Estates Officer

Estates Officer

The closing date is 12 January 2026

This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations.

By proceeding, you are confirming that you are a current employee of The Clatterbridge Centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool Women's Hospital or, The Walton Centre.

We are seeking to recruit a suitably experienced Estates Officer at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital site.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Trust's Estates Engineering department. The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate commitment, enthusiasm and professionalism, working within a fast paced healthcare environment. We are looking for a self starter who will be able to work effectively both individually and as part of a team.

Main duties of the job

You will be experienced in the supervision of operation and management within a large organisation, managing specialist contractors along with directly employed staff.

The permanent position is contracted to 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday; however you will be required to join our out of hours on call service. Overtime and on call payments will be made in addition.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Job responsibilities

Manages all building maintenance services and responsible for the day to day delivery of building and engineering maintenance:

• To provide efficient and effective administrative and technical support to the Estate Maintenance Department.
• To supervise and co-ordinate a group of multi-skilled maintenance staff and other trades including maintenance assistants and apprentices.
• To be responsible for the effective planning and efficient use of both labour and financial resources.
• To be responsible for engendering a positive culture within the workforce with regard to health and safety, manual handling, including permits to work and risk assessments.
• To be responsible for performance, standards monitoring and auditing of completed works, carried out by the directly employed staff, agency labour and contractors.
• To supervise both maintenance and/or minor works schemes and activities.
• To allocate labour to the Works and Estate Response Desk, planned preventative maintenance, and/or minor works schemes resulting in agreed response times being achieved, and monitor maintenance and statutory programmes being completed and minor works schemes meeting agreed deadlines.
• To be involved in the successful resolution of complex faults on all types of building services systems and equipment.

Person Specification Qualifications

• HND/equivalent (in either engineering or management)
• A City and Guilds of London Institute Certificate Course 205 Mechanical Engineering Maintenance Part Il (course ref 232-2)

Experience

• Line management experience in building services environment (managing DEL and contractors)
• Attendance at the NHS Training Centre in Steriliser Testing and Maintenance would be an advantage
• Fully time served Fitter

Skills

• Proven knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and statutory obligations relating to Estates operations and compliance.
• Good oral, writing and presentation skills
• Able to interpret spreadsheets and information to analyse spend/performance data
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to prioritise work and cope with competing demands
• Analytical, IT and computer skills
• The ability to carry out both gas and electric arc welding would be an advantage
• Knowledge of NHS Estate code, Health Technical Memorandums in relation to engineering services and Codes of Practice relating to Health and Safety and Engineering services
• Experience using a CAFM system

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust