Senior Estates Officer (Mechanical - Operations and Maintenance)

Formed in December 2013 CHoICE is the subsidiary company of South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. Working in partnership with the Trust, CHoICE provides a Managed Health Care Facility to the Trust, to facilitate patient care., As Senior Estates Officer (Mechanical), you will be required to lead the in-house mechanical team and specialist contractors. The service provides reactive, planned maintenance & contract works in a busy acute hospital setting. The positions objectives are to ensure that all maintenance works are provided within pre-designated times & costs and provide technical input, to ensure compliance with all statutory regulations and legislation.

You will be responsible for ensuring acceptable standards of quality, productivity and workmanship of work is maintained.

To manage and arrange shutdowns, connections and adaptations to hospital services which facilitate progress on major capital and minor work schemes of a more complex work content. Carrying out estimates for works and working within defined budgets.

You will be based at South Tyneside District Hospital, although they will be required to work at other properties owned or maintained by the Trust as required.

The post holder will be educated Educated to degree level or equivalent in a Building Services related subject and have a minimum of 3 years experience in a similar role or working towards degree level or equivalent in relevant field with relevant experience.

You will participate in the emergency on call rota as required.

As per HTM compliance the applicant will be an Authorised Person, in several areas, which offers opportunities for training, development and gaining valuable experience.

The Estates team provide a co-ordinated approach in delivering services in-line with all our Statutory requirements and Key Performance Indicators, by which CHoICE's effectiveness is measured and monitored. The workload is varied, challenging and rewarding in equal measures. Health Care premises have complex Building Services, which are managed and maintained to extremely high standards, in order to deliver a suitable facility for providing health care, to those same exacting high standards. The satisfaction of supporting health care delivery cannot be understated., Please help us by adding your telephone number to your application form this will allow us to contact you quickly if required.

City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Ltd (CHoICE - trading since 2014) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (STSFT). Based at Sunderland Royal Hospital, providing a full range of Facilities Management, Procurement and Outpatient Pharmacy services. We employ around 650 staff in a wide range of functions, ranging from cleaners, porters, engineers, procurement specialists and pharmacists.

Commitment, Care and Compassion- our Team contribute to the overall hospital environment, providing safe, secure and comfortable facilities for access by patients, staff and visitors. CHoICE is an exciting place to work that will provide you with an opportunity to grow and develop. Many of our staff work flexibly, including part-time and we are committed to offering flexible approaches to work where possible. We provide a range of benefits including Fitness Centre (SRH), cycle to work scheme and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.