Job summary
- Main area
- Property Services
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Participation in departmental on-call rota.
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-C8132724
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata for part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Building Manager
Band 8a
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
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.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"
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.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in building surveying, construction, building services engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Lead Authorised Person training/appointment, or ability to achieve within an agreed timescale, for Asbestos, Confined Spaces, Working at Height and Authorised Person (Fire Safety Maintenance).
Desirable criteria
- Corporate or chartered membership (or working towards) of a relevant professional body, for example CIOB, IWFM or RICS.
- BOHS P405 (Management of Asbestos in Buildings), or equivalent.
- Master's degree in a relevant subject.
- NEBOSH or IOSH Diploma.
- Formal project or programme management qualification.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial breadth of experience managing building fabric or multi-disciplinary estates services in a complex, multi-site environment.
- Experience leading Authorised Person teams and statutory compliance programmes.
- Experience managing specialist contractors and measured term or framework contracts.
- Experience of the capital or minor works interface (specification, derogation, commissioning, handover).
- Experience of incident investigation and root cause analysis.
- Line management experience, including performance, sickness and development.
Desirable criteria
- NHS or healthcare estates experience.
- Experience within an ISO 9001/IMS-aligned environment.
- Experience contributing to PAM, ERIC or equivalent assurance submissions.
Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- Negotiation and contractor performance management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and CAFM systems.
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Ability to access roofs, plant areas, confined spaces and work at height as part of assurance and inspection duties.
- Physical capability for site inspection in all weather conditions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Keith Byrom
- Job title
- Head of Estates Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
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