Senior Technical Manager - Mechanical Healthcare
2 days ago
Birmingham
Senior Technical Manager - Mechanical Healthcare\n Employer: EQUANS \n Location: \n Pay: £65,000 to £70,000 per year \n Contract Type: Permanent \n Hours: Full time \n Disability Confident: No \n Closing Date: 19/03/2026 \nAbout this job\n 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. \n On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package. \n 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. \n 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. \n 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. \n 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. \n 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. \n 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. \n 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. \nWhat will you deliver?\n\n • Setting strategic direction in the management of Mechanical Healthcare compliance and safety\n, • Building relationships with contract Mechanical representatives, including strong ties with our external Ventilation, Lift and Medical Gas Authorising Engineers\n, • Acting as the single point of contact for our external Ventilation, Lift and Medical Gas Authorising Engineers\n, • Using your experience, provide Authorised Person support as required\n, • 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\n, • 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\n, • Act as EQUANS Mechanical Healthcare expert\n, • 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\n, • 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 Validation Reports, Medical Gas and Critical Vent Authorising Engineer audits\n, • Developing robust demarcation agreements between EQUANS and our clients regarding mechanical responsibilities, and represent EQUANS at client meetings\n, • Carry out technical training and Assessments and Appointments as governed by the relevant Mechanical Safety Rules\n, • Audit contract in accordance with the HTM or EQUANS Rules requirements\n, • Support our contracts specifically in relation to Maintenance and Lifecycle planning\n, • Support the review of data during mobilisation periods, and assisting operations with the prioritisation of remedial works to achieve compliance\n\nWhat can we offer you?\n\n, • Competitive salary and bonus\n, • Company vehicle or allowance\n, • 25 days annual leave (public holidays)\n, • Life Cover equivalent to 2 times annual salary\n, • Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers\n, • Gym membership discounts\n, • Cycle to work scheme\n, • Holiday purchase scheme\n, • 2 corporate social responsibility days per year\n, • Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes\n, • Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme\n, • Access to our growing employee networks\n, • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app\n\nWho are you?\n\n, • Authorised Person experience in either Medical Gas, Critical Vent and Lift (either or both, or willing to develop into this)\n, • Relevant Trade Qualifications or Apprenticeship\n, • Significant experience working within the Healthcare environment managing Medical Gas/Critical Vent systems, or both\n, • Educated to degree level or equivalent through experience in Engineering and Management\n, • Member of a relevant Institution e.g. IMechE, CIBSE, IET\n, • Sound knowledge and understanding of Mechanical, Electrical and Fire Safety systems\n, • Experience of engineering operational delivery in a Healthcare environment\n, • Good understanding and working knowledge of PFI contracts and SHTM/HTM requirements\n, • Good knowledge of general compliance in Facilities Management\n, • Experience working in a highly competent, multi‑discipline engineering team\n, • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio etc.)\n