering Manager

at  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The primary purpose of this management post is to take overall responsibility for the operating and maintenance of all engineering services undertaken at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
The M&E Manager will be the building services engineering technical expert, overseeing implementation of the estates pre-planned maintenance program of work, reactive, remedial works services as well as minor project work. The post holder is responsible for ensuring statutory, legislative and HTM compliance of engineering services at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and continuous quality improvement of estates support services. This will be achieved under direction by the Head of Engineering by managing a team of sub-contracted specialist service providers, to provide an environment that enables an excellent clinical service and assurance of compliance.
The M&E Manager will provide technical expertise, support and guidance to ensure resilience of the estates engineering services, timely resolution of defects and non-conformance and emergency responses. Effective implementation will ensure minimal downtime or loss of clinical services, reflected in assurance reports.
The post holder will be responsible for providing a safe and compliant estates infrastructure within their assigned areas, ensuring statutory and planned preventative maintenance has been completed by service providers within SLA and agreed KPI’s.
Working with the Building Manager the M&E Manager will be the primary stakeholder liaison point for the estates directorate to implement the estates service.
The day-to-day work will vary and is likely to include – but will not be limited to –
Alongside the Building Manager act as “gateway” to assigned estates area (block estates management) to ensure all estates related activities adhere to Trust policy, procedure and code of practice.
Oversee the safe and timely implementation of routine, reactive and remedial maintenance activities
Oversee the safe and timely implementation minor works, projects and building shutdowns
Undertake risk management (DATIX) updates, Health and Safety and compliance inspections and reports
Audits and improvement actions implementation
Attend internal governance meetings, stakeholder meetings with clinical colleagues and the wider Trust
AP duties for HTM’s, where qualified and appointed
Out-of-hours duty manager rota participation
Attend out-of-hours to support engineering activities – monthly generator tests, annual black building tests, water services shutdowns etc.
Our Organisational CARE Values are the guiding principles that set how we work as an organisation. Values come alive through behaviours. It’s through our behaviours that we demonstrate to others those things that are important to us, as individuals and as an organisation.
All staff are required to comply with and follow the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Statutory Regulations and Trust policies and procedures. All staff have a right to access Occupational Health or other staff support services in times of need.

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