Building Manager

Network Rail; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in rail transportation is seeking a Building Manager to oversee the delivery of maintenance and compliance across its diverse property portfolio in Scotland. The role involves managing teams, budgets, and ensuring statutory compliance. Ideal candidates will have a degree, be MRICS qualified, and possess strong people management skills. The company offers flexible working arrangements and is committed to inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Manage the delivery of maintenance and related professional support.
• Provide technical advice on structural integrity and maintenance delivery.
• Ensure compliance with statutory legislation and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage property’s planned maintenance budget.
• Develop and maintain relationships with property market professionals.
• Advise on tenant non-compliance of maintenance obligations.

Skills

People management skills

Understanding of statutory requirements

Understanding of CDM regulations

Education

Degree level or equivalent

MRICS qualified

Job description

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About Network Rail

At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!

Location

Glasgow, GB

Department Name

Scotland

About Network Rail

At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!

Scotland's Railway is part of this large family, and it covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users, drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

We want to help deliver a railway which is safe, reliable, affordable and that provides great customer service to everyone. For more information about Network Rail click here

Brief Description

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a unique and diverse team, delivering and generating income via Network Rail’s commercial property assets.

A typical day in the role includes managing the commercial property building team to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of our investment projects alongside the planned and reactive maintenance programmes through delivery organisations and professional support consultants. Providing professional building surveying guidance to the wider team, ensuring statutory compliance is maintained across the estate.

There are over 500 assets and sites geographically spread across Scotland, with a large variety of occupiers from large retailers and train operating companies to SMEs. The role is to act as the delivery organisation, to assist and unlock opportunities for income as well as ensuring compliance across the estate.

About The Role (External)

Here are some of the duties your role will include: -

• Manage the delivery of all maintenance delivery organisations and related professional support consultants.
• Manage property’s planned maintenance budget.
• Provide technical advice on all matters relating to the structural integrity, building defects, maintenance delivery mechanisms and costs pertaining to the assets.
• Produce appropriate remits and specifications for planned and cyclical maintenance and provide to maintenance delivery organisations as required.
• Deliver the maintenance programme in compliance with statutory legislation, best practice and professional guidance.
• Advise the route estates on tenant non-compliance of maintenance obligations in leases.
• Review reports from professional support consultants and implement or make recommendations as appropriate for repair and renewal works for the portfolio.
• Develop and implement, in conjunction with Contracts & Procurement, contractual mechanisms that deliver optimal building whole life costs.
• Develop and maintain appropriate relationships with property market professionals, contractors, local authorities and within Network Rail to ensure effective maintenance of the estate.
• Make certain that communication between all parties involved in the property maintenance process is effective and consistent, thereby maximising profit.
• Undertake under CDM Regulations, as role of Client Representative, Designer and CDM Co-ordinator on behalf of Network Rail in line with company standards.
  
  
  

What you will bring to the role: -

Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• MRICS qualified
• People management skills
• Full Driving Licence
• Understanding of statutory and / or rail industry requirements for maintenance and construction
• Understanding of CDM regulations
• Experience of property maintenance and / or renewals
  
  
  

It’s desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -

• Relevant post-qualification experience
• Understanding of railway safety regime
• Contract management experience
  
  
  

How To Apply (External)

Salary: £55,596 - £63,797 per annum

Network Rail Benefits – To find out about what benefits we offer, click here

Closing date: Midnight on 21 st May 2025.

Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.

Click ‘apply now’ to apply.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak’s Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you’re unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Rail Transportation

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