Estates & Facilities Manager

Maxwell Stephens Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Benefits package

Job summary

Maxwell Stephens Recruitment seeks an Estates & Facilities Manager to oversee a portfolio of care homes across Northern England. It is a hands-on, on-site role with weekly site visits and collaboration with Home Managers to keep buildings safe, compliant and welcoming for residents and staff.

You will lead maintenance budgets, manage contractors and ensure CQC readiness, with CAFM and safety certified credentials preferred. A competitive salary, car allowance and benefits package are on offer.

Qualifications

• Experience managing estates and facilities across multiple sites.
• Strong knowledge of building safety legislation and inspections.
• Proven ability to lead contractors and negotiate SLAs.
• Experience in care, healthcare, or regulated settings preferred.
• NEBOSH certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planned preventative maintenance and repairs across care home portfolio.
• Visit sites weekly to assess condition, safety and maintenance quality.
• Maintain asset registers, servicing records and risk assessments.
• Coordinate external contractors, inspections, and invoices.
• Ensure documentation for CQC and health and safety audits is complete.
• Support on-site maintenance staff and care teams.
• Monitor budgets and forecast future needs.
• Report monthly on maintenance KPIs and compliance.

Skills

Facilities management

Contractor management

Regulatory compliance

Budgeting

Multi-site leadership

Driving licence

Education

HNC/HND or degree in facilities management

IWFM membership or IFM Level 4+

NEBOSH General Certificate

Tools

Planon

Concept Evolution

Hippo CMMS

Job description

Maxwell Stephens is recruiting an Estates & Facilities Manager for a well-established, values-led group of care homes. The client is not named in this advert. Its identity will be shared with candidates who progress beyond an initial conversation with us.

Safe, well-run buildings are part of the care itself. In this role you will be the person who makes sure every home is safe, compliant and feels like a home, for the residents who live there and the teams who look after them.

The Role

Reporting to the Group Estates & Compliance Manager, you will own estates, maintenance and statutory compliance across a portfolio of care homes, mainly in Northern England. You will work closely with the Home Managers, lead the contractor base and keep every site inspection-ready for the CQC.

This is a hands-on, visible role with real autonomy. You will be out on site every week, working with the people running each home to fix problems early, plan ahead and spend the maintenance budget well.

What You Will Be Doing

• Oversee planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs and minor capital projects across your homes
• Visit sites regularly to assess building condition, safety and the quality of maintenance
• Keep asset registers, servicing records and risk assessments complete and current at every home
• Coordinate and track every external contractor visit and inspection
• Maintain the documentation needed for CQC and health and safety audits
• Carry out internal audits and work with Home Managers to close compliance gaps quickly
• Build and manage local and regional contractor relationships, negotiate competitive rates and hold suppliers to SLA
• Review and approve contractor invoices and service logs
• Work with the Group Estates & Compliance Manager on maintenance budgets, monitoring spend and forecasting future needs
• Report monthly on maintenance KPIs and compliance performance
• Support and guide on-site maintenance staff and caretakers

About You

• Proven experience in a facilities, property or estates role, ideally across multiple sites
• Strong working knowledge of building safety legislation, compliance standards and statutory inspections
• The ability to lead contractors, solve problems and juggle competing priorities
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across sites every week
• Confident IT skills, including Excel and maintenance systems
• Experience in care, healthcare, education or another regulated setting
• NEBOSH General Certificate
• CAFM experience, for example Planon, Concept Evolution or Hippo CMMS
• An HNC, HND or degree in facilities management, building services, engineering or construction management
• IWFM membership or IFM Level 4 or above

You are organised, calm under pressure and able to think quickly and act safely when something goes wrong. You are diplomatic, able to hold the line on standards while supporting care staff, and reliable enough to run several sites without constant oversight.

Why This Role

• A genuine multi-site role with real ownership, not a desk job
• Work that directly protects the safety and comfort of residents and staff
• A strong salary, with a car allowance and benefits package
• The chance to shape how a growing group looks after its buildings