Estate Caretaker (Full Time)

Fashion Garment; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Mansfield District Council is recruiting an Estate Caretaker to maintain council-owned areas and ensure they are free from fly tipped rubbish, debris, graffiti, and litter. You will carry out inspections of communal areas within blocks of flats to ensure health and safety, building and fire regulations are met.

The role supports a statutory inspection programme across 350 blocks and 10 sheltered schemes, working with tenancy management and compliance teams. A full UK driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain areas owned and managed by the council, keep free from fly-tipped rubbish, debris, graffiti and litter.
• Undertake inspections of communal areas within blocks of flats to ensure compliance with health and safety, building and fire regulations.
• Support the ongoing programme of inspection and re-inspection to achieve and maintain compliance.
• Work allocations will come from tenancy management and compliance teams.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Estate Caretaker

Salary: £26,427 - £26,847 per annum

Expires: 30/09/2026

Location: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Job Type: Full Time

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 a duty to inspect and maintain any communal areas and ensure they are safe from a compliance point of view (fire safety, lifts, legionella and 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 to monthly checks depending on the nature of the compliance component. These roles will be integral to this ongoing programme of inspection and re-inspection to achieve and maintain compliance.

Their work will be allocated by 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