Estates Manager

We’re looking for an Estates Manager to join our Facilities & Estates team based at The Portland Hospital in London. This team plays a vital role in ensuring our hospital remains a safe, comfortable and well‑maintained environment for all service users. You’ll be part of a department responsible for maintaining building systems, plant, equipment and infrastructure to support uninterrupted hospital operations and to meet regulatory, insurance and licensing requirements.

As an Estates Manager, you will oversee the philosophy and strategic direction of the Estates and Engineering function. You’ll manage a team of engineers providing 24‑hour cover, ensure efficient responses to unplanned and emergency maintenance, and lead the planning and delivery of capital projects up to £3 million. Your work directly strengthens the hospital’s operational resilience and supports exceptional patient care. You’ll also play a key advisory role to senior leadership on system deficiencies and future infrastructure planning.

Above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. It’s this guiding vision that influences everything we do at HCA UK. From the CEO to the colleagues on the floor we all have a part to play in delivering exceptional care to our patients.

What You’ll Do

• You will be responsible for ensuring full regulatory compliance across PPMs, water safety, fire safety, medical gases, electrical systems, and the wider estates strategy, ensuring the service remains consistently CQC Outstanding ready.
• Oversee fast and effective responses to unplanned and emergency maintenance requests across hospital facilities ensuring Engineering central KPI’s are being met.
• Manage a team of engineers providing 24‑hour service, cultivating excellent teamwork and ensuring optimal resource allocation within budget.
• Advise senior leaders on system deficiencies and support long‑term infrastructure planning.
• Plan, implement and manage capital projects up to a value of £3 million.
• Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to working patterns, including occasional unsociable hours, to ensure service continuity and high quality operational support at all times.

What You’ll Bring

• Good experience in a similar organisation managing estates or engineering services.
• Strong leadership, management and team‑building skills.
• Excellent communication abilities and confidence liaising with internal stakeholders and external contractors.
• Project management skills and the ability to prioritise and organise complex workloads.
• Technical knowledge of health & safety, COSHH, and building‑services related disciplines.

Why HCA UK?

Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group, we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing. By caring for our colleagues, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day.

As An Estates Manager, You’ll Be Eligible For

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with the option to buy or sell leave.
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
• Group Life Assurance from day one.
• Critical illness cover.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland.
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits.
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers.

Culture and values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported, you can be at your best for our patients and each other. Our mission is simple: above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life—a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual.
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion.
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness.
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity.

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs, as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and in the workplace to anyone who needs them.