Head of Estates Services: Sponsorship Available

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

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

As Head of Estate Services, you will provide senior professional and operational leadership for the Trust’s maintenance, engineering and grounds services. You will:

  • 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

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)

Experience

Essential

  • Leadership and management experience including people management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 4 September 2026

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