Team Leader Mechanical

Job overview

Responsible to the Estates Manager for all delegated duties related to the management of the Mechanical Engineering Team, undertaking the maintenance function of the Estates department.

To lead, motivate, train and develop the maintenance team, ensuring the effective use of labour and materials to provide an efficient maintenance service for the Estates assets which the Trust are responsible for.

To be included on the On-Call/ Escalation Rota, to meet emergency and urgent situations out of core working hours.

To be prepared to respond to emergency work outside core working hours.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

To manage the Estates Mechanical Engineering Team, External contractors employed by the Trust and to deputise for the Estates Managers as necessary.

To be responsible for performance management issues, sickness absence management, disciplinary and grievance issues, one to one’s and staff appraisals. To ensure satisfactory time keeping, and conduct of staff. Ensure staff records are kept relating to holiday and sickness. To carry out checking of staff time sheets.

Following appropriate training, to become a trust Authorised Person (AP)

To manage the routine day to day requests for Engineering and Building assistance.

To provide technical advice and liaise with key stakeholders.

To proactively plan, schedule, supervise and monitor the activities of estates department staff and ensure that the productivity and performance of these staff is maximised

To be included on the Estates On-Call and/ or Escalation Rota

Supervise work that may need to be carried out in periods that are outside of normal working hours. This will from time to time require you to work evenings, nights or weekends in addition to, or as an alternative to your standard working hours. Flexibility is therefore an essential requirement of the position.

To take part in the recruitment of trade staff and to prepare Statutory, Mandatory and basic training plans for the Engineering and Building Estates team.

Carry out any other reasonable request from Estates leadership team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Service Delivery and Improvement

Implement policies and propose changes to practices for the Mechanical  Engineering maintenance practices.

Responsibility for Finance and Physical Resources

• Monitors maintenance budgets.
• Maintains and repairs Trust properties.

Responsibility for Information Resources

Responsible for ensuring that the information/operational requirements of the computerised maintenance management system are completed/followed by staff under their control.

Responsibility for Human Resources

Records sickness, absence and annual leave information for Estates Management. Day to Day management of in-house maintenance staff and external contractors.

Responsibility for Research and Development

Undertakes Estates condition surveys and audits as necessary.

Patient Care Delivery

• Incidental patient contact

Learning and Development

• Attend mandatory training updates as required.
• Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with the line manager as part of the personal development process.
• Achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.
• Identify own learning needs and jointly plan training requirements with your line manager
• Participate in the Trust’s appraisal process to discuss how your role will help deliver the best possible care to our patients and help to deliver any changes in service.

This job description is an outline of the role and responsibilities. From time to time due to the needs of the service, we may ask you to flexibly undertake other duties that are consistent with your role and banding, including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the department and the organisation.

Please see job description & person specs for full details

Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.

If you do not meet the sponsorship requirements, and you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.