Are you a hands-on, strategic leader with a passion for creating safe, efficient, and welcoming environments? Do you thrive on making things work better, smarter, and more sustainably?
We’re looking for an Estates Manager to lead our Estates and Housekeeping teams, ensuring our sites are not only compliant and well‑maintained, but truly support the wellbeing of everyone who walks through our doors.
About the Role
This is a high‑impact leadership role where you’ll oversee all aspects of our estate across multiple sites. From maintenance and compliance to sustainability and future development, you’ll play a key role in supporting organisational goals and delivering an outstanding environment for patients, staff and visitors.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Operations
- Lead and inspire the Estates and Housekeeping teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.
- Plan resources across sites to ensure efficient, high‑quality service delivery.
- Ensure buildings and grounds are safe, secure, clean and fit for purpose.
- Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners.
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and sustainability initiatives.
- Oversee planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs.
- Manage asset registers and lifecycle planning for buildings and equipment.
- Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements (e.g. fire safety, COSHH, Legionella).
- Lead refurbishment and improvement projects, working with contractors.
- Respond to emergencies and maintain business continuity plans.
- Oversee housekeeping services across all sites, ensuring consistent standards.
- Manage budgets, stock, and service performance.
- Act as escalation point for operational issues or risks.
Finance & Performance
- Manage Estates budgets, ensuring cost efficiency and value for money.
- Monitor KPIs such as maintenance response times, compliance scores, and energy use.
- Identify opportunities for savings and reinvestment.
Compliance & Safety
- Ensure full compliance with health & safety legislation and regulatory standards.
- Lead audits, inspections, and risk assessments.
- Promote a proactive, safety‑first culture across all Estates functions.
About You
You’re an experienced Estates or Facilities professional who combines technical expertise with strong leadership.
You will have:
- Significant experience in estates/facilities management, ideally across multiple sites.
- Proven leadership experience—motivating and developing teams.
- Strong knowledge of compliance, health & safety, and building systems.
- Experience managing budgets, contractors, and projects.
- Excellent organisational, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
- Confidence using IT systems and estates/maintenance software.
Ideally, you’ll also have:
- A relevant qualification in estates, FM, engineering, or building services (e.g. IWFM, HNC/HND).
- Health & Safety certification (e.g. IOSH or NEBOSH).
- Experience in healthcare, hospice, or a regulated environment.
What You’ll Bring
- A hands‑on, proactive approach with a focus on solutions
- Strong leadership and the ability to build trusted relationships
- A commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement
- A genuine passion for creating environments that support people
Why Join Us?
At St. Luke’s, we offer more than just a job – we offer a fulfilling career where you can truly make a difference. In addition to a supportive work environment, we provide opportunities for ongoing training and development, a competitive benefit package, and a chance to be part of a compassionate and dedicated team.
- Be part of a purpose‑driven organisation making a real difference
- Lead meaningful work that directly impacts patient and staff experience
- Shape the future of a diverse and evolving estate
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
The job‑holder can expect to work in a space that is free from barriers and attitudes that are free from prejudice: We seek to employ, engage with, and care equally for all we encounter; striving to make our employment, volunteering, events and services free from barriers, and our attitudes free from prejudice, and treating everyone as a unique individual, providing the best experience that we can for each person.
The Benefits
- Advantageous terms and conditions of employment
- Family friendly: we work with you to make your role fit your personal circumstances
- Working here means you are very important to us and your health and wellbeing matters
- Generous learning and development opportunities
- We are proud to offer a range of other miscellaneous benefits to our employees
Contact Details
St Luke’s Hospice SheffieldLittle Common Lane, Sheffield, S11 9NETel: 0114 236 9911Registered Charity Number: 254402
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