Job overview

To be responsible for the day-to-day operational management and supervision of the Estates Maintenance Team, to provide leadership, technical expertise, and team development, maintaining safe and compliant service delivery and to ensure achievement of service standards.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for ensuring delivery of building and estates maintenance services for the Trust’s portfolio of property, related plant and utilities, contracted out services and minor works projects ensuring compliance with appropriate legislative standards and other guidance notes and within the resources allocated.
• To provide a safe and suitable built environment for all colleagues, visitors and external contractors through effective management of emergency reactive repairs, planned maintenance whilst delivering continuous improvement.
• Responsible for hard FM service delivery, to develop and provide an efficient, cost effective, customer focussed, fit for purpose estates service.
• Provide specialist and professional Estates expertise to staff.
• Manage planning for planned preventative maintenance of assets and balancing their level of service in line with their lifecycle plan.
• To be responsible for the operational management of all estate’s services, the planning and co-ordination of reactive and planned maintenance tasks to ensure the Trust achieves statutory and HTM compliance with respect to all aspects of engineering and building services.
• To develop and manage the estates CAFM system.
• Provide expert knowledge, guidance and leadership in the development of the BMS system for role out for larger estate and domestic size buildings.

Working for our organisation

#RemarkablePeople

Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world-class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient-facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we’re needed.

The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities  and disability groups.

Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you’re sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.

In line with the Trust’s Starting Salary Procedure, all applicants will start at the bottom of the band for the position applied for, but can apply for a higher salary if they have previous experience relevant to the position.

The Trust actively seeks to recruit and appoint people currently under represented in the workforce. This includes women, people with disabilities, LGBT, and those from minority ethnic groups. All staff are encouraged and supported to learn Welsh. Please be sure to provide full contact details for all referees, including email addresses where possible. Failure to do so may result in significant delays in your application.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK.  If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.