Job overview

The Senior Building Manager is the senior technical discipline lead for building fabric and life safety systems across the Trust’s estate. The post holder leads the Building team, comprising the Building Manager and Building Team Leader who both report to this post directly, and owns statutory compliance for their discipline.

Main duties of the job

The post holder holds Lead Authorised Person status for Asbestos, Confined Spaces, and Working at Height, and holds the Authorised Person (Fire Safety Maintenance) appointment under HTM 05-01, covering fire compartmentation, fire doors and other passive fire protection measures. Fire risk assessment, fire training and fire safety projects sit with the Trust’s separate Fire Safety Adviser function and fall outside the scope of this post. The role also carries broader building fabric responsibility, including roofing, drainage, flooring, glazing and the external envelope.
The post holder provides technical and specialist advice to the Head of Estates Engineering, Operations colleagues and capital project teams, ensuring the Trust’s buildings remain safe, compliant and fit for purpose. They lead a team of Authorised Persons and Competent Persons, manage specialist contractors, and act as the Estates Lead interface for capital and minor works affecting building fabric.
This role contributes to the Estates Operational Strategy, the Integrated Management System (IMS), and capital governance processes, and holds delegated pay and non-pay budget responsibility for the Building team.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes. 

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

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