Associate Director Estates and Compliance

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Director of Estates & Facilities to join the Building, Engineering and Maintenance Team. The role is responsible for designing and implementing engineering service structures and services in a large and complex healthcare environment where innovation and service development are key to managing a compliant and effective service for the Staff, Patients and Visitors.

We are looking for an experienced, dedicated and enthusiastic individual who has past experience of working as part of a Building, Engineering and Maintenance Team, ideally in a healthcare environment and have evidence of previous estates and facilities management at a senior level.

Please note:

this is an operational role and will require you to be routinely on-site atany of the Trust premises

Main duties of the jobThe Associate Director of Estates and Compliance has overall responsibility for the entire Essex Partnership University Trust Maintenance, Compliance, Technical and Sustainability functions and associated engineering systems. Plus the oversight of the estate backlog maintenance and the estates patient safety programmes. The post holder will ensure that the estates support services run efficiently from both a technical and financial perspective which will include the management of a budgets circa 9m both revenue (including Hard FM and utilities) and allocated capital budgets.

The post holder will be educated to Master's level and have a strong association with a professional body. The post holder will have overall responsibility for the continued safe operation of the estate and the day to day oversight of the granular detail that provides safe and effective outcomes that are measured against a combination of national standards and locally agreed quality metrics.

About us Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.

Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.

If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits
27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.

Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.

Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

Job share:
Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Details Date posted
28 July 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

BandBand 8dSalary
94,356 to 108,814 a year

per annum

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference number
364-B-292

Job locations

Clough RoadColchesterCO4 9QS
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

To take the estates service forward in terms of predicative maintenance and solid reliability engineering based upon raw data, metrics and continuous improvement. To adopt a strategic approach to every facet of the Trusts engineering maintenance regime and ensuring that operationally appropriate safe systems of work are recorded within the Trust Quality Management System.

To support the Technical Lead in the implementation of the Trust-wide Maintenance Strategy and its subsequent measurement and supervision

To be responsible for the engineering and property key policy development and implementation and significant updates.

To provide direction and oversight of the Trust backlog maintenance programme both annually and strategically within the five year plan. To ensure the continuous development, at least update annually, of the Five Year Plan in seeking to mitigate risk and improve the patient environment in terms of building fabric cyclical maintenance.

To be responsible for contingency and emergency planning for extreme weather conditions e.g. heatwave cold weather plans as well as significant estates infrastructure failures and mitigation plans.

Direct the activities of the Estates team in creating an effective…