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Job overview
The Chief Engineer will take the lead role in delivering compliance and very high-level technical assurance and advice for estates and infrastructure across several large acute hospital sites across a broad portfolio of premises with varying standards of systems and sources of information.
The role will be responsible for the design, implementation and management of systems, control processes and risk management arrangements to ensure compliance with legal/ national/ NHS standards, best practice and other Trust-wide policies and processes across the engineering, critical infrastructure and building environments throughout the Group portfolio and wider external commissions.
Main duties of the job
Reporting into the Technical Operations Director, this role is key in achieving Royal Free London Group operational and strategic ambitions.
The role is ultimately responsible for ensuring that there is an appropriate assurance framework in place to provide assurance that deliverables are being provided in line with all statutory and mandatory requirements
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Others
Essential
- Ability to train and teach others and act as workplace mentor and general development of others
- Proactive approach to managing performance of contractors
- Knowledge and confidence to challenge whilst avoiding conflict
- Ability to work under pressure, with an often unpredictable work pattern due to competing demands
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience working as a technical lead at a large complex NHS organisation
- A proven leader with proven multidisciplinary estate strategy, engineering, construction, asset management experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of contract management
- Experience in an acute hospital setting with a demonstrable track record of working with clinicians in the delivery of estates/technical service
- In depth knowledge of HBN's, Firecode and HTM's
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Proven ability of leading, directing and liaising/influencing multi-disciplinary design, operational and construction teams along with the ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing at all levels of a complex and diverse organization
- Sound constructive and legislative knowledge including research into the use of building design/materials and track record of innovative application
- Comprehensive ability to use Autocad & Microsoft Office
- Comprehensive ability to use, create, maintain and utilise CAFM systems
- Demonstrable ability to deliver clear effective communication on a range of complex scenarios to a broad audience with variable levels of understanding
Royal Free shared commitments
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments.
Personal qualities and attributes
Essential
- Need to use significant mental effort to undertake the requirements of the role
- Proven expertise to lead, plan, manage, interact with colleagues
- Be able to organise workload and manage outcomes to meet planned objectives
- Ability to deal with distressing circumstances in an effective manner
- Ability to effectively deal with matters pertaining to staff grievance and disciplinary issues
Education and professional qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Relevant professional registration with the Engineering Council as an Incorporated/Chartered Engineer
- Membership of a relevant professional institute, i.e. IHEEM
- Relevant Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
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This advert is for Band 8D Chief Engineer with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Administrative and IT role. The advertised salary is £103,102 - £117,560 per annum, including HCAS. The contract type is 24 months (2 year fixed term contract, at least 4 days on site working weekly). The application deadline is 10 Aug 2026.
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