Assistant Estates Manager (Shifts)

Location: Birmingham
Sector: Healthcare Facilities Management
Shift Pattern: 4 On / 4 Off (Days & Nights)
Hours: 7:00am - 7:00pm / 7:00pm - 7:00am

The Opportunity

An established facilities management provider is seeking an experienced Assistant Estates Manager to support the delivery of engineering maintenance services across a large and complex healthcare estate in Birmingham.

This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for managing engineering teams, ensuring statutory compliance, coordinating planned and reactive maintenance activities, and maintaining critical building services within a live healthcare environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the estate remains safe, compliant, and fully operational while delivering a high-quality service across a 24/7 operation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of engineering professionals across a busy healthcare estate.
• Manage the delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with statutory regulations, HTM guidance, health & safety legislation, and contractual requirements.
• Monitor maintenance performance through CAFM systems and digital management tools.
• Manage team rotas, annual leave requests, timesheets, and day-to-day personnel matters.
• Respond to engineering incidents and service disruptions, acting as a first-line management escalation point.
• Carry out audits, inspections, and quality checks on maintenance activities and subcontractor performance.
• Ensure SLA and KPI targets are achieved across all engineering services.
• Support budget management, stock control, and asset management activities.
• Promote a strong safety culture and oversee compliance across all engineering operations.

About You

We are keen to speak with candidates who have experience in environments where operational continuity and compliance are critical.

Suitable backgrounds may include:

• Assistant Estates Manager
• Estates Manager
• Engineering Manager
• Maintenance Manager
• Technical Services Manager
• Facilities Engineering Manager
• Engineering Supervisor
• Estates Supervisor
• Lead Engineer

Experience within healthcare, facilities management, NHS estates, PFI contracts, data centres, defence, utilities, pharmaceuticals, or other critical infrastructure environments would be highly advantageous.

Essential Requirements

• Strong electrical or mechanical engineering background.
• Previous supervisory or management experience within a maintenance environment.
• Recognised engineering qualifications (City & Guilds, NVQ, Apprenticeship or equivalent).
• Experience managing maintenance teams, compliance, and contractor performance.
• Strong understanding of planned and reactive maintenance delivery.
• Knowledge of health & safety legislation and engineering compliance requirements.
• Ability to lead teams within a demanding and fast-paced operational environment.

Desirable

• Healthcare or NHS Estates experience.
• Healthcare PFI experience.
• Authorised Person (AP) qualifications.
• IOSH or NEBOSH certification.
• HNC/HND or higher engineering qualification.
• Experience working within highly regulated or mission-critical facilities.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to work within a major healthcare estate.
• Long-term, stable role within a critical environment.
• Temp-Perm opportunity
• Leadership position with responsibility for engineering operations and team management.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.