About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
This is a key technical leadership post. As Maintenance Manager (Lead AP Water), you’ll be the technical lead for water systems at University Hospital Monklands, ensuring water safety and compliance with statutory requirements and SHTM 04‑01, including Legionella control.
You’ll work closely with the Water Safety Group, Responsible Person and Competent Persons, ensuring a coordinated, well‑governed approach to water safety. You’ll lead on maintenance programmes for water systems, safe systems of work and permits, and you’ll take ownership of assurance activity – including progressing and closing Authorising Engineer (AE) audit actions.
If you’re someone who likes combining technical credibility with clear leadership, this role gives you real influence: driving improvement, strengthening governance, and developing others in a safety‑critical area.
What you’ll be doing
- Act as the technical lead for healthcare water systems, ensuring safe operation, maintenance and management in line with SHTM 04‑01.
- Lead water safety planning and maintenance programmes, including oversight of testing, inspections and remedial actions.
- Own water safety governance and assurance: Water Safety Group input, incident/issue oversight, and compliance evidence.
- Maintain safe systems of work, permits, contractor control and competence assessment – making sure work is planned, authorised and delivered safely.
- Drive continuous improvement: addressing AE audit actions timeously and strengthening statutory reporting and safety culture.
What we’re looking for
- Professional qualification and corporate membership of a relevant body (e.g. CIBSE, IET)
- Senior estates or facilities management experience, with a clear focus on water safety
- Detailed knowledge of SHTM 04‑01 and healthcare water system compliance
- Experience leading assurance activity, audits and action plans to closure
- Confidence working within governance structures and reporting clearly on risk and performance
- The ability to lead, mentor and develop others in a safety‑critical environment
- Willingness and ability to be appointed Authorised Person (Water)
- A full UK driving licence.
What we Offer
- Annual Leave – 35 days including public holidays
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- NHS discounts and more.
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent – regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
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