Water Hygiene Manager - Healthcare Estates

Water Hygiene Manager, Healthcare

We are working in partnership with a leading facilities and engineering services provider delivering hard FM and technical services across one of the UK's most complex and high-profile healthcare estates.

Due to ongoing investment in compliance and critical infrastructure, we are looking to engage with experienced Water Hygiene / Legionella Managers to take ownership of water safety across a large acute hospital environment.

This is a technically demanding role within a live healthcare estate, requiring expert knowledge of compliance, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.

The Role

Lead water hygiene and legionella control across a multi-site hospital estate
Ensure full compliance with ACoP L8, HSG274, and HTM guidance
Act as Responsible / Authorised Person for water systems (or equivalent experience)
Oversee sampling regimes, risk assessments, and remedial programmes
Manage specialist subcontractors and water hygiene providers
Work closely with estates teams and senior stakeholders within a live clinical environment

What We're Looking For

Strong experience in water hygiene / legionella management within healthcare environments
Detailed understanding of ACoP L8, and HTM 04-01
Experience acting as Responsible Person / AP (or working towards)
Background within NHS estates, FM providers, or private healthcare
Proven experience managing compliance programmes and audits
Ability to operate within critical, high-risk environments

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to take a leading role in water safety across a large, technically complex healthcare estate, supporting ongoing compliance programmes and infrastructure improvements.
You'll be part of an established engineering and estates function delivering services across a high-profile long-term contract.

Apply / Enquiry

We are also keen to speak with professionals open to hearing about the healthcare FM market more broadly.

All conversations will be handled on a strictly confidential basis.

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Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed