Maintenance Manager 

Job Type: Temporary

Sector: Healthcare 

Duration: Two months and could be longer 

Location: North West of Central London – with occasional work in other London offices 

Remote Working: Not permitted 

Pay Rates:  £26.23ph inclusive of holiday pay 

Working Days and Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, 37.5 hours per week 

Job Summary 

We are looking for a band 7 Maintenance Manager to lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the Estates and Maintenance team across NHS facilities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance tasks are delivered on time, safely, and to required standards.
• Manage and prioritise workloads of maintenance staff, including engineers, tradespeople, and contractors.
• Monitor and maintain compliance with statutory, health and safety, and NHS regulations (e.g., HTM, HBN standards).
• Oversee and coordinate specialist maintenance services, including electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and building fabric works.
• Manage contracts and external contractors, ensuring quality and value for money.
• Prepare and monitor budgets for maintenance works, providing reports on costs, resources, and performance.
• Develop and implement maintenance strategies to ensure assets and equipment are reliable, efficient, and sustainable.
• Lead on fault diagnosis and technical solutions for complex engineering and building issues.
• Contribute to sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives within NHS estates.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to senior managers, clinical staff, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, statutory testing, and compliance documentation.
• Support emergency planning, including responding to urgent estates issues or service interruptions.
• Line manage and develop staff, including recruitment, appraisals, training, and performance management.
• Ensure patient, staff, and visitor safety is prioritised during maintenance activities.

Education / Qualifications

• Educated to Degree or HND/C level in a Building Services, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering discipline, or have equivalent experience. 
• Specialist qualifications relating to estates management e.g Electrical / Mechanical. 
• Membership of a professional body relating to the role. 

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience of maintenance management, of multiple teams across multiple sites. 
• Detailed working knowledge of Preventative and Reactive maintenance regimes. 
• Proven experience of managing a team of qualified personnel. 
• Experience of successfully managing a budget and identifying cost savings. Ensuring timely provision of accurate reporting on activity and spend. 
• Understanding of Standing Financial Instructions in relation to procurement, management and commissioning of external contracting services. 
• Use of information and financial systems adopted within the NHS. 
• To be conversant in and understand HTM and HBN regulations 

Skills/Abilities

• Good analytical skills will be required to allow the rapid interpretation of complex pieces of information within a short timescale. This could typically include the review of project plans and forecasts, as well as interpretation of accounting standards and principles.
• Analyses problems relating to business case production and analysis, with a multiplicity of objectives. Makes judgements regarding the allocation of finances, financial decisions and risk.
• Provides and receives complex, sensitive or contentious information in a receptive and professional manner in order to achieve the agreement or cooperation required.
• Presents complex, sensitive or contentious information to internal colleagues.
• The post holder may sometimes need to communicate policy changes or changes in practice to others in the organisation and must therefore possess good communication skills. 
• The post holder will be capable of working independently. 
• Good presentational and interpersonal skills.
• Good oral and written skills.
• Competence in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Knowledge

• A good working knowledge of Health and Safety principles. 
• Proven knowledge of engineering and building systems. 
• An evidenced knowledge of statutory compliance applicable to all relevant Estates and Engineering systems and building elements. 
• Knowledge of information systems for the management of maintenance activity. 

Skills/Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Computer literate including the use of Microsoft Office applications. 
• Use of bespoke software for maintenance management and compliance reporting. 
• The ability to work to deadlines. 
• The ability to interpret and implement national and local policies relating to maintenance. 

Personal Qualities 

• Have proven ability to work under pressure and within given parameters. 
• Ability to lead and motivate a team. 
• Able to work on own initiative and within a team. 
• Supporting the team and organization.