Estates Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 31/07/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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Role summary
This Estates Officer role involves the day-to-day operational management and supervision of the Engineering, Building, and Grounds Maintenance Teams. The post-holder will provide leadership, technical expertise, and team development, ensuring safe and compliant service delivery. Responsibilities include planning, developing, and providing efficient, cost-effective, customer-focused services using both in-house staff and external contractors. The role also requires participation in the on-call rota system.
Key responsibilities
- Day-to-day operational management and supervision of Engineering, Building, and Grounds Maintenance Teams.
- Provide leadership, technical expertise, and team development.
- Ensure safe and compliant service delivery and achievement of service standards.
- Act as Authorised Person for various disciplines and provide assurance for statutory and HTM compliance.
- Support Trust corporate objectives including HR, budgetary management, and risk management.
- Participate in the On-call rota system.
Essential criteria
- HNC, HND, degree or relevant trade/technical qualification in a building, engineering, estates or related discipline, or working towards this with equivalent experience.
- Evidence of post-qualifying continued professional development relevant to estates maintenance, health and safety or statutory compliance.
- Experience of planning, prioritising and coordinating planned and reactive maintenance activities.
- Experience of supervising staff, contractors or work activities to ensure safe and effective delivery
Desirable criteria
- IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH or equivalent health and safety qualification
- Qualified in line with 18th edition electrical regulations.
- Professional registration of a relevant body, i.e. IHEEM/CIBSE
- Authorised Person, Designated Responsible Person or equivalent appointment in one or more relevant healthcare engineering disciplines, for example HTM 06-02 Electrical Services, HTM 04-01 Water Safety, HTM 03-01 Ventilation Systems or HTM 08-02 Passenger Lifts.
- Experience of working within an NHS, healthcare, mental health, public sector or similarly regulated environment.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
We are recruiting a Band 6 Estates Officer.
The post-holder will have responsibility for the day-to-day operational management and supervision of the departments Engineering, Building and Grounds Maintenance Teams.
You will have managerial responsibility for estates staff at all levels. The post holder is expected to plan, develop and provide an efficient, cost effective, customer focused, fit for purpose service using a mix of in-house staff and external contractors.
Main duties of the job
Post holder to provide leadership, technical expertise, and team development, maintaining safe and compliant service delivery and ensuring achievement of service standards.
The post-holder will be required to act as Authorised Person for various disciplines. You will provide assurance and audit arrangements to demonstrate statutory and HTM compliance.
Post holder to support Trust corporate objectives and processes including HR, budgetary management, Risk Register, Risk Assessments, and Business Continuity.
To participate in the On-call rota system.
Closing Date: 30th August 2026 at Midnight
Shortlisting Date: 1st September 2026
Interview Date: 9th September 2026
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