Estates Operations Manager

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Estates Operations Manager, who will form part of the management structure overseeing a multi-site Trust. The post holder will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of healthcare estates services, ensuring that buildings, engineering infrastructure, plant, equipment and associated services are safe, compliant, reliable, efficient and fit for purpose. The postholder will provide strong operational leadership across the Estates function, ensuring that statutory and regulatory requirements are met, risks are effectively managed and services are delivered to support patient safety, clinical operations and the overall patient experience. The postholder will be expected to take ownership of operational performance, provide assurance to senior management and ensure that the Estates service operates effectively within a complex, continuously operating healthcare environment. The postholder will report and work closely with the Head of Estates and deputise where necessary. A wide knowledge and understanding to the Health Technical Memorandum's (HTM's) and healthcare guidance is essential for this post. The postholder will be responsible for compliance with statutory and healthcare technical guidance, ensuring inspections, testing, maintenance records and risk controls are followed. You will manage a team setting clear expectations, ensuring that competencies are kept up-to-date and operationally ensure all HTM requirements and expectations are met. The postholder is expected to address planned and reactive maintenance requirements and develop the service from being reactive to planned and predictive. You will manage budgets and ensure that the Trust receive value for money and support capital planning. Performance and report writing, with clear data and narrative will form part of this role, with stakeholder engagement within the various disciplines. Closing date of applications: 18 November 2026 Interview date: 02 December 2026 As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
  
  We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.