Estates Manager

at  Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

To assist the Head of Estates in ensuring the building and engineering services are designed, installed, and correctly maintained in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner and in accordance with all relevant guidance, thereby ensuring/delivering/achieving good standards of patient care across all sites. Communicates in a way which recognises difference and ensures that people feel included and their individual communication needs are met. As required in the investigation of building defects and routine servicing this will on occasion require manual handling and exposure to highly unpleasant conditions, i.e. lifting manholes and heavy equipment and exposure to materials contaminated with body fluids and other process effluents.
Contribute to the maintenance programmes of work determining priorities and resources. Accountable for the compliant delivery of the reactive breakdown/maintenance service and out of hours service provision in an efficient and cost effective manner. Manage all projects to comply with statutory health and safety policy documentation and the compliance with CDM Regulations and enforce as necessary, compliance by contractors undertaking work on Trust premises. Personal duty of care to complete time sheets, mileage forms, expense claim sheets etc., accurately and in a timely manner, providing receipts as required.
Monitor quality and standard of works in accordance with contract drawings, specifications, and manufacturers standards, professional and recognised standards of the respective trades. Responsible for assisting in the training of apprentices and semi-skilled staff in own specialist field and that this knowledge is cascaded through the dept. to all required staff. Undertake the role of Authorised Person for roles including but not limited to; asbestos, legionella, electricity at work and pressure systems, including compilation of policies and procedural documents.
Partake in Continuing Professional Development by attending appropriate seminars, courses, websites and researching relevant literature. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying

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