Estates Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Estates Manager to join a large, complex property portfolio and lead the delivery of engineering, maintenance and compliance services across a diverse estate. This is a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for ensuring critical infrastructure, building services and maintenance operations remain safe, compliant and fully operational.

Location: Southwest England

Salary: Competitive

Rate: £224.82 per day

Contract: Temporary (6 months)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) programmes and lifecycle replacement strategies.
• Ensure all engineering systems and building services remain compliant with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Manage external contractors, service providers and maintenance contracts.
• Oversee engineering compliance, audits, inspections and quality assurance processes.
• Manage revenue and capital budgets, monitoring expenditure and preparing forecasts.
• Lead and develop engineering teams, driving performance and continuous improvement.
• Support business continuity planning and resilience of critical building services.
• Investigate incidents, produce technical reports and implement corrective actions where required.
• Participate in an out-of-hours management on-call rota.

About You

• Degree-qualified in an Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Significant experience managing building services, engineering maintenance or estates operations.
• Strong technical knowledge across mechanical, electrical and building systems.
• Experience managing contractors and specialist service providers.
• Knowledge of statutory compliance, risk management and health & safety legislation.
• Experience producing technical reports and presenting information to senior leadership teams.

If this opportunity is of interest to you, please apply with your up-to-date CV now.

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