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Assistant Estates Operations Manager (Electrical)

On-site in Shrewsbury·Full-time·Added today (last checked 12 Nov)

Our summary

Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 a year

About £2,690 - £3,180 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, Shrewsbury
Contract
Full-time
Closing date
Apply by Thursday 26 November

Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree and specialist training or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through City and Guilds Engineering courses, with demonstrable supplementary technical and management experience.
  • Accredited Health and Safety training e.g. NEBOSH certificate, IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent.
  • Operational maintenance management in a complex organisation to meet statutory H&S standards.
  • Extensive experience of managing building and engineering maintenance staff, plus Contractors.
  • Conversant with methods of maintenance works and services procurement and contract management.
  • Committed to continuous management and/or professional development e.g. Authorised Person training to develop competence in areas such as Electrical/Water Safety.
  • Budgetary control of an Estates operations budget.

Nice to have

  • Attained or working towards Chartered Status or membership of a professional institution, such as IHEEM
  • Certificate/Diploma in Management studies or equivalent.
  • Experience of managing hospital engineering systems in healthcare premises, and HTM requirements.
  • Significant experience of managing organisational change and service improvement in a Trade Unionised environment.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum/pro rata

The role

The successful applicant will be accountable for first-line day-to-day management for Electrical engineering services, providing an efficient, effective and patient focused maintenance and repair service. An electrical background is essential.

The successful candidate will have good computer literacy skills to assign and manage Planned Preventive Maintenance via digital management application (Micad).

Previous experience of working in the NHS or in a similar organisation would be beneficial and preferably with experience of management development and formal Health and Safety training.

What you'll do

Responsible for an engineering and building maintenance section of the Trust, which includes first-line day-to-day management responsibility for providing an efficient, effective and patient focused maintenance and repair service, within the allocated budgets, using Directly Employed Labour (DEL) and Contractors, who together are involved in the upkeep of the buildings, engineering systems, roadways, footpaths and grounds at the designated site(s).

For full details of the roles and responsibilites, please see the attached document entitles "Candidate Job pack"

How you'll work

Permanent

Full-time

Our Poppy's Promise Commitment

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team -- clinical or non-clinical -- plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values -- ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Date posted

12 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Job locations

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Mytton Oak Road

Shrewsbury

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The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Mytton Oak Road

Shrewsbury

http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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