Senior Engineering Manager - Mechanical

Senior Engineering Manager - Mechanical

Location: Liverpool, Merseyside
Type: Permanent Full Time (40 hours)
Salary 60k plus Benefits

Role Overview

The Senior Engineering Manager (Mechanical) is responsible for leading the delivery of engineering and estates services within a large acute healthcare environment. The role combines strategic planning, technical leadership, and operational management to ensure safe, compliant, and high-performing building services in line with statutory regulations, PFI requirements, and NHS healthcare standards (HTMs/HBNs).

Key Responsibilities

Lead mechanical engineering and estates services, ensuring full statutory, contractual, and healthcare compliance

Act as Authorised Person (AP) in line with site and organisational requirements

Provide senior technical guidance to engineering teams and manage external stakeholders, contractors, and regulators

Oversee maintenance, lifecycle planning, PPM systems, inspections, and emergency response arrangements

Develop and implement risk management strategies and long-term estates plans

Manage budgets, performance, compliance audits, and continuous improvement initiatives

Lead, develop, and manage engineering teams, ensuring competence, training, and succession planning

Participate in the estates on-call rota and provide senior escalation support

Promote safeguarding, health & safety, and environmental compliance across all service delivery

Requirements

Proven senior technical leadership experience within facilities management or healthcare estates

Strong working knowledge of HTMs/HBNs, statutory compliance, and safe systems of work

AP qualification desirable

Relevant certifications (e.g. NEBOSH, IOSH, IWFM)

Strong mechanical engineering background with excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

Confident communicator able to engage senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams

Proactive, adaptable leader with a strong compliance and service excellence mindset

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