Shift Assistant Estate Manager - Birmingham

️🏥🔧 We're Hiring: Shift Assistant Estate Manager 🔧🏥⚙️

📍 Birmingham

💷 Competitive Salary + Shift Allowance

🕒 2 Days | 2 Nights | 4 Days Off

🏢 80% Office | 20% On the Tools | Hard FM | Engineering Management

We are recruiting for an experienced Shift Assistant Estate Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team within a busy healthcare environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Electrical or Mechanical Manager/Supervisor looking to take responsibility for the day-to-day management of a team, maintenance delivery, PPMs, reactive works, SLAs and operational escalations.

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Key Responsibilities

• 👥 Directly manage a team of 7 across Electrical, Mechanical and Fabric disciplines.

• 📋 Manage the team's day-to-day workload, including PPM, corrective and reactive maintenance.

• ⏱️ Ensure maintenance activities are completed within agreed SLAs.

• 🚨 Manage and respond to escalations and operational issues.

• 🛠️ Provide technical support and assistance where required.

• 📅 Manage sickness, annual leave and rota cover effectively.

• 🤝 Work collaboratively with other Assistant Estate Managers to provide a consistent service.

• 👨‍🏫 Deliver toolbox talks, training and technical guidance to team members.

• 📊 Monitor team performance, utilisation and productivity.

• 📝 Conduct staff meetings, performance reviews and appraisals.

• 🛡️ Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out safely and in accordance with statutory and company

requirements.

• ⚡ Assist with the operation, repair and maintenance of mechanical and electrical engineering services.

• 🏢 Support the delivery of Hard FM and lifecycle maintenance services across the estate.

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Requirements

Electrical candidates:

• ⚡ Fully qualified Electrical Engineer.

• 🎓 Relevant electrical installation qualification/apprenticeship.

• 🔐 AM2 – essential.

• 📘 18th Edition – essential.

• 👥 Previous management or supervisory experience.

Mechanical candidates:

• ⚙️ City & Guilds Mechanical Engineering Level 2 & 3, or

• 🔧 City & Guilds Pipefitting & Plumbing Level 2 & 3, or

• 🚿 City & Guilds Plumbing Level 2 & 3.

• 🎓 Other relevant City & Guilds Mechanical qualifications will be considered.

• 👥 Previous management or supervisory experience.

All candidates:

• 🏢 Experience within maintenance, facilities management, engineering or a similar environment.

• 📋 Strong understanding of planned and reactive maintenance.

• 👥 Proven ability to lead and manage a multidisciplinary team.

• 📊 Strong workload management and organisational skills.

• 🚨 Confident dealing with escalations and operational issues.

• 🗣️ Strong communication and people-management skills.

• 🛡️ Good understanding of safe working practices and statutory compliance.

• 🔐 Must be able to successfully pass a DBS Standard check.

💼 What's On Offer

• 💷 Competitive salary

• 💰 Shift allowance

• 🕒 2 days on, 2 nights on, 4 days off

• 🏢 80% office-based / 20% on the tools

• 🌴 24 days annual leave, increasing to 25 days after 2 years

• 🛡️ Life cover

• 🛍️ Employee discount schemes

• 🏋️ Gym membership discounts

• 🚲 Cycle to work scheme

• 🌴 Holiday purchase scheme

• 🎓 Professional qualifications, training and development opportunities

• 🤝 Employee referral rewards

• 💚 Employee assistance and mental wellbeing support

• ⏱️ Overtime opportunities

• 🔒 Permanent position

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This is a fairly urgent vacancy. If you're an experienced Electrical or Mechanical Manager/Supervisor looking for a permanent shift management position, apply now or get in touch for more information