Operational Estates Manager

Do you enjoy leading teams and making a real difference in a busy operational environment?

We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Operational Estates Manager to lead estates services at Horton General Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire.

This is a varied and rewarding role where you'll oversee the safe, reliable and efficient operation of our buildings, infrastructure and engineering systems. You'll lead maintenance and improvement programmes, manage operational priorities and help ensure our estate supports outstanding patient care every day.

Working with colleagues across the Trust, you'll provide expert advice, build strong working relationships and drive continuous improvements that enhance the experience of patients, visitors and staff.

We're looking for a proactive leader who can solve complex challenges, inspire teams and deliver high-quality services. Whether your experience comes from healthcare or another large, complex organisation, you'll bring the expertise and ambition to help shape a safe, sustainable and future-ready estate.

If you're passionate about delivering excellent services and leading positive change, we'd love to hear from you.

Advert Code: EF15QP

As Operational Estates Manager, you will lead the delivery of safe, compliant and reliable estate services, ensuring our buildings and infrastructure support outstanding patient care across our sites.

• Lead operational estates engineering services, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, NHS standards and Trust policies.
• Manage the safety, reliability and performance of mechanical and electrical systems across the estate.
• Provide expert technical advice and support to teams, stakeholders and project groups.
• Oversee maintenance contracts and service agreements, ensuring quality, value for money and high performance.
• Lead maintenance, improvement and capital projects in partnership with internal and external teams.
• Monitor compliance, performance and risk, driving continuous improvement and maintaining accurate records.
• Support emergency response arrangements, business continuity planning and the estates on-call service.
• Champion sustainability, energy efficiency and environmental improvement initiatives.
• Manage budgets, resources and workforce development to deliver effective and efficient services.
• Support audits, inspections and investigations, deputising for the Senior Estates Engineering Manager when required.

• NC/HNC/HND in Electrical/Mechanical or Building Engineering or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Recognised and registered EITB, City & Guilds, modern apprenticeship, NVQ level 4 or approved equivalent training in Electrical/Engineering
• Experience working in the NHS

• Degree in Hospital Engineering
• IOSH/NEBOSH Qualifications
• Member of relevant healthcare or engineering institutes, i.e. IHEEM, HEFMA, CIBSE, IET etc
• Experience across several of the HTM’s acting as either a CP or AP
• Experience or qualification in Ventilation and Heating
• Authorised Person qualification in HTM discipline
• Knowledge of HTM’s, HBN’s and Estates specific legislation (3) Specialist knowledge gained from working in a health care engineering

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.