Job Title: Group Estates & Engineering Manager
Salary: £90,000 + £7,000 Car Allowance
Location: UK & Ireland (multi-site travel required)
Shift: Monday to Friday
This is a national role — candidates can be based anywhere in the UK, with regular travel across sites.
This is a rare opportunity to take full ownership of estates, buildings, and infrastructure across 20+ food manufacturing sites — building the function from scratch and shaping how it operates long-term.
Our client, a leading food manufacturing group, is creating a brand-new Group Estates & Engineering Manager role to bring structure, strategy, and leadership to estates across their UK & Ireland network. There is currently no central estates function — giving you a genuine blank canvas to define standards, systems, and long‑term direction.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Develop and implement a group-wide estates strategy across multiple manufacturing sites
- Standardise estates and facilities management processes across a diverse estate portfolio
- Lead long-term infrastructure planning, investment, and asset management initiatives
- Oversee buildings, utilities, and site services to ensure safe and efficient food production
- Manage estate condition assessments, including dilapidations and infrastructure reviews
- Drive contractor performance and collaborate with site leadership and central engineering teams
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience in a multi-site estates or facilities management role (ideally 10+ sites)
- Background in manufacturing environments, with food or FMCG highly desirable
- Strong knowledge of buildings, infrastructure, utilities, and facilities management
- Experience managing contractors and operating within complex, matrix organisations
- Understanding of compliance, including health & safety and site standards
- NEBOSH or relevant engineering/facilities qualification (desirable)
- Exposure to property elements such as leases, dilapidations, or estate documentation (advantageous)
What’s on Offer
- Salary: £90,000
- £7,000 car allowance
- 10% bonus
- 8% employer pension
- Private healthcare (single cover)
- High‑visibility role with influence across 20+ manufacturing sites
- Opportunity to build a function from scratch and shape long‑term estates strategy
Step into a role where you define the standard, not follow it.
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