Interim Estates Operations Manager
Posted 4 days ago by Totaljobs
£240 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
West Midlands; Birmingham; Coventry; Stoke-On-Trent; Wolverhampton; Telford; Walsall; Hereford; Worcester; Tamworth; Nuneaton
Summary: The Interim Estates Operations Manager role involves leading the operational delivery of estates services within an NHS organization in the West Midlands. This leadership position is crucial for maintaining a safe and compliant healthcare environment, overseeing both in-house teams and external contractors. The manager will be responsible for ensuring statutory compliance and managing maintenance programs effectively. This role requires significant experience in estates operations within a healthcare setting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the day-to-day operational management of estates maintenance services across buildings, engineering systems and grounds
- Ensure full compliance with statutory requirements, HTMs and H&S regulations
- Manage planned and reactive maintenance programmes to deliver a safe and efficient patient environment
- Oversee estates contracts, procurement activity and contractor performance
- Take responsibility for delegated budgets, driving value for money and efficiency improvements
- Lead, develop and performance manage estates teams, fostering a strong and collaborative culture
- Act as Authorised Person (or work towards) across key disciplines such as water safety, medical gases, ventilation or electrical systems
- Support business continuity planning and respond to operational incidents as required, including participation in on-call
Key Skills:
- Significant experience in estates operations within a complex healthcare environment
- Strong knowledge of statutory compliance, HTMs and estates governance frameworks
- Proven experience managing multidisciplinary teams and external contractors
- Demonstrable experience of budget management and service improvement
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in a building services or engineering discipline
- Health & Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH or IOSH)
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
Salary (Rate): £240 per day
City: West Midlands
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Interim Estates Operations Manager (Band 8a)
Location: West Midlands
Rate: £200-£240 per day Umbrella Inside IR35
An NHS organisation in the West Midlands is seeking an experienced Interim Estates Operations Manager to lead the delivery of operational estates services across a large acute site.
This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring a safe, compliant and high-performing healthcare environment, managing both in-house teams and external contractors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the day-to-day operational management of estates maintenance services across buildings, engineering systems and grounds
- Ensure full compliance with statutory requirements, HTMs and H&S regulations
- Manage planned and reactive maintenance programmes to deliver a safe and efficient patient environment
- Oversee estates contracts, procurement activity and contractor performance
- Take responsibility for delegated budgets, driving value for money and efficiency improvements
- Lead, develop and performance manage estates teams, fostering a strong and collaborative culture
- Act as Authorised Person (or work towards) across key disciplines such as water safety, medical gases, ventilation or electrical systems
- Support business continuity planning and respond to operational incidents as required, including participation in on-call
Essential experience:
- Significant experience in estates operations within a complex healthcare environment
- Strong knowledge of statutory compliance, HTMs and estates governance frameworks
- Proven experience managing multidisciplinary teams and external contractors
- Demonstrable experience of budget management and service improvement
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in a building services or engineering discipline
- Health & Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH or IOSH)
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced estates professional to make an immediate impact within a critical NHS service.