Senior Specialist Engineer (Mechanical)

The Estates Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Senior Specialist Engineer (Mechanical) to co-ordinate, design and manage mechanical engineering maintenance works, major repairs & plant replacement and undertake major revenue works projects from inception to completion.

Your principal objective will be to manage and develop a team of Engineers and Trade Staff in the safe operation and maintenance of the mechanical infrastructure across one of the largest hospital sites in the country to support the delivery of care to our patients.

• Interview Date 13/06/24


• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week


• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy., You will demonstrate exceptional organisation skills and be able to co-ordinate, manage, motivate and lead resources including in-house labour and specialist contractors.The role will require significant workload planning which may require you to liaise with the Trust's technical and professional colleagues and importantly clinical teams in their working environment.Additionally, financial management is a critical part of the role with knowledge of procurement routes, SFI's and management of budgets essential.
  
  You should possess an intimate knowledge of mechanical building services such as high and low temperature hot water, ventilation, steam, medical gas and domestic hot & cold water systems.You will be required to demonstrate a detailed understanding of best practice as contained within CIBSE guides, British Standards, Building Regulations, etc.You may also be expected to engage with external bodies such as building control and city planners when required.


Educated to degree level, or able to demonstrate comparable equivalent experiencein an engineering related subject, the successful applicant would typically be able to demonstrate relevant works experience of working with large scale, highly complex building services infrastructure.

You will be asked to participate in an on-call rota for out of hours engineering related emergencies once established in the role and developed site knowledge.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers the most comprehensive range of services of any NHS provider in England., Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.