Team Leader Mechanical

Responsibilities

• Responsible to the Estates Manager for all delegated duties related to the management of the Mechanical Engineering Team, undertaking the maintenance function of the Estates department.
• Lead, motivate, train and develop the maintenance team, ensuring the effective use of labour and materials to provide an efficient maintenance service for the Estates assets which the Trust is responsible for.
• Be included on the On-Call/Escalation Rota, to meet emergency and urgent situations out of core working hours.
• Be prepared to respond to emergency work outside core working hours.
• Manage the Estates Mechanical Engineering Team, external contractors employed by the Trust and deputise for the Estates Managers as necessary.
• Be responsible for performance management issues, sickness absence management, disciplinary and grievance issues, one-to-one’s and staff appraisals. Ensure satisfactory time keeping and conduct of staff. Ensure staff records are kept relating to holiday and sickness. Carry out checking of staff time sheets.
• Following appropriate training, become a Trust Authorised Person (AP).
• Manage routine day-to-day requests for Engineering and Building assistance.
• Provide technical advice and liaise with key stakeholders.
• Proactively plan, schedule, supervise and monitor the activities of estates department staff and ensure that the productivity and performance of these staff is maximised.
• Supervise work that may need to be carried out in periods that are outside of normal working hours. This will from time to time require you to work evenings, nights or weekends in addition to, or as an alternative to your standard working hours. Flexibility is an essential requirement of the position.
• Take part in the recruitment of trade staff and prepare Statutory, Mandatory and basic training plans for the Engineering and Building Estates team.
• Carry out any other reasonable request from Estates leadership team.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Candidate Information Pack

Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Vance Walker, Job title: Workshop Manager, Email address: vance.walker@nhs.net, Telephone number: 01903 285095. Between 9AM and 3PM.

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