Job vacancy: Estates Operations Manager (Building/Electrical), Derbyshire Support Facilities Services, Chesterfield

Job summary

Main area: Estates
Grade: Grade G4 - G6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri, normally 08.00-16:00)
Job ref: 166-DSFS-6875814

Employer: Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
Employer type: NHS
Site: DSFS - Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Town: Chesterfield
Salary: £60,857 - £66,571 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: Today at 08:00
Interview date: 03/03/2025

Estates Operations Manager (Building/Electrical)

Grade G4 - G6

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

Master’s Degree in a Building Services or Construction discipline (or equivalent experience).
IOSH.
Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable criteria

NEBOSH.
Membership of an appropriate professional institute such as IHEEM, CIBSE, RIBA, IWFM, IEE etc.
In date training for Responsible Person or Authorised Person roles.

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant technical management experience within an acute NHS trust or similar complex organisation such as the MOD.
Experience of managing a team of engineering managers.
Evidence of managing significant change within an NHS estates engineering environment (or equivalent complex organisation such as the MOD).
Evidence of setting up electronic reporting systems and processes to simplify the process of providing assurance to Safety Group meetings.
Experience of managing a wide range of estates issues around procurement, contractors, planning, quality standards, governance and H&S matters.
Proven track record of managing risk and prioritising limited funding accordingly.
Proven experience in being accountable for managing budgets.
Significant experience in formulating department training & development plans and policies.
Previously appointed and has already acted as an Authorised Person for multiple electrical disciplines.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Able to apply highly specialist technical knowledge to make improvements to the estates department and mentor team members as required.
Good knowledge of CAFM systems (MICAD) and able to analyse complex data and make informed decisions from it.
Fully conversant with statutory requirements that apply within an estates department and able to reference where to find said information.
Demonstrable project management skills, particularly focussed on the delivery of highly complex estates projects.
Excellent IT skills, able to create complex Excel, Word, Powerpoint and AutoCAD documents and produce quality reports as required.

Desirable criteria

A recognised computer skills course.
Knowledge of Building Management Systems.

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to determine priorities and achieve them using initiative and with minimal external input.
High standard of written and spoken English.
Able to communicate highly technical information effectively to colleagues at all levels within the Group and within external organisations as required,  Application / Interview / Assessment. Service Excellence Through Our People including explaining technical issues without using jargon.
Effective negotiation and persuasion skills.
Committed to continuous improvement and learning to bridge skill gaps.
Able to continuously appraise situations and ‘challenge the norm’, creating new ideas in the process.
Able to operate with high integrity in the work environment.
Able to coach, mentor and develop more junior staff.
Flexible and able to adapt to change quickly.
Able to use empathy and tact plus effective listening skills to resolve occasional difficult situations with staff and customers.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

VISA's and Immigration system

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered at this point in time.

When DSFS Ltd are able to offer sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK), applicants will be required to provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

COVID19 Vaccination

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services (‘DSFS’) is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

Communications

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account, spam folders and NHS Jobs (where applicable) account regularly.

References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore, to speed up the recruitment process please provide an up to date email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the DSFS Human Resources team on 01246 513737 / [email protected] and we will be happy to provide assistance.