Job summary
Hospital Engineering Manager | Spire Bushey Hospital | North West London / Hertfordshire | Private Hospital | Permanent | Full Time
Spire Bushey Hospital is seeking a highly experienced and proactive Hospital Engineering Manager to lead our Estates and Engineering function. This is a key leadership role responsible for managing the building, ensuring compliance, safety, and operational excellence across the hospital site.
If you have a strong background in engineering or building services, proven project management experience, and a passion for leading teams in a healthcare setting, wed love to hear from you.
Spire Bushey Hospital is one of North London and Hertfordshires leading private hospitals, with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality private hospital treatment. All of our consultants are highly experienced and many enjoy national and international reputations.
Spire Bushey Hospital forms part of a 4 site portfolio, and is supported by and works alongside Spire Bushey Diagnostic Centre, Elstree Cancer Centre and Spire Pathology Centre. Our theatre team cover a wide variety of specialties including Ortho, Bariatric, General, Gyane, ENT, Urology, Plastics, Ophthalmics, Spinal.
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion and our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business. Were committed to looking after people, both patients and colleagues.
Main duties of the job
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the delivery of safe, efficient, and compliant engineering services across the hospital site.
- Ensure best practice and consistency in all aspects of engineering and estates management.
- Oversee planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring buildings and equipment are maintained to the highest standards.
- Manage and develop a skilled team of site engineers and handymen, supporting their professional growth.
- Ensure full compliance with Spires Fire Policy and all regulatory requirements, including CQC and Public Health England standards.
- Act as the hospitals Approved Person (AP) for key systems including medical gases, water safety, low voltage electrical services, decontamination equipment, and heating & ventilation.
About us
Spire Bushey Hospital is one of North London and Hertfordshire's leading private hospitals, with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality private hospital treatment. All of our consultants are highly experienced and many enjoy national and international reputations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Who Were Looking For:
We are looking for a confident and experienced Engineering or Estates Lead with:
- AP Qualification is desired.
- A relevant background in electrical, plumbing, or building services engineering.
- Previous experience of working within a hospital or healthcare environment is an essential requirement of this role.
- Strong management experience essential.
- Previous experience in managing a team.
- Proven ability to lead and develop teams.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- A proactive, flexible approach and commitment to continuous improvement.
Contract Type: Permanent Full Time 37.5 hours per week
Benefits:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- 35 days annual leave
- Contributory pension scheme with flexible retirement options
- Private medical insurance and life assurance
- Free DBS
- Free uniform
- Access to Spire for You our reward platform offering discounts and cashback at over 1,000 retailers
- Ongoing training, development, and career progression opportunities
Were committed to supporting our employees wellbeing and professional growth in a collaborative and inclusive environment.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Lukala Weber on Lukala.weber@spirehealthcare.com
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * AP Qualification is desired.
- * A relevant background in electrical, plumbing, or building services engineering.
- * Previous experience of working within a hospital or healthcare environment is an essential requirement of this role.
- * Strong management experience essential.
- * Previous experience in managing a team.
- * Proven ability to lead and develop teams.
- * Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- * A proactive, flexible approach and commitment to continuous improvement.
Experience
Essential
- * AP Qualification is desired.
- * A relevant background in electrical, plumbing, or building services engineering.
- * Previous experience of working within a hospital or healthcare environment is an essential requirement of this role.
- * Strong management experience essential.
- * Previous experience in managing a team.
- * Proven ability to lead and develop teams.
- * Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- * A proactive, flexible approach and commitment to continuous improvement.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Spire Healthcare Ltd
Address
Heathbourne Rd, Bushey WD23 1RD
Bushey
WD23 1RD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.spirehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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