Estate Caretaker

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Mansfield District Council is seeking an Estate Caretaker to ensure council-owned areas are well maintained and free from litter and fly tipping. The role includes inspections of communal areas in blocks of flats to ensure health, safety, building and fire regulation compliance.

The post requires driving duties and will contribute to a programme of ongoing inspection and re-inspection to maintain compliance across housing estates.

Qualifications

• Full valid driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Inspect communal areas within blocks of flats to ensure compliance with health and safety, building and fire regulations.
• Maintain areas owned by the council and keep fly tipped rubbish, debris, graffiti and litter away.
• Inspect fire doors and ensure Means of Escape is clear and that communal areas are kept tidy.
• Carry out inspections and re-inspections as part of a statutory compliance programme.

Skills

Full driving licence

Job description

As Estate Caretaker you will ensure that areas owned and managed by the council are well maintained and kept free from fly tipped rubbish, debris, graffiti, and litter.

You will be required to undertake inspections of communal areas within blocks of flats to ensure compliance with health and safety, building and fire regulations.

The council owns 350 blocks of flats with 250 having communal areasalong with 10 sheltered schemes and over 30 tenant meeting rooms. The council has aduty to inspect and maintain anycommunal areas and ensure they are safe from acompliance point of view(fire safety, lifts, legionellaand asbestos), they must inspect fire doors and keep Means of Escape clear and ensure communal areas are kept tidy. This inspection regime is a statutory requirement and will range from weekly tomonthly checks depending on the nature of the compliancecomponent.These roles will be integral to this ongoing programme of inspection and re-inspectiontoachieve andmaintaincompliance.

Their work will beallocatedby both the tenancy management service as well as compliance teams.

The successful candidate will require a full drivers’ licence.

Closing date: 30 September 2026
Interviews: 13 October 2026

Company: Mansfield District Council

Salary: £26,427 – £26,847 per annum

Location: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Sector: Housing

Sector: Estates & Property

Job Role: Officer