Estates Officer

Estates Officer

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

The closing date is 25 February 2026

At Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, we take pride in creating safe, efficient, and welcoming environments for our staff, patients, and visitors. Our people are central to everything we do, and our Estates team plays a vital role in maintaining spaces that support wellbeing, productivity, and the communities we serve.

We are seeking an experienced Estates officer to join our dedicated estates management team in the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, to support the management of the Estates Maintenance service. In this role, you will manage day to day operations, ensuring our sites remain safe, compliant, and well maintained. You will inspire and motivate, driving high performance and fostering a positive, values led culture.

What we offer

• Generous annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service
• Training and development support
• A role that brings pride, purpose, and the opportunity to contribute to the health and wellbeing of our communities

Working for the NHS is more than a job it is a career built on passion, pride, and a commitment to delivering excellence for the people we serve. Join us and help make a real difference across our communities.

Interviews will be held face to face.

Main duties of the job

We're looking for someone with Leadership skills including:

• Demonstrable experience in leadership and staff management, ideally within estates or maintenance teams.
• Strong, supportive leadership qualities with the ability to coach, guide, and motivate staff.
• Proven values based leadership to help build and maintain a positive and inclusive culture.
• Experience conducting appraisals, managing performance, supporting training and development, and promoting clear communication and teamwork across the department.

Qualifications & Experience

Degree level or equivalent skills and knowledge, or recognised apprenticeship with demonstratable experience in Electrical, Mechanical, or Building Services. Relevant management qualification or equivalent experience of leading and managing staff. Demonstrable experience of effective operational management, including:

• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
• Reactive maintenance
• Statutory compliance

Ability to manage contractors, service agreements, procurement processes, and budget monitoring.

Experience maintaining accurate records via CAFM/FM systems.

Ability to support the Capital Team with improvement and refurbishment projects.

A strong commitment to delivering excellent customer care to staff, patients, and visitors.

A professional, responsive, and solutions focused approach to service delivery.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including: a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see Welsh Language Guidance in the documents right at the bottom.

Person Specification Qualifications/Training

• Degree in Engineering (or equivalent skills and knowledge) plus significant demonstratable skills, experience and knowledge to post graduate diploma level equivalency OR Successful completion of a recognised Engineering Apprenticeship with demonstratable experience to Degree level.
• Authorised person status for Low Voltage electrical systems, lifts, ventilation, medical gases, hot and cold water systems (legionella) and/or management of asbestos in buildings.

Management

• Relevant management qualification or equivalent experience of leading and managing staff within an Estates function.
• Corporate member of an appropriate profession to engineering or management.

Skills

• Project management and planning skills.
• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B1) are Desirable for this Role.
• Experience of a wide range of Estates operation and compliance systems, processes, management of statutory and mandatory PPM etc.
• Knowledge of NHS Estate code, Health Technical Memorandums in relation to engineering services and Codes of Practice relating to Health and Safety and Engineering services.

Service Experience

• Experience of delivering services to budget.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of HR, H&S legislation, process and policy.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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