Who we are
VIVO provides facilities management and accommodation maintenance for the UK military and its partners. VIVO embodies both experience and innovation.
What we do
We put our Customers and Families First. They are the driving force behind everything we do. We drive forward improvements for them to ensure the service they receive, whether reactive repairs or a major project, is completed safely and on time. In order to achieve this, we have 4 core values: open, caring, agile and collaborative. These are at the heart of everything we do.
Location
RAF Wyton
Employment Type
Permanent, Full time
Salary
£45,000 – £49,000
Role Overview
Are you an experienced operational leader with a strong technical background in estates, facilities, or property maintenance? Do you thrive on balancing compliance, customer service, team leadership, and commercial performance while delivering high‑quality services in a fast‑moving environment? We are looking for an exceptional Built Estate Manager to lead the delivery of maintenance, response works, and estate management services across a diverse property portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure statutory compliance with legislation, MoD requirements and health, safety and environmental standards.
- Oversee operational planning and performance, manage work programmes, budgets and resources to meet changing priorities while delivering value for money.
- Provide technical leadership to mitigate compliance risks and chair Site Risk Meetings as required.
- Ensure all maintenance documentation is accurate, timely and correctly recorded within asset systems, and maintain and update key estate planning documents such as ESTS and FASP.
- Coordinate delivery with Defence Infrastructure Organisation representatives and stakeholders, agree priorities, and ensure works are completed to required standards with full and timely handover.
- Lead and develop the team, creating a high‑performance culture through clear direction, coaching and effective people management, while maintaining strong relationships with customers and resolving issues professionally.
- Drive commercial performance by managing budgets, monitoring profit and loss, controlling costs and overseeing supply‑chain performance to ensure efficient, high‑quality service delivery.
- Identify opportunities to improve sustainability and support carbon reduction targets, embedding innovative and efficient solutions across the estate.
Qualifications
- Capable and confident manager with significant experience in facilities maintenance, property maintenance, estate management, or a related environment.
- Proven track record of managing operational delivery, leading teams to achieve KPIs, maintaining strong customer relationships, and successfully planning, directing and controlling a wide range of activities.
- Experience managing site operations, setting priorities, leading proactive performance management and continuous improvement initiatives.
- HND‑level qualification in Building/Civil Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline; equivalent experience considered. Management‑level qualification in Health & Safety and Environment such as SMSTS highly valued.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications such as Excel and Word, and a commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Experience operating within a MoD environment, knowledge of CDM regulations and familiarity with asbestos legislation, disability access requirements and energy performance standards.
- Membership of a relevant professional body such as the British Institute of Facilities Management or the Institute of Leadership and Management; a NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification would be beneficial.
What we offer
- 6% employee matched pension contribution
- 25 days annual leave
- Single private medical cover
- Life assurance 2x annual salary
- 1x professional subscription per year
EEO Statement
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. We will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working and operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident Leader. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
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