Estates Contract and Lifecycle Manager
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Portsmouth, PO6 3LY
Salary
£66,582 to £77,368
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 September 2026
20 days left
Job description
NHS Band 8b Salary: £66,582 - £77,368 per annum Hours Per Week: Full Time 37.5 hours Contract Type: Permanent Location: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Sout...
- To be responsible for the compliance, operational
performance, and contractual management to the Hard FM services of the Trust
PFI contract. The contract consists of the provision of complex Hard FM life
safety systems and ac vi es to provide a safe compliant environment for staff,
visitors and pa ents so agreed terms of the contract are met and that can be
demonstrated under audit.
- To provide leadership and support to deliver the Hard FM
services across all contractual boundaries, considering the impact on patients' in the delivery of those services.
- To provide assurance to the Trust through the service
monitoring, contract governance, and detailed technical reviews that the
performance of all Hard FM services meets the needs of the Trust, complies with
contract requirements, and satisfies technical statutory and mandatory obligations
pertinent at the me to provide a safe and compliant healthcare environment.
- To be responsible for the performance, data management, and
quality management of the Hard FM elements of Trust contracts and service
providers in line with the obligations, schedules, and agreed KPIs.
- Ensure Hard FM service providers deliver their obligations
under their respective contracts and maintain robust performance and quality
management measures to track and evidence compliance with contractual
As our Estates Contract & Lifecycle Manager, you will lead Hard FM contract performance, lifecycle planning, compliance assurance and technical governance across the QA estate. You'll guide a skilled team, chair key safety groups, and provide senior technical advice that shapes operational and strategic decisions across the Trust.
We welcome applicants from healthcare, MOD, defence, commercial FM or any other regulated technical environment where you can demonstrate the skills and experience required for this role. You'll bring strong engineering or technical FM grounding, confidence navigating complex contracts, and the ability to influence at all levels.
If you're ready for a role where your expertise truly matters, wed be delighted to hear from you.
Our organisation is committed to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive working environment, and to contributing to the NHS ambition for a Greener NHS.
What you'll bring
You'll bring a blend of technical credibility, commercial awareness and leadership confidence that allows you to operate effectively in a complex, high profile estate. You'll be someone who is comfortable taking ownership, guiding others, and influencing decisions that matter.
- Strong technical grounding whether in engineering, estates management, building services or technical FM, with the ability to understand safety critical systems and infrastructure.
- Experience in a regulated environment such as healthcare, MOD, defence, commercial FM or similar, where compliance, governance and assurance are central to how services are delivered.
- Confidence managing complex contracts able to interpret obligations, challenge constructively, and work collaboratively with partners to achieve the right outcomes.
- A calm, analytical approach capable of interpreting technical data, assessing risk, and making sound decisions even when issues are contentious or time critical.
- Leadership that brings people with you guiding a multidisciplinary team, supporting development, and building strong relationships across organisational boundaries.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills able to translate complex technical issues clearly and influence senior stakeholders with confidence.
- A mindset for improvement always looking for better ways of working, stronger governance, smarter use of data, and opportunities to enhance estate performance.
- Professionalism and integrity someone who takes pride in doing things properly, safeguarding compliance, and ensuring the estate remains safe, resilient and future ready.
For full job details please refer to enclosed Job Description.
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence
in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims
underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both
organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may
be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing
staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in
person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of
everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic
benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those
long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming
pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and
Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we
can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in
terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender
identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree, equivalent level qualification or experience.
- Technical studies and qualifications in relevant disciplines.
Desirable
- Continuing Professional Development.
- Professional Registration (Engineering Council, Chartered/Incorporated Engineer, IWFM, or similar).
- Corporate membership of a relevant Professional Institution.
- Formal management or accredited Project Management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2, APM).
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5+ years' experience in an Estates, Technical or contract management role within an estates environment preferably within Healthcare/MOD or other regulated environment.
- An understanding of legislation/guidance such as Health Building standards (HBNs & HTMs).
- Demonstrable experience of leading and working effectively as part of a multi professional team, often involving complex and contentious information.
- Track record of delivery to tight deadlines.
Desirable
- Experience in an NHS setting
- Experience in people management
- Experience in a related asset planning or contract variations area in a senior capacity for a relevant period of time.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Strong, comprehensive understanding of legislation/guidance such as Health Building Standards (HBN's & HTM's) and statutory health and safety regulations.
- Knowledge of strategic infrastructure lifecycle planning, data management, and asset care models.
- Understanding of complex contract frameworks (including PFI, NEC, or bespoke healthcare service level agreements).
- Demonstrable project management skills with a track record of delivering technical schemes to tight deadlines.
- Strong analytical, data management, and problem-solving skills; ability to interpret complex technical and compliance information.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiating skills, able to convey highly contentious/complex technical issues to persons at all levels.
- Confident in understanding, evaluating, and tracking financial and lifecycle data.
Desirable
- Overall understanding of current health service sector issues.
- Understanding of Private Finance Initiative contracts and contract management from a client's perspective.
- Skill in developing technical policy and procedural documentation.
- Ability to think and act strategically as well as practically.
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First seen
20 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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