Senior Building Manager
Job Description
Job summary
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.
About us
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.
Job 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.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Negotiation and contractor performance management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and CAFM systems.
Special Circumstances
Essential
- 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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Mandeville Road
Aylesbury
HP21 8AL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
