Estates Officer

Estates Officer

The closing date is 26 July 2026.

Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals are seeking to recruit a suitably experienced Estates Officer to join our estates department, based at Halton Hospital.

The post holder will work as part of the Estates team to deliver a comprehensive estates maintenance service, ensuring compliance with Trust standards, procedures, and legislation across the estate portfolio, working to agreed levels of quality, time and cost.

You will operate and manage estates systems, acting as the supervisor for a team of directly employed estates maintenance staff and external specialist contractors, supporting the Senior estates Management Team.

Leading your team, you will manage the delivery of reactive and planned maintenance works to key plant and equipment assets, utilising CAFM and other specialist software systems.

The Estates Officer will be responsible for engineering and building fabric related activities including building maintenance, grounds maintenance, painting, project management, minor works, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, as well as elements of statutory compliance in relation to estates management. The post holder will be supported by Senior Estates Officers and will advise and inform the Deputy Head of Estates on all technical matters and issues relating to engineering and building maintenance.

• Experience in working within a building / engineering discipline or related industry
• Experience of working in hospital environment.
• An understanding of statutory and planned maintenance activities

• NVQ / City & Guilds / Currently studying a HNC, HND, Degree or higher
• OR relevant experience gained through employment within an NHS Estates Department
• Health & Safety Training
• Authorised Person in one or more estates disciplines

• Demonstrable knowledge of building and engineering systems
• Ability to use IT systems

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated "good" organisation with "outstanding" features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti‑racist approach in all we do.