Consultant Senior Managing Agent

Stephenson Halliday; South Dalton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Inclusive employer

Job summary

Stephenson Halliday seeks a Consultant / Senior Managing Agent to deliver estate and vacant property management services across diverse sites.

You will own projects from pre-acquisition through ongoing management, ensuring compliance, safety and efficient delivery to clients in public sector and large landowners. The role requires coordinating inputs, managing risk, and leading a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Experience in estate management or land management.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety legislation and risk management.
• Experience managing contractors and coordinating multi-disciplinary delivery.
• Ability to manage multiple sites and priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Act as Managing Agent for a portfolio of vacant sites, ensuring safe and compliant estate management.
• Develop and implement site management strategies, inspection regimes and maintenance programmes.
• Coordinate routine inspections and respond to ad hoc issues, maintaining detailed records and reporting.
• Lead site-specific risk assessments and maintain risk registers.
• Liaise with clients, local authorities, statutory bodies and stakeholders; monitor contractor performance and ensure works meet standards.
• Produce progress reports and maintain auditable records; contribute to long-term asset planning.

Skills

Estate management

Health & safety

Risk management

Contractor management

Multi-site leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

RICS/IOSH/NEBOSH qualifications

Job description

The Vacancy

Consultant / Senior Managing Agent – Estate & Vacant Property Management

Location: Flexible (Travel across SE, South, and SW of England required)

About the Role:

Here at Stephenson Halliday part of the RSK Group, we are seeking a Consultant / Senior Managing Agent to join our growing team delivering estate and vacant property management services across a diverse portfolio of sites.

This role will play a key part in supporting public sector clients, including large landowners, in the safe, compliant and cost-effective management of vacant land and property assets, including complex and high-risk sites.

The successful candidate will act as a lead consultant and Managing Agent, coordinating multi-disciplinary inputs, managing risk, and delivering high-quality estate management services throughout the asset lifecycle.

The Opportunity

You will work across a varied portfolio including:

• High-risk vacant sites, including those with structural, environmental or public safety constraints
• Brownfield land and development sites
• Strategic land holdings transitioning through acquisition, management and disposal

You will take ownership of projects from pre-acquisition through to ongoing management, ensuring compliance, safety, and efficient delivery aligned to client requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Estate & Site Management

• Act as Managing Agent for a portfolio of vacant sites, ensuring safe and compliant estate management
• Develop and implement site management strategies, inspection regimes and maintenance programmes
• Coordinate routine inspections and respond to ad hoc issues, maintaining detailed records and reporting.
• The role requires overseeing inspections and managing risks linked to site conditions, hazards, and public access.

Health, Safety & Risk Management

• Lead site-specific risk assessments and maintain risk registers
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies and codes of practice (e.g. CDM Regulations, asbestos and fire safety requirements)
• Identify hazards and implement mitigation measures to protect public and site users
• The Managing Agent is responsible for implementing health, safety and environmental policies and ensuring all statutory requirements are met.

Pre-Acquisition & Asset Transition

• Support pre-acquisition activities including site inspections and risk appraisals
• Develop initial holding cost estimates and management strategies
• Coordinate site handover processes and early risk mitigation measures

Contract & Stakeholder Management

• Procure and manage contractors in line with framework and procurement requirements
• Manage site security, maintenance contractors and specialist consultants
• Liaise with clients, local authorities, statutory bodies and stakeholders
• You will also monitor contractor performance and ensure works are completed to required standards.

Programme & Reporting

• Produce regular progress reports and attend client review meetings
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, risks and remediation actions
• Contribute to long-term management strategies and asset planning
• Regular reporting and maintaining auditable records is a core requirement of the role.

About You

We are looking for candidates with:

Essential

• Experience in estate management, property management, or land management
• Strong understanding of health & safety legislation and risk management
• Experience managing contractors and coordinating multi-disciplinary delivery
• Ability to manage multiple sites and priorities effectively
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Experience working with public sector clients (e.g. Homes England or similar)
• Knowledge of managing vacant, brownfield or high-risk sites
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. RICS, IOSH, NEBOSH or equivalent)
• Experience with CDM Regulations and environmental risk management
• Background in planning, surveying, engineering, or environmental consultancy

Why Join Us

• Work on high-profile, nationally significant land and property portfolios
• Be part of a growing, multidisciplinary team within the RSK Group
• Opportunity to shape and expand a key service offering
• Flexible working and strong career development opportunities

RSK Is an inclusive employer.

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About Us

As a team of experienced planning and landscape directors, landscape architects, chartered planners, graphics specialists, and practice managers, our mission is to provide effective and sustainable planning and landscape architecture solutions to assist clients in realising their development aspirations.

Founded in 2001 and now operating across the UK and Ireland, we work across the energy, infrastructure, minerals, waste, and built and rural development sectors. Whether we are improving the visitor experience in our most treasured national landscapes, planning and designing residential communities, or supporting the country’s vital infrastructure, our employees get to work on a variety of exciting projects that help to move development forward. Come and join our successful and expanding organisation!

Stephenson Halliday is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering, and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to a wide range of sectors. RSK was founded in 1989 and has grown considerably since then.

At RSK, we operate as a group of businesses that work together seamlessly, aiming for growth through diversification. Our strategy helps us build a strong and resilient business, capable of weathering external challenges, while also providing greater value to our clients and more opportunities for our employees.

Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are crucial to our company, and we recognise that our success hinges on our colleagues' growth. We're committed to preserving RSK's people-first culture, promoting innovation, and fostering a supportive and caring environment for collaboration. At RSK, we want you to be part of our successes and help you reach your career aspirations. We take pride in offering employees fulfilling and challenging careers by promoting ongoing growth and empowering individuals to excel.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We firmly believe that embracing and celebrating the diversity in our workforce makes us a stronger and more innovative company.

By providing workplace adjustments, we make it easier for people to confidently explore and pursue our career opportunities and recognise that flexibility is key to fostering a dynamic and thriving workplace. Many of our office-based positions benefit from a flexible working arrangement, allowing our team members to achieve a balance between professional and personal commitments.

We actively encourage applications from candidates of all genders, races, ethnicities, ages, neurotypes, religions or beliefs, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities.

If you're passionate about making a difference, join us as we work together to build a brighter, more equitable, and sustainable future for all. Do you have what it takes?