Head of Estates

My Midlands based not for profit client is looking to recruit a permanent Head of Estates & Facilities to join the team. Managing a team of 3, the role will take responsibility for setting and managing the budget for Facilities/Maintenance, Housekeeping and Catering as well as H&S across all areas of the organisation.

Key duties of the role will include:

• Manage and oversee key estate and grounds projects.
• Responsible for ensuring all buildings are compliant with health & safety and fire regulations.
• Take accountability for overseeing the work done by the facilities and maintenance teams.
• Responsible for the professional management of contractors, giving overall direction to the maintenance manager ensuring effective plans for scheduled maintenance are in place.
• To be responsible for all vehicles and to ensure that they are routinely serviced with records maintained and any ad hoc repairs are carried promptly at a competitive price.
• Responsible for ensuring a high quality and standard of housekeeping and catering services and adherence to relevant regulations and organisational policies e.g. COSHH, food safety standards.

In order to be considered for the role you will need to hold a NEBOSH or IWFM qualification as well as demonstratable experience of leading and managing a high-quality facilities management service and have the ability to accurately manage and report on Health & Safety, providing timely reports, analysis, interpretation, and advice.

This role is an on site role and does involve some travel across different sites. There is a possibility for some hybrid working, but the main requirement is to be in the office as much as possible. The salary on offer is circa £46,500.