Senior Technical Manager - University Hospital South Bucks

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Serco: University Hospital South Bucks, High Wycombe, HP11 2TT FTC 6 months, Full Time (Mon-Fri / 0800-1600)

Up to £65,000 per annum plus excellent benefits

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Senior Estates Technical Manager in our Health team, you'll lead the delivery of high-quality, safe and reliable estates services that help keep a busy hospital running smoothly. Your work will have a direct positive impact on patient experience, the local community and the long-term resilience of the hospital environment.

You'll help shape and grow our estates function, support future-focused improvements, and play an important role in ensuring the hospital infrastructure continues to meet essential operational, safety and compliance standards.

What you’ll do as a Senior Estates Technical Manager

You'll be entrusted to:

• Lead, motivate and develop a diverse estates team to deliver excellent, compliant services
• Build trusted relationships with the client, NHS partners and wider stakeholders
• Ensure the hospital’s building, fabric, plant and equipment are safe, reliable and maintained to required standards
• Oversee health, safety and legislative compliance within a healthcare environment
• Manage budgets responsibly, identifying savings and driving continuous improvement

Does this sound like you?

You'll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Strong leadership skills and experience managing technical teams
• Knowledge of building services, healthcare estates requirements and relevant standards
• Experience working in an NHS or private healthcare facilities environment
• Confidence managing budgets, analysing performance data and driving improvement
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive working relationships

Vetting and checks

A Standard DBS check will be carried out for this position. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings as permitted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. An Occupational Health Questionnaire will also be completed so we can ensure you have the necessary support to perform your duties.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We're one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you'll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we're proud to offer clear development opportunities - and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco‑managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

Click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks - SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

Apply

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.

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