Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 282-E1877
- Employer
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Marsden Chelsea
- Town
- Chelsea
- Salary
- £66,274 - £73,496 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Engineering
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe with a reputation for high quality patient care, research, development and education. The Projects and Estates Department plays an instrumental role within the Trust by managing critical infrastructure, maintenance, and projects across its entire estate which directly impacts on frontline clinical care, cutting edge global research, infection prevention and control and energy efficiency.
We have a position within our Estates Department, which provides excellent opportunities to drive improvements in our buildings and infrastructure and manage the delivery of Estates services. We are seeking someone who will find fulfilment from the role knowing that they will be making a real a difference to patients, staff and cancer outcomes on a daily basis and are motivated committed to lifelong learning.
We are looking for a committed, highly self-motivated, to join the Estates Team and to take ownership to actively embrace the responsibilities of this post as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
• Responsible for the operational management of engineering infrastructure and services across the entire London Estate,
• Has overall responsibility for ensuring that engineering maintenance, including contract work, is carried out to appropriate standards and specifications compliant with Trust policies and clinical needs
• Provides expert specialist and professional engineering expertise to other estates staff, directors, senior management of the organisation; may advise external agencies
• Undertakes Authorised Person responsibilities in relation to specified engineering plant, building services /elements and systems / infrastructure and manages safe systems.
• Providing high level professional engineering leadership and technical management, oversight, strategic direction and operational advice ensuring the optimum delivery of engineering services, projects /works and maintenance
Working for our organisation
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification
- To be an authority on engineering, operations and maintenance within the department, be a key member of the Projects and Estates Department strategic team. Use excellent concise communication skills to brief senior managers within the department as well as Trust management executive when required. Work to raise the profile and professionalism of the Department and protect it from risks through the role performed and, in all communications, and behaviour.
- To exchange maintenance, technical project-related information with senior managers and directors and negotiate with contractors and suppliers.There is a need for excellent communication skills which will assist the department in gaining the cooperation of others and maintain good relations. Such as using skill and knowledge to discuss, negotiate and agree changes to estates operational delivery or plant /equipment as a result of new /changing infection control requirements. This will include encouraging estates staff to use new equipment or new work practises.
- Develop and manage documentation systems including policies, statutory and mandatory records procedures, registers, logbooks and maintenance records.Responsible for the maintenance and modification of Fire Alarm and Detection Systems ensuring compliance with HTM 05 and Fire code. The existing BMS system is linked to the Energy Management System leading to a complex ‘Environmental Control’ system. Therefore, the frequent monitoring and diagnoses of problems and faults on the sophisticated systems and relevant equipment is required and the need to formulate solutions and recommendations.Responsible as ‘Authorised Person’ for LV and Medical Gas Pipeline Systems as defined in HTM’s guidance. Provide professional/technical advice and best practice guidance to trade staff for engineering systems and equipment
- The physical skills required for the post are varied. These skills would normally be obtained through practical trade training and experience in the use specialist tools, and equipment. Knowledge and the use of Computer systems are essential. The skills will need to be employed where needs dictate and during urgent and emergency situations
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Have previous management experience
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent + specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate degree, master’s or equivalent level of experience.
Desirable criteria
- Service training
- Additional Hospital Engineering related qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Assist patients/clients during incidental contacts Incidental contact with patients
- Responsible for contributing to policy development, implementation for service/ range of policy, service development, department or equivalent Reviews policies for engineering maintenance/ responsible for estates operations policies
- Budget holder for service; responsible for maintenance of physical assets for department/ service Budget holder for estates operations budget; responsible for maintenance of facilities, equipment
- Line management Line manager for engineering operations staff
- Occasional/regular requirement to use computer software to develop or create reports, documents, drawings Uses CAD system for building plans
- Regularly undertakes R&D activity; equipment testing Undertakes estates condition survey; trials of new equipment
- Occasional/ frequent unpleasant conditions/ occasional highly unpleasant conditions Site visits, maintenance activities/ sewage, pest infestation
- Achieving compliance for engineering infrastructure, systems and associated maintenance and service delivery
- Identifying optimum solutions for systems which are suffering from problems caused by a variety or combination of age, inadequate design, poor maintenance, etc
- Experienced with working to deadlines
- Undertaken surveys of engineering infrastructure and buildings
- Experienced in issuing permits to work and practicing safe system of work.
- Experience in emergency preparedness and business continuity planning
Desirable criteria
- Supervision of multi- disciplinary team in Healthcare premises
- Experience of working in a large organisation
- Commercial and Public organisations
Skills Abilities/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly complex facts, requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of range of options Judgements across engineering issues taking into account legislation, H&S, conflicting demands, content of expert advice on operations matters
- Contribute to the formulisation of long-term strategic plans, impact across organisation Contributes to development of long-term strategic estates operations plans to implement organisational objectives for critical services
- Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for paperwork, drawings; operational incidents
- Occasional distressing or emotional circumstances Deals with staff grievance, disciplinary issues
- Provide & receive complex information; negotiating skills Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists, including senior managers, directors; negotiates with contractors, suppliers
- Ability to diagnose faults in complicated engineering and building plant and equipment. Prioritising work and services while managing competing customer expectations within a works budget while also achieving compliance and functional performance
- Demonstratable Effective management and leadership & team building skills
- Sound financial management ability
- Highly effective communications skills with the ability to plan and organise critical infrastructure works with multiple end users and all stakeholders
- Logical and systematic approach to work tasks & solutions
- Decision making under pressure
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Computer literate with current operating system, current office software and computer aided design (CAD), use CAFM software
Desirable criteria
- Self-motivated
- Be able to work within a pressured environment.
- Evidence of self-advancement
- Able to act efficiently taking a ‘hands on’ role in an emergency
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Highly developed physical skills accuracy important; manipulation of fine tools, materials Use of fine tools and equipment
- Sitting, standing, walking/ frequent light effort for several short period’s Light physical effort/ working at heights, carrying surveying equipment
- Empathy with Healthcare issues
- Versatile and flexible in approach
- Meets manual handling criteria
- Able to work at heights, adverse conditions i.e., Heat, dirt, and cramped conditions.
- Sympathetic and discreet when working in patient proximities i.e., working in operating theatres, wards and mortuaries.
Desirable criteria
- Work on own initiative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Jaldin
- Job title
- Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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