Essentia - Director of Engineering

• Has professional responsibility and accountability for ensuring engineering and estates maintenance and projects on all sites, including contract work, is carried out to appropriate standards and specifications and in accordance with HTM’s, Health and Safety legislation as well as adhering to Essentia standards and processes, to the benefit of the Trust. • Is responsible for the development of agreed technical standards that will be applied across Essentia, to ensure that all staff and contractors know what is required of them in terms of maintenance, and design & construction contractors understand what has to be delivered in a project especially to facilitate ongoing maintenance. Is responsible for the assessment, evaluation and reporting to the Essentia Executive Team of all technical risks, including derogations from NHS standards.

• Has overarching responsibility for all statutory and HTM compliance, the management of asbestos, decontamination, the CHP’s and energy management including proactive leadership in energy reduction and use of alternative technologies.

• Provides a structure and process for the effective interface with all project activities to ensure that appropriate communications, safety arrangements and operating procedures are in place, are timely and effective.

• Provides leadership, direction and senior professional advice in the event of any major incidents that have an engineering and/or estates dimension to the cause and/ or resolution., even to the extent of taking control should the impact be of a serious nature, and if requested.

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