Senior Estates Manager (Hard FM) - Community | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 December 2025 |
| Location: | Salford, M6 8HD |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7649637/236-NCA-EA108-25-A |
Summary
The Postholder will take the lead role in overseeing and managing the compliance and delivery of Estates and Building Engineering services activities to approximately 80 community property sites within the NCA estate portfolio.
The role involves assuring the Trust always has power, lighting, water, medical gas supplies, heating, cooling and ventilation and other systems to ensure patients can be treated, staff can work, and all functions of the Community estate are operational.
• Responsible for managing the comprehensive mechanical/electrical and building fabric services to all NCA occupied areas across a wide range of community properties ranging from general offices to clinical and intermediate care environment overseeing a multi-disciplined Hard FM environment, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards and procedures.
• Responsible for ensuring safe systems of work are in place and maintained in line with HTM, HBN and recognised codes of practice and for specified sites act as Authorised Person with duties for Lifts, Ventilation Systems, Working at Height, Water Systems and Pressure Systems (this list is not exhaustive) this will be following appropriate training, assessment and formal appointment by the Trust.
• Overseeing landlords and specialist 3rd party contractors across a wide range of Hard FM, reactive and maintenance activities and be responsible for specific projects such as minor works and refurbishments and to support development works on new sites as well as ensuring compliance to all mandated statutory requirements within the Hard FM environment. Policing the compliance activities across all community sites. You may also be required to provide practical training and guidance to others and evaluate work outputs.
• Lead and manage directly employed maintenance providers as well as liaise and advise 3rd party landlords to ensure full Hard FM compliance for the safety of the built environment and that of the users within them.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Friday 26 Dec 2025
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