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Transforming Our Estate for the Future

There has never been a more important time to join the NHS. We’re transforming our estate to deliver 21st-century care and the best possible outcomes for patients. Estates are central to the government’s 10-Year Health Plan and Infrastructure Strategy, placing the built environment at the heart of NHS transformation. We’ve laid the groundwork for fundamental change, now we need visionary leaders to help us realise the benefits and drive lasting impact.

Our ambitions are bold: becoming the world’s first net zero health system by 2040, setting global standards for sustainable healthcare, building 40 new state-of-the-art hospitals, and accelerating investment in community-based care. This is a pivotal moment in NHS history, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help shape the future of the largest estate in the UK.

The NHS estate spans 27 million m², with 1.4 million staff working across 17,000 buildings, including 1,140 hospitals and 7,500 primary care sites. Around 100,000 estates and facilities professionals keep our services running. With £7 billion in operational capital and nearly £14 billion in annual EFM spend, the scale is vast and the potential for transformation even greater.

Join us as we work to future-proof our estate and deliver care fit for generations to come. We’re looking for a passionate individual ready to lead, innovate, and make a lasting difference in healthcare infrastructure and patient experience.

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Reporting to the Head of Hard FM, you will provide technical advice to support operational safety and drive the development of technical guidance.

Ensuring that safety regulations and legislation are understood and reflected in guidance, your focus will be on critical aspects of patient safety and improvement.

Your responsibility for developing robust and progressive engineering assurance guidance that meet legislative requirements, will ensure a safe and fit for purpose estate. You will be adept at developing strategic and operational policies and reports to promote innovative ways of delivery.

You will work as part of a wider team creating a positive working culture to drive reforms for safety and excellence, representing the engineering community and engaging with key stakeholders and professional bodies.

You will have experience working in a healthcare environment, with a proven ability to implement and apply HTMs and HBNs in practice. You will also demonstrate a strong understanding of EFM technical guidance and standards, alongside specialist expertise in one or more areas relevant to the NHS. Additionally, you will have a clear understanding of the operational challenges faced within NHS Trusts

You'll bring innovative new ideas to the role, with communication skills and energy to drive change and build trusted relationships. You'll be able to translate complex, technical information into simple clear reporting, documentation, and advice to the Senior Leadership Team.

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NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department. 

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.