Estates Officer - Mechanical
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an Estates Officer to join the Estates and Facilities Division at Nevill Hall Hospital. The role involves managing directly employed maintenance staff and supporting Estates Managers in providing a safe, compliant environment. You will be responsible for devolved budgets for electrical, mechanical, and building fabric maintenance services. The post holder will also contribute to the national perspective and future strategy for the NHS.
Key responsibilities
- Lead, manage and motivate a large maintenance team & specialist contractors to fulfil works within time constraints & budget.
- Ensure robust systems and processes are embedded within the area of responsibility, with sufficient governance and standardisation.
- Ensure all staff in your team/s have annual PADR's resulting in specific objectives and effective personal development plans.
- Be responsible for leading training and development of identified staff.
- Prepare maintenance and plant replacement schedules and technical reports.
- Manage devolved budgets for electrical, mechanical and building fabric maintenance services.
Essential criteria
- Professional knowledge acquired to degree level or equivalent
- Management/supervisors studies
- Served a recognised apprenticeship
- Postgraduate qualification in building services
- Knowledge of REVIT and BIM software
- Knowledge of all Microsoft applications
- Experience in building services/ maintenance
- Appropriate work experience
- Freedom to act to their own ability and on behalf of the Health Board
- Good communicator
- Available for out of hours working
- Puts Patients first
- Works in collaboration with colleagues as part of a team
- Able to work on own initiative and prioritise own time and plan workload
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Able to work as part of a team
- Well-developed inter personal skills
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Takes responsibility for own learning and development and maintains professional standards
- PC literate including working knowledge of Microsoft applications
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- Membership of professional body
- Working within the NHS
- Experience of building services management in a health setting
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
- Self-motivated
- Customer focussed
- Ability to get on with people
- Presentation skills
- Excel and data analysis skills
- Creative, problem-solver
- Ability to speak Welsh
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,559 – £48,841 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Estates Officer - Mechanical
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Previous applicants need not apply unless further experience has been gained.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Estates Officer to join the Estates and Facilities Division based at Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny.
This is a fast-paced and exciting role working closely with the Works Manager and Head of Estates. The Estates Officer manages the building and engineering directly employed maintenance staff (DEL) ensuring maximum utilisation of labour deployment.
The role will support the Estates Manager, Head of Estates and Compliance Manager with the performance monitoring of hard FM contracts and internal workforce.
To post holders will support the Estates Managers in providing a safe, comfortable and compliant environment for patients, staff and visitors whilst ensuring all statutory legislation is complied with.
As Estates Officer you will be responsible for devolved budgets in accordance with the Health Board's Standing Financial Instructions, for electrical, mechanical and building fabric maintenance services.
Main duties of the job
To understand the national perspective and future strategy for the NHS and related areas of health to ensure that staff in your team/s are fully aware of the implications and can contribute effectively t
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