Team Manager - Building Maintenance | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 27 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inc HCA (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 April 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7078518/196-ESS1525-Y |
Summary
The postholder will ensure the provision of a proactive on demand and planned maintenance service to all clients via the efficient and effective day to day management of a dedicated maintenance team. These services will be provided for all buildings within the Trusts portfolio and will be specifically defined within the PDR process.
The post holder will be responsible specifically for the delivery and performance of their respective in-house maintenance team.
The post holder will lead a Multiskilled Building service to the Engineering Department and other directorates within Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). They will demonstrate commitment, versatility and flexibility whilst undertaking all tasks and delegated work as instructed by the engineering senior management team.
All main duties for this position are listed under job description and responsibilities. Please see that section for full details.
Essentia is part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and is the in-house team responsible for non-clinical healthcare services. Essentia designs, builds and maintains healthcare infrastructure vital to the smooth running of healthcare services. This encompasses everything from construction projects and healthcare planning to waste management, housekeeping, transport and security. Essentia employs around 1,700 people, who provide essential facilities management support to clinical teams. It combines exceptionally high standards and public sector values with commercial focus, innovative thinking and modern technology to create the best possible patient experience. Essentia strives to be a great place to work, grow and build a career. The Essentia Way is:
• Working together
• Doing it well
• Looking after each other
We have a great NHS pension scheme, access to our own training academy, interest free season ticket loans and much more. If you fit the criteria, apply and you could be part of our Community Family.
• To line manage the trades team personnel to provide a comprehensive planned and reactive maintenance service for the Trust and external clients in accordance with agreed and published service level agreements
• Line management responsibility including appraisals, disciplinary and sickness issues
• Responsible for the monitoring of key performance indicators for team and self
• Ensures that there is effective co-operation with other technical trades throughout Building and Engineering
• Able to use a variety of computer software and hardware including facilities management ‘Planet FM’, drawing database ‘MICAD’ and PDA devices
• Produce estimates and obtain quotations for new work requests.
• Manage orders and invoices for a variety of building maintenance discipline activities
• Implement any new operational procedures for staff and equipment
• Responsible for the delivery of statutory and mandatory training for team
• Responsible for communicating both technical and legislative information to the team and compliance with the same
• Able to fault diagnose general and specific engineering related issues
• Able to work from technical specifications and drawings associated with electrical and engineering details
• Able to provide advice on ways of improving building maintenance performance
• Undertake maintenance planning for the staff within the team
• Deputise for the Building Maintenance Manager and other Team Manager’s
• Review staffing levels on a regular basis, supplementing full time staff with agency as required
• Implement policies developed for the safe and efficient service provision through the estate maintenance function
• Responsible for ensuring that the team under their control has suitable quantities of materials to undertake their normal daily duties
• To codify, and review on a regular basis, the protocols and procedures of the trades team
• To maintain good working relationships with customers, recognising the value of relationship management to support the ‘front of house’ image of the service
• To participate in wider Directorate initiatives and projects in order to develop understanding of the Essentia services in support of a continuous service improvement programme
• Liaise and manage contractors when on site carrying out contract maintenance
• Work within a broad range of occupational guidelines used to manage their area of maintenance
• Be able to carry out work requiring physical effort as the need arises
• Motivate and develop staff, co-ordinate the education and specialist training requirements of the trades’ team in support of both personal development plans and business objectives set
• Responsible for the day to day Trust risk management and governance procedures for both team and self to include the investigation and root cause analysis of complaints, preventive actions and learning being put in place
• Manage and implement the ISO 9001 QMS to ensure that the trades’ teams are fully compliant with related procedures and processes
• Take responsibility for planning and budgeting of trades’ team budgets to establish best value and overtime control
• Authorised signatories for orders up to £1,000
• To undertake monthly reviews with line manager on financial and operational performance. To initiate efficiency improvements that will reduce the revenue cost base for the service, without compromising delivery of the customer’s experience of the service
• To participate in the Estates Manager on-call rota and provide Annual Leave and Sickness Cover in conjunction with the Contract Services Department
This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Apr 2025