Hospital Engineering Manager

Hospital Engineering Manager | Spire Bushey Hospital | North West London / Hertfordshire | Private Hospital | Permanent | Full Time

Spire Bushey Hospital is seeking a highly experienced and proactive Hospital Engineering Manager  to lead our Estates and Engineering function. This is a key leadership role responsible for managing the building, ensuring compliance, safety, and operational excellence across the hospital site.

If you have a strong background in engineering or building services, proven project management experience, and a passion for leading teams in a healthcare setting, we’d love to hear from you.

Spire Bushey Hospital is one of North London and Hertfordshire’s leading private hospitals, with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality private hospital treatment. All of our consultants are highly experienced and many enjoy national and international reputations.

Spire Bushey Hospital forms part of a 4 site portfolio, and is supported by and works alongside Spire Bushey Diagnostic Centre, Elstree Cancer Centre and Spire Pathology Centre.  Our theatre team cover a wide variety of specialties including Ortho, Bariatric, General, Gyane, ENT, Urology, Plastics, Ophthalmics, Spinal.

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion and our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business.  We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and colleagues.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Lead the delivery of safe, efficient, and compliant engineering services across the hospital site.

- Ensure best practice and consistency in all aspects of engineering and estates management.

- Oversee planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring buildings and equipment are maintained to the highest standards.

- Manage and develop a skilled team of site engineers and handymen, supporting their professional growth.

- Ensure full compliance with Spire’s Fire Policy and all regulatory requirements, including CQC and Public Health England standards.

- Act as the hospital’s Approved Person (AP) for key systems including medical gases, water safety, low voltage electrical services, decontamination equipment, and heating & ventilation.

Who We’re Looking For:

We are looking for a confident and experienced Engineering or Estates Lead with:

- AP Qualification is desired.

- A relevant background in electrical, plumbing, or building services engineering.

- Previous experience of working within a hospital or healthcare environment is an essential requirement of this role.

- Strong management experience essential.

- Previous experience in managing a team.

- Proven ability to lead and develop teams.

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

- A proactive, flexible approach and commitment to continuous improvement.

Contract Type:  Permanent – Full Time – 37.5 hours per week

Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

- 35 days annual leave

- Contributory pension scheme with flexible retirement options

- Private medical insurance and life assurance

- Free DBS

- Free uniform

- Access to ‘Spire for You’ – our reward platform offering discounts and cashback at over 1,000 retailers

- Ongoing training, development, and career progression opportunities

We’re committed to supporting our employees’ wellbeing and professional growth in a collaborative and inclusive environment.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Lukala Weber on – Lukala.weber@spirehealthcare.com

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.