Contact information
Please contact the Claire Royle - Vacancy Control Manager at midyorks.infrastructurevacancycontrol@nhs.net with any enquires relating to the role.
About the role
Join Our Estates Team
Make a Difference Behind the Scenes of Patient Care
Every safe patient environment starts with a reliable estates service. We are looking for a motivated, proactive, and highly organised Estates Supervisor to join our Estates team at The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. Help deliver high quality operational maintenance services across our Trust’s retained estate and elements of the PFI facilities.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced estates professional who is passionate about compliance, operational excellence, and leading teams to deliver outstanding services within a busy healthcare environment.
Our Estates team plays a critical role in supporting frontline healthcare services. By joining us, you will become part of a dedicated team committed to maintaining safe, compliant, and high-performing healthcare environments for patients, staff, and visitors.
If you are looking for a rewarding leadership opportunity where your technical expertise and operational skills can make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties
As the Estates Supervisor, you will report directly to the Estates Operational Manager and play a key role in ensuring the effective delivery of operational maintenance services across the Trust.
You will:
- Supervise and coordinate day-to-day estates operational maintenance activities
- Support the delivery of safe, compliant, and efficient building and engineering services
- Ensure services operate in line with relevant regulatory and advisory frameworks, HTMs, technical guidance, and recognised industry best practice
- Utilise Workforce Planning Protocols, Estates Guidance Notices, and comprehensive audit processes to drive service quality and performance
- Take a proactive approach to compliance, risk management, and continuous improvement
- Support and maintain the department’s ISO9001:2015 accreditation standards
- Work collaboratively with contractors, clinical teams, and wider Trust departments to ensure high standards across the estate
Essential person specification requirements
We are seeking a confident and professional individual with:
- HND in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or HNC/ONC with equivalent knowledge and significant post-qualification experience, or previous demonstratable relevant experience in a Maintenance Supervisor role.
- Specialist qualifications at Authorised Person level in a relevant engineering discipline, such as Medical Gas Systems or Low Voltage Systems.
- Proven experience of managing complete engineering and operational services, with a strong track record of successful delivery
- Extensive engineering experience within a large Estates function
- Knowledge of healthcare estates compliance requirements, including HTMs and technical guidance
- Excellent organisational and communication abilities and proven ability to develop and lead a high performing team
- A proactive and solution focused approach
- Commitment to delivering safe and effective services within a healthcare environment
- Adaptable and flexible in responding to the needs of the service.
- Available to work outside normal working hours and able to return to work within required response times
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance:
We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Our benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
Skilled worker sponsorship
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