Head of Estates

Cobalt Recruitment are working with an NHS Trust in Essex to recruit an interim Head of Estates, paying circa GBP300 per day LTD rate (inside IR35, via umbrella company) for an initial 3–6 month contract.

The successful candidate will deputise for the Strategic Head of Estates and will lead Trust's Estates infrastructure and Hard FM function to ensure high quality, safe and value for money services are provided. You will take overall responsibility for and to manage the schedule of, planned preventative and corrective maintenance including managing trust backlog maintenance programme across the site whilst also ensuring estate business continuity plans, emergency response and contingency arrangements are in place and periodically tested.

This role will closely liaise with the Head of Capital and the site Estates & Facilities managers, guiding them in all aspects relevant to the health and safety, building engineering and infrastructure ensuring all legal requirements are met, and all Responsible and Authorised Persons are in place and appointed in accordance with HTM guidelines.

You will be responsible for the operational management of building and engineering services for the trust and for management of the trust's estate, including staff management. The Post holder also has an overall responsibility for ensuring that engineering maintenance, including contract work, is carried out to appropriate standards and specifications and provides expert specialist and professional building and engineering expertise to other estates staff, directors, senior management of the organisation; may advise external agencies whilst also undertakes Authorised Person responsibilities in relation to specified systems, facilities.

You will have/be:

• Significant Healthcare experience
• Strong track record in managing successful maintenance teams
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of hospital building and engineering services
• Experience of managing an outsourced hard FM provider
• Commercial minded and have experience of managing revenue budgets
• Degree level qualifications in Estates and Hard Facilities or business related area or have significant relevant industry experience/knowledge
• Proven significant leadership experience
• Effective communicator at all levels

If this is something of interest or you would like to have a more detailed conversation about the position, please apply for the role or contact Connor Humpage on / .