Estates Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
The Estates Officer will manage the operational aspects of Trust buildings, ensuring they are safe, efficient, and patient-focused. This role involves contributing to minor estates schemes/projects, liaising with contractors and consultants. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in Facilities Management or Building Services, with a specific need for an electrical background to manage sites with secondary and tertiary power supplies. They must be self-motivated, a team player, and possess strong knowledge of contractor management, health and safety, and project management.
Key responsibilities
- Day to day responsibility for the management of operational aspects of Trust buildings.
- Ensure buildings are progressive, responsive to demand, patient focused, safe, efficient, and effective.
- Contribute to the planning and delegation of minor estates schemes/projects.
- Liaise with operational teams, contractors, suppliers, planning officers, and specialist consultants.
- Manage sites with secondary and tertiary power supplies, requiring an electrical background.
Essential criteria
- HNC/D minimum level qualification in construction or building services
- Specialist construction or building services knowledge including legislation to degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Membership of an appropriate professional body
- Good CPD evidence
- Post Graduate degree in relevant specialism
- Specialist electrical knowledge to degree level or equivalent experience
- Previous experience
- Significant relevant experience with broad survey and/or maintenance expertise
- Sound understanding of and experience in construction, building services and specialist works
- Experience of design, contracts, tender procedures and project management
- Experience in setting up and operating planned and reactive maintenance systems
- General health and safety experience and knowledge including Control of Legionella and Management of Asbestos
- Good working knowledge of the CDM Regulations
- Experience in an Estates or facilities Management role
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Previous experience with secondary and tertiary power.
- Previous NHS and/or ambulance service experience
- General Estate Management experience including working with landlords and statutory bodies.
- Previous involvement in energy monitoring and conservation
- Education and qualifications
- HNC/D minimum level qualification in construction or building services
- Specialist construction or building services knowledge including legislation to degree level or equivalent experience
- Membership of an appropriate professional body
- Good CPD evidence
- Post Graduate degree in relevant specialism
- Specialist electrical knowledge to degree level or equivalent experience
- Previous experience
- Significant relevant experience with broad survey and/or maintenance expertise
- Sound understanding of and experience in construction, building services and specialist works
- Experience of design, contracts, tender procedures and project management
- Experience in setting up and operating planned and reactive maintenance systems
- General health and safety experience and knowledge including Control of Legionella and Management of Asbestos
- Good working knowledge of the CDM Regulations
- Experience in an Estates or facilities Management role
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Previous experience with secondary and tertiary power.
- Previous NHS and/or ambulance service experience
- General Estate Management experience including working with landlords and statutory bodies.
- Previous involvement in energy monitoring and conservation
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.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 14d
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South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Estates Officer
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides compassionate, quality and timely emergency andurgent care to everyone in the South West 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We deliver this over 10,000 square miles of England and occupy over 100 buildings in order to deliver the best care when you need us most.
To look after all of our buildings, we are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Estates Officer to join our Estates Team.
Main duties of the job
Estates Officers have day to day responsibility for the management of operational aspects of Trust buildings, its partnership organisations and internal customers ensuring they are progressive, responsive to internal and external demand, are patient focused, safe, efficient, and effective.
Estates Officers will contribute to the planning and delegation of minor estates schemes/projects, including liaison with operational teams and professions such as contractors, suppliers, planning officers and specialist consultants.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record within a similar role in Facilities Management or Building Services. There is a specific need for the post holder to have an electrical background as they will be looking after sites with secondary and
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