Job Description

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled and proactive Senior Estates Manager to lead our engineering and building services operations, with a strong emphasis on compliance management across the Trust's estate.
This pivotal role is essential in ensuring that all NHS facilities consistently meet statutory, regulatory, and safety standards--safeguarding patients, staff, and visitors, while enabling the delivery of efficient, reliable, and sustainable healthcare services.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage all aspects of estates engineering and building services compliance, including Health & Safety legislation, HTMs, HBNs, COSHH, fire safety, and environmental regulations.
Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive maintenance programmes that ensure statutory compliance and mitigate risk.
Act as an Authorised Person for critical systems such as medical gases and water safety, ensuring operational safety and adherence to regulations.
Coordinate and oversee compliance-related audits, inspections (e.g., CQC, PLACE), risk assessments, and remedial actions.
Manage a multidisciplinary estates team and specialist contractors to maintain the highest compliance and quality standards.
Support capital projects with compliance-driven design advice, ensuring new schemes meet all legal and regulatory requirements.
Lead emergency response on the on-call rota, addressing compliance-related estates issues promptly and effectively.
Maintain accurate compliance records and support the preparation of statutory returns and reports.
Liaise with internal departments, regulators, and external stakeholders to ensure integrated and transparent compliance management.
About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
Details
Date posted
08 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
55,690 to 62,682 a year pa + 1500 rrp + on call allowance
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
418-EST0122-PN
Job locations
Luton & Dunstable Hospital
Lewsey Road
Luton
LU4 0DZ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full detail and main responsibilities. What Were Looking For
Extensive experience in NHS estates compliance management and engineering services.
Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, NHS technical standards, and regulatory frameworks.
Proven ability to develop and implement effective compliance systems and risk management strategies.
Leadership skills to manage teams, contractors, and multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Commitment to maintaining patient safety and high-quality healthcare environments. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full detail and main responsibilities. What Were Looking For
Extensive experience in NHS estates compliance management and engineering services.
Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, NHS technical standards, and regulatory frameworks.
Proven ability to develop and implement effective compliance systems and risk management strategies.
Leadership skills to manage teams, contractors, and multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Commitment to maintaining patient safety and high-quality healthcare environments.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Construction Engineering or significant equivalent experience
• Recognised management qualification
• Member of a relevant professional Institute (CIBSE, IEE, IHEEM)

• Masters in Electrical, Mechanical, Construction Engineering
• Authorised person qualification

• Electrical & Mechanical services
• Extensive knowledge of all highly complex Hospital Technical Memorandums [HTMs]
• Estates contract management

• BMS
• CDM

• Demonstrate ability to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing

• Extensive experience working in a construction or similar environment
• Project management experience

• NHS Estates Experience

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Construction Engineering or significant equivalent experience
• Recognised management qualification
• Member of a relevant professional Institute (CIBSE, IEE, IHEEM)

• Masters in Electrical, Mechanical, Construction Engineering
• Authorised person qualification

• Electrical & Mechanical services
• Extensive knowledge of all highly complex Hospital Technical Memorandums [HTMs]
• Estates contract management

• BMS
• CDM

• Demonstrate ability to communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing

• Extensive experience working in a construction or similar environment
• Project management experience

• NHS Estates Experience