Package Description

Job Title: Estates Manager 

Location: West Midlands

Salary: £45k - £55k DOE 

Car allowance: £3600 P/A

Working pattern: Mon – Fri - Field and home based 

Who are Keys Group? 

Keys Group brings together three leading UK providers of specialist education, care and activities - Accomplish, Keys, and Peak - to support over 2,000 children, young people, adults and families across England and Wales. We deliver care through residential homes, schools, supported living and community-based services, creating safe, nurturing and ambitious environments where everyone can thrive.
 

Looking for a role where every day makes a difference?
Take the lead in managing a diverse property portfolio across your region, delivering projects from routine repairs to large scale works. You'll provide expert technical advice, carry out surveying duties and lead a small estates and mobile maintenance team.

This is a field-based role with plenty of variety and responsibility. You’ll be out and about across the region, with a car allowance to support travel, and the flexibility to work from home when needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for a diverse property portfolio within a specified region, ensuring all legal and statutory obligations are met.
• Maintain the structure and fabric of properties to protect capital value and ensure safe, well-maintained environments for residents and staff.
• Lead and manage all aspects of small, medium and large scale works projects, including scoping, specification, procurement, on-site supervision, CDM compliance and budget control.
• Manage and support an Estates Supervisor and a team of Mobile Maintenance Operatives.
• Control and monitor the capital expenditure budget for the region.
• Support the Projects Director in delivering the company’s growth and development strategy.
• Ensure all works comply with current legislation, regulations and best practice.
• Appoint, manage and assess contractors, ensuring quality and performance standards are met.
• Respond to external compliance requirements (e.g. Health and Safety, Fire, Environmental Health, Ofsted/CIW), ensuring timely action and resolution.
• Carry out inspections and respond to internal or external maintenance queries, complaints and requests.
• Maintain regular communication with Operations teams to support service delivery.
• Review and assess capital expenditure requests in line with company policy.
• Support the Head of Facilities/Facilities Manager with PPM compliance and wider estates matters.
• Undertake other duties consistent with the role as required.
• Maintain up-to-date professional knowledge through training and support development of team members.

About you

• Essential - HND/HNC in Building Surveying or similar qualifications.
• Essential - Minimum of 5 years’ facilities/estates management experience
• Essential - Leading and managing estates/maintenance teams.
• Essential - Minimum of 5 years’ experience of managing multiple small, medium & large sized construction/building projects.
• Essential - An excellent understanding of statutory environmental requirements.
• Essential - Working knowledge of the management of asbestos, fire safety & legionella.
• Essential - Good working knowledge of the CDM Regulations
• Essential – Full clean driving licence 

Due to the nature of the role, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken (DBS).

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.

Keys Group