The Devon Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Estates Officer (Operations) to join their Estates Team in Dawlish. The primary responsibility of this role is to assist the Head of Estates in maintaining the Trust's buildings and equipment, ensuring compliance with statutory and mandatory standards. Key tasks include delivering planned and reactive maintenance, managing minor works, and maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff, and visitors. The officer will oversee a portfolio of properties under a Service Level Agreement, refine maintenance programmes, manage contracts, and ensure adherence to current legislation and safe work systems.
Additionally, the Estates Officer will have responsibilities including but not limited to managing budgets, supervising installation and upgrade projects, monitoring the performance of contractors, and ensuring all works are completed within time and financial constraints. The role necessitates extensive knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems, as well as the implementation of safety protocols such as permits to work. The position involves liaising with stakeholders, running management meetings, and assisting in the preparation of tender documents, contributing to the overall effectiveness of the Estates Operational Team.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Estates Officers (Operations) to join the existing Estates Team.
The purpose of the role will be to support the Head of Estates to ensure the Trust's building/electrical/mechanical equipment is maintained to statutory and mandatory standards. Ensuring the delivery of planned, reactive, emergency maintenance and minor works in agreed timescales providing a safe and secure environment for our patients, staff and visitors.
To work as part of the Estates Operational Team and be specifically responsible for the provision of Estates Services for a property portfolio in accordance with the Service Level Agreement to a number of client organisations. Providing knowledge and demonstrating a forward-looking approach to maintenance.
- Responsibilities include maintaining and refining the planned preventative maintenance, repair and replacement programmes, minor projects work, and ensuring that current legislation, regulations and safe systems of work are adhered to.
- PPM planning.
- Contracts and service delivery management.
- Authorised Person duties (LV/HV, water, lifts, ventilation, medical gas, asbestos, critical systems or pressurised systems).
- An all-round knowledge of M&E plant, HV & LV systems, BMS systems, Air Conditioning (FCU/AHU), HVAC, Plumbing, Lighting, Small installation, Emergency lighting tests, Chillers, Water treatment etc.
- Ensure that the permit to work is in place and adhered to so that contractors and colleagues work safely at all times.
- Oversee installation and upgrade projects.
- Monitor budgets and control costs to ensure that all works are completed to agreed time limits and within financial constraints.
- Running Management Meetings.
- Liaising with the stakeholders on day to day bases.
- Oversee installation and upgrade projects. Ensuring they are of a satisfactory professional and technical standard and is in line with statutory standards, NHS Policy and Trust standing orders and procedures.
- Assisting with the preparation and collation of tender documents.
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