Job Overview
UHS Estates Ltd (UEL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS). We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Estates Officer (Mechanical). You’ll oversee planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance, and statutory compliance across UHS, ensuring critical infrastructure and engineering services are maintained safely, efficiently, and in line with Trust, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
The successful candidate will manage the mechanical maintenance team, including Supervisors, Technicians, Trade Staff, and Contractors, ensuring statutory and mandatory maintenance, reactive works, and good practice tasks are delivered within agreed KPI targets and service standards. The role requires strong knowledge of mechanical building services, estates maintenance, or healthcare engineering environments, and experience managing maintenance teams and contractors.
Responsibilities
- Manage the delivery of reactive, planned and statutory maintenance activities, ensuring performance targets and compliance standards are achieved.
- Lead and support Estates Supervisors, contractors and operational teams to deliver safe, effective and high-quality maintenance services.
- Monitor contractor performance, quality of workmanship and compliance with contractual agreements and Trust procedures.
- Coordinate shutdowns, maintenance works and minor projects across hospital sites while ensuring minimal disruption to clinical services.
- Provide specialist technical advice and support to Estates teams, senior managers, contractors and external stakeholders.
- Support the implementation of energy‑saving, cost‑saving and service improvement initiatives.
- Maintain accurate technical records, drawings and maintenance documentation to support safe estate management.
- Participate in the Estates Officer on‑call rota and provide technical leadership during emergencies and major service failures.
Essential Criteria
- HNC/Degree or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
- BS9999 Fire Damper Testing.
- IOSH Managing Safely qualification (must have or acquire within 6 months).
- Relevant experience of electrical, mechanical or building maintenance and/or design and minor installation works in construction industry or Healthcare.
- Experience managing directly employed labour and contractors in reactive, planned or combined maintenance service delivery.
- Knowledge of HBN/HTM, asbestos regulations, and Approved Codes of Practice.
- Experience in CAD packages.
- Current Authorised Person status or willingness to achieve certification as required.
- Must have or obtain a current driving licence within 6‑months to enable prompt attendance across Trust sites.
- Must fully participate in the Estate Officer on‑call service.
- Ability to climb vertical ladders, access confined spaces such as steam and crawl ducts, with reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act.
Desirable Criteria
- NEEBOSH General Certificate.
- GAS Safe Registration.
- HTM03-01 CP or AP Qualification.
- CSCS Card (Operative, Supervisor or similar).
- ISO14644 Particle Counting Certificate.
- Membership of a recognised professional organisation.
- Extensive experience of steam installations (supply and distribution).
- Experience in healthcare ventilation validation/verification.
- Understanding of other mechanical disciplines (Heating, cooling, pressure).
- Project Management experience.
- Institute of Leadership and Management qualification (or equivalent).
Additional Information
Core working hours: 07:30–15:30 Monday – Friday, with participation in an on‑call roster. Weekday on‑call requires site attendance 14:00–22:00 and 22:00–07:30 on‑call from home. Weekend on‑call requires site attendance 07:30–15:30 (paid as overtime at 1.5x or in lieu) and 15:30–07:30 on‑call from home.
A current driving licence is required or must be obtained within 6 months of appointment to support emergency attendance across Trust sites.
The role requires access to roof spaces, vertical ladders and confined spaces where necessary, with reasonable adjustments considered in line with the Equality Act.
Relevant pre‑employment and compliance checks will be required before appointment.
Benefits
- Generous NHS pension scheme.
- NHS terms of service and annual leave.
- Access to an employee benefits platform offering discounts on groceries, high street shopping, family outings, holidays and more.
- Southampton offers an excellent quality of life, located on the south coast with an international airport and direct train links to London. The area boasts the New Forest National Park, Jurassic Coast beaches, and living costs 20 % lower than London.
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