Senior Technical Manager - Mechanical Healthcare

Senior Technical Manager - Mechanical Healthcare

Employer: EQUANS

Location:

Pay: £65,000 to £70,000 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Disability Confident: No

Closing Date: 19/03/2026

Equans is looking for a Senior Technical Manager & Authorising Engineer (Mechanical/Healthcare) to join our team covering the Southeast, South West, East and the Midlands. This is a permanent, full‑time role, working 40 hours per week.

On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package.

This is a regional role; the post holder will cover the Southeast, Southwest and the Midlands. We are flexible on where candidates are based. We are looking for a highly competent Mechanical Manager/Engineer.

You’ll be joining a dynamic and growing central engineering function, with the ability to work autonomously, and within an established group of Engineering Experts. Our team sets the standards and strives to deliver more centrally, to support our operational colleagues.

If you’re keen for progression and want to work within a competent, high-performance team, with a culture of continuous improvement, then please apply. As the Mechanical Healthcare specialist for the Southern Divisions, you’ll be supporting over 20 Healthcare contracts, and several other key public and private sector contracts.

The purpose of this role is to develop guidance and policy documents, de‑mystifying the Medical Gas, Critical Ventilation, Lifts and Closed Loop systems disciplines, and working with our operational technical staff to implement these documents, ensuring compliance with the relevant standards. You’ll also provide advice to strategic leaders and subject‑matter‑expert support to the Divisions Operational teams regarding all aspects of Mechanical Compliance.

The SFM Division incorporates a broad spectrum of customer contracts including Manufacturing, Transport, Central Government, Industrial, Retail, Leisure, Healthcare, Education and Corporate. The role will support all sectors but will focus specifically on the requirements of HTM Mechanical Compliance.

The successful candidate will lead on the development of governance processes associated with our Healthcare mechanical compliance management systems across our Southern and Midland based portfolios. In addition, the post holder will provide subject‑matter expertise (SME) support across the business including into bids, projects, new opportunities and day‑to‑day operational support, including advice and guidance on best practice standards, system and operational asset performance improvements.

The post holder must have significant Healthcare maintenance/safety experience and be proficient at drafting detailed technical reports and be able to support and actively lead accident or operational incident investigations.

• Setting strategic direction in the management of Mechanical Healthcare compliance and safety
• Building relationships with contract Mechanical representatives, including strong ties with our external Ventilation, Lift and Medical Gas Authorising Engineers
• Acting as the single point of contact for our external Ventilation, Lift and Medical Gas Authorising Engineers
• Using your experience, provide Authorised Person support as required
• Promoting good practices to contract representatives, and acting as a conduit between operations and senior operational leaders, ensuring the effective management, governance, communication and oversight
• Interpreting and distributing Mechanical/ Healthcare safety and compliance requirements, guidance, and information, including changes, to keep our operational teams and leaders up to date with current standards, and how this is to be adhered to by EQUANS
• Act as EQUANS Mechanical Healthcare expert
• Supporting in the procurement, setting to work, and monitoring of key service providers, ensuring inspections, maintenance, repairs, testing and verification activities are carried out to the correct standard
• Provide technical advice to allow the competent setting to work, review and challenge of (not exhaustive):
  Medical Gas Service Reports, Lift Service Reports, Critical Ventilation…