Job overview

The Senior Estates Minor Works Team Leader will take responsibility for the overall management, supervision and allocation of small works projects to the Estates small works team and appropriate authorised Maintenance trade staff through engagement with the Estates Supervisory team to undertake work on a wide range of building, engineering plant and equipment across the hospital site.

This post is key to supporting the management of the Estates service and Capital Programme delivery by leading in the provision of an efficient and effective level of service within the Trust in relation to pricing, resourcing and delivering capital and minor works projects up to an approximate value of £250,000 while guiding, motivating and managing the in-house works team to achieve goals and targets set through appraisals and in line with Trust policies for growth and development. The post holder will ideally have a construction background.

The post will be integral in the recruitment and development of staff across all trades within the Estates Department.

The duties of the post holder will cover all properties associated to the West Suffolk NHS FT inclusive of leased and potential new sites of occupation.

The post holder will also manage and support external relationships with Trust tenants and one public estate organisation, building and supporting opportunities for external small works contracts.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to undertake the design, plan and manage minor improvement works as directed by the Development Team and  Compliance Officers to be either undertaken by the Trusts in house Estates Team or by external contractors, to be managed as the Principal Contractor. In addition provide technical expertise on construction and maintenance projects as well as manage complex projects rectifying faults diagnosed  incorporating backlog maintenance, and prioritising capital works projects across the Trust in line with HTMs and relevant legislation required to.

The post holder will be responsible on a daily basis to the Estates Operations Manager. The post holder is to have an all-round understanding of all maintenance trades within an acute hospital environment with a specific emphasis on construction matters.

The post holder is required to undertake Authorised Persons (AP) duties on various specialist engineering services in an acute hospital as required and delegated to do so by the Trusts Responsible Person (Associate Director of Estates and Facilities). 

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

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