Are you ready to make a significant impact in a fast‑paced environment? A leading organisation in the facilities management and property maintenance sector is seeking a Built Estate Manager to join its team in York, North Yorkshire. This is an excellent opportunity to lead the delivery of maintenance, response works and estate management services across a diverse multi‑site property portfolio, ensuring compliance, operational excellence and exceptional customer service while developing your career within a well‑established business.
The Role
- Lead the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance services, ensuring full compliance with statutory legislation, health and safety regulations, environmental standards and contractual requirements.
- Oversee operational planning, work programmes, budgets and resources, ensuring services are delivered efficiently while achieving value for money and meeting changing business priorities.
- Provide technical leadership by identifying and mitigating compliance risks, chairing risk meetings where required and ensuring best practice across the estate.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records and asset information, ensuring estate planning documentation is kept up to date.
- Work closely with client representatives and key stakeholders to prioritise works, coordinate delivery and ensure projects are completed to the required standards.
- Lead, coach and develop operational teams, creating a high‑performance culture focused on safety, customer service and continuous improvement.
- Drive commercial performance by managing budgets, monitoring profit and loss, controlling costs and overseeing contractor and supply chain performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve sustainability, implement innovative working practices and support carbon reduction initiatives across the estate.
Qualifications
- Significant experience within facilities management, property maintenance, estate management or a similar operational environment.
- A proven track record of successfully leading maintenance operations, managing teams, delivering KPIs and driving operational performance.
- Strong leadership, organisational and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build lasting customer relationships.
- Experience managing budgets, allocating resources and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
- An HND or equivalent qualification in Building, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline (or equivalent industry experience).
- A management‑level Health & Safety qualification such as SMSTS is highly desirable.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications such as Excel and Word.
- A commitment to ongoing professional development and maintaining industry knowledge.
Desirable Experience
- Experience working within a complex, highly regulated estates or facilities management environment.
- Knowledge of CDM Regulations, asbestos management, disability access legislation and energy performance standards.
- NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent Health & Safety qualification.
- Membership of a relevant professional body such as IWFM, ILM or a similar industry organisation.
Benefits
Join a leading facilities management organisation delivering critical maintenance and estate services across a diverse property portfolio. You’ll become part of a business that values operational excellence, invests in its people and offers genuine opportunities for career progression and professional development.
- Salary of up to GBP52,000.
- Company car or car allowance.
- 25 days annual leave.
- 6% matched pension contribution.
- Single private medical cover.
- Life assurance (2x annual salary).
- One professional membership subscription paid each year.
- Ongoing training and career development opportunities.
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
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