Asset & Smart Buildings Manager

We are seeking two innovative and forward-thinking Asset and Smart Buildings Managers to lead the strategic management of the Trust's physical assets and next-generation smart building technologies. One post will focus on the New Hospital Programme (NHP), while the other will lead our Business-as-Usual (BAU) estate portfolio, offering two unique opportunities to influence both future development and current operational excellence.

These are pivotal senior roles, driving the performance, integrity and compliance of our estate throughout its entire lifecycle, and ensuring our buildings support safe, efficient and high-quality patient care.

You will oversee the full spectrum of asset and building technology management from acquisition and maintenance to performance monitoring and end-of-life planning, aligning all activity to the Trust's clinical and operational priorities. With responsibility for Trust-wide asset registers covering buildings, plant, equipment and digital infrastructure, you'll ensure our estate remains resilient, compliant and future-ready.

You will develop and implement lifecycle strategies, backlog programmes and PPM schedules, as well as manage minor works, reactive repairs and the maintenance of fabric, mechanical and electrical systems. A key part of these roles is ensuring full statutory and technical compliance, including HTMs/HBNs, coordinating audits and inspections, maintaining test records, and leading on asset risk management and estates business continuity.

This is an exceptional opportunity for strategic, technically skilled leaders to shape a smarter, more sustainable and digitally enabled estate that underpins outstanding healthcare delivery

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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A comprehensive and detailed job description can be found in the attached JD and Person Specification

• Postgraduate qualification in estates/facilities management, project management, or related field.
• Degree (or equivalent experience) in estates management, engineering, building services, facilities management, or related discipline.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Strong knowledge of Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), Health Building Notes (HBNs), and other NHS/industry regulations.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. RICS, CIBSE, IHEEM, IWFM, ICE).

• Significant senior-level experience in estates and facilities management within a complex organisation, ideally healthcare.
• Proven track record of managing asset registers, lifecycle planning, backlog maintenance, and PPM programmes.
• Experience in leading large multidisciplinary teams (engineering, estates, facilities).
• Experience of budgetary control, procurement, and contract management (including managing SLAs and KPIs).
• Experience in leading and implementing Smart building technology for an organisation.
• NHS estates or healthcare sector experience.
• Experience of leading on capital investment planning and major project delivery.
• Experience of digital asset management systems and CAFM platforms.

• Detailed knowledge of statutory compliance requirements in estates and facilities management.
• Knowledge of risk management, business continuity planning, and governance frameworks.
• Understanding of sustainability, energy efficiency, and net zero carbon targets in estates management.
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to motivate, develop, and appraise staff.
• Excellent financial and analytical skills; ability to interpret complex data and produce clear, actionable reports
• Strong project management and organisational skills, able to prioritise competing demands.
• High-level communication and influencing skills; able to engage effectively with clinicians, executives, regulators, and external partners.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure and manage operational risks effectively.
• High competence in using CAFM, asset databases, and Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to apply digital transformation approaches within estates management
• Broad understanding of the NHS, its organisation, roles and responsibilities
• Awareness of emerging technologies in…