Senior Team Leader (Mechanical)
Location
Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/12/2025
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The Senior Estates Team Leader will take responsibility for the overall supervision and allocation of tasks to the Estates Maintenance trade staff who undertake work on a wide range of building, engineering plant and equipment across the hospital site.
This post is key to supporting the management of the Estates service by leading in the provision of an efficient and effective level of service within the trust while guiding, motivating and managing the in-house works team to achieve goals and targets set by the Estates Manager. The post holder will ideally have a mechanical background.
To undertake and or provide technical expertise on complex fault diagnosis on Engineering services and fault rectification, maintenance, and capital works across the Trust. In addition, the post holder will be required to design, plan and manage minor improvement works as directed by the Estates Officers to be either undertaken by the Trusts in house Estates Team or by external contractors.
The post holder is required to undertake Authorised Persons (AP) duties on various specialist engineering services in an acute hospital as required and delegated to do so by the Trusts Responsible Person (Estates Manager).
The post holder will be required to carry out On-Call duties as part of the Senior Engineers’ rota.
To interpret detailed drawings and specifications to instruct and advise others. To monitor staff undertaking fault-finding on complex critical systems and equipment, providing technical support and liaising with suppliers as necessary.
Must be prepared to work out side normal working hours as and when required to do so to meet the demands of the service.
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ady Powell Job title: Estates Operations Maintenance Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01284713974
The Senior Estates Team Leader will take responsibility for the overall supervision and allocation of tasks to the Estates Maintenance trade staff who undertake work on a wide range of building, engineering plant and equipment across the hospital site.
This post is key to supporting the management of the Estates service by leading in the provision of an efficient and effective level of service within the trust while guiding, motivating and managing the in-house works team to achieve goals and targets set by the Estates Manager. The post holder will ideally have a mechanical background.
To undertake and or provide technical expertise on complex fault diagnosis on Engineering services and fault rectification, maintenance, and capital works across the Trust. In addition, the post holder will be required to design, plan and manage minor improvement works as directed by the Estates Officers to be either undertaken by the Trusts in house Estates Team or by external contractors.
The post holder is required to undertake Authorised Persons (AP) duties on various specialist engineering services in an acute hospital as required and delegated to do so by the Trusts Responsible Person (Estates Manager).
The post holder will be required to carry out On-Call duties as part of the Senior Engineers’ rota.
- Supervise directly Trades at all establishments maintained by the Trust, including monitoring, timekeeping and discipline.
- At all times to carry communication devices (mobile phone and two-way radio) to facilitate immediate response to emergencies.
- Carry out weekly 5% audit checks and inspections of craftsman work. Undertake on-call duties as part of the on-call team to ensure that emergency repairs occurring out of normal hours are attended to, including basic requirements of other trades. To work in accordance with the requirements of Health Technical Memorandums (HTMs). Maintain a high level of physical skills and materials of fine tools and equipment. To organise remedial works or emergency isolations as and when required.
To interpret detailed drawings and specifications to instruct and advise others. To monitor staff undertaking fault-finding on complex critical systems and equipment, providing technical support and liaising with suppliers as necessary.
Must be prepared to work out side normal working hours as and when required to do so to meet the demands of the service.
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ady Powell Job title: Estates Operations Maintenance Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01284713974
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