At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and innovate in delivering safe, compliant estates services across the Trust.
- Company: Join Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, a vibrant and supportive team.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, career development opportunities, and a focus on wellbeing.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team dedicated to improving lives every day.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the environments where care is delivered and shape the future.
- Qualifications: Degree in Engineering or substantial equivalent experience required.
The predicted salary is between 66582 - 77368 £ per year.
We are looking for an experienced, credible and forward-thinking Head of Estate Services to join our vibrant and cohesive team. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for the safe, compliant, resilient and cost-effective delivery of operational estates services across the Trust.
You will join a service that works as one team across Capital, Facilities, Technical Services, Estates Maintenance and Health and Safety. We collaborate openly, share information and concerns early, and support each other to find practical solutions. We are proud of what we do and determined to keep improving.
We want an innovative, values-led leader who communicates clearly, builds trust and understands when to act, when to seek specialist advice and when to escalate. You will be passionate about developing people, strengthening capability and putting meaningful succession plans in place for the next generation of our workforce.
This role combines strategic influence with the realities of operational delivery. You will help shape the future of our estate while ensuring that today's maintenance, compliance, risk, budget and service pressures are managed safely and effectively.
Main duties of the job:
- Lead safe, compliant and customer-focused planned, reactive, minor works and emergency maintenance services, including the estates on-call arrangements.
- Provide credible specialist advice on building and engineering infrastructure, statutory compliance, resilience and operational risk.
- Oversee performance, audits, action plans, contracts, budgets, risk controls and business continuity arrangements.
- Maintain robust Authorised Person and Responsible Person arrangements, working with externally appointed Authorising Engineers.
- Develop the service through better systems, reliable information, clear standards, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Recruit, support and develop a capable workforce, ensuring effective supervision, appraisal, training, competency and succession planning.
- Work collaboratively across Capital, Facilities, Technical Services, Health and Safety, clinical teams and corporate services.
- Communicate clearly, make sound decisions and escalate significant risks promptly and transparently.
- Support the Estates Strategy, capital planning, sustainability and the safe operational handover of projects.
You will be a visible and inclusive leader who brings the Trust values to life: we work together, we are respectful and kind, we are inclusive, and we keep improving.
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
Details:
- Date posted: 10 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8b
- Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year per annum
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 457-26-8203085
- Job locations: Centre Court, Atlas Way, Sheffield, S4 7QQ, United Kingdom
Person Specification:
- Qualifications:
- Essential: Degree in Building Services, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or have substantial equivalent experience in a comparable role.
- Desirable: Demonstrable experience in a senior Facilities role with experience and knowledge equivalent to a Masters level.
- Experience:
- Essential: Knowledge and experience of complex mechanical and electrical (M&E) systems.
- Desirable: Knowledge of standard NHS built environment guidance in Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs).
- Leadership and management experience including people management.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
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