Estates Manager

AtkinsRéalis; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holiday allowances

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis seeks an Estates Manager to lead Corporate Real Estate transactions across the UK region, shaping estate strategy and delivering lease events for a predominantly commercial office portfolio. You will build relationships with business units, manage portfolio data, and collaborate with Global CRE on regional projects.

The role requires strong financial acumen, MRICS preferred, and ability to travel up to 25%. A Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate or related field is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business, or applicable management/technical discipline.
• MRICS preferred.
• Travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Deliver real estate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, lease amendments and subleases across a predominantly commercial office portfolio.

Skills

Business acumen

Portfolio management

Presentation skills

Relationship management

Real estate contracts

Market conditions

Negotiation

Stakeholder collaboration

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate or related field

MRICS preferred

Tools

Property databases

Job description

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of new and exciting ideas.

The CREWS team (Corporate Real Estate, Workplace and Services) is a high performing team with an excellent reputation across the AtkinsRéalis business for the management of their portfolio of office locations across the UK and Europe. The current portfolio has approximately 60 properties split across the region. The properties are generally Leasehold and a mixture of sole occupier and multi-occupied buildings.

The Estates Manager will lead Corporate Real Estate transaction activity at regional level, support the development of the associated estate strategy, and drive its implementation through high-quality, business-aligned transactions.

Your role

• Deliver real estate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, lease amendments and subleases across a predominantly commercial office portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder requirements.
• Build strong relationships with business unit stakeholders to understand their operational needs, identify property requirements, and support the implementation of effective estate solutions.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the real estate portfolio and associated lease events within the Region, contributing to accurate location information, portfolio database updates and effective long-term planning.
• Working with real estate service providers and consultants, present strategic opportunities to key business partners across Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Legal and Procurement, informed by portfolio analysis, market insight and business requirements.
• Collaborate with the Global Corporate Real Estate team on relevant office-related projects within the Region.
• Develop strong operational partnerships with real estate service partners to deliver vertically integrated real estate services within the Region.
• Contribute to Global Real Estate principles, processes, and methodology (including level of outsourcing), as well as related global initiatives.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities with real estate service partners and consultants.
• Mobilise and manage the contract for Office Advisory Services, including lease transaction advice, rent roll management and ongoing landlord and tenant advisory matters.
• Coordinate legal activities with internal resources and external contract partners in support of the ongoing estate management transactions.
• Landlord and Tenant relationship management where appropriate.
• Embed AtkinsRéalis principles, goals, and ways of working within the objectives and execution of day-to-day activities .

About you

• Business Acumen: Understanding of real estate transactions in context of business portfolio, strategic direction, and operational constraints.
• Portfolio Management: Evaluate, develop, and prioritize portfolio optimization opportunities with the applicable business stakeholders.
• Presentation Skills: Effectively present strategic opportunities in a business pertinent manner to the applicable business stakeholders.
• Relationship Management: Build trusted relationships with business units, service providers and wider stakeholders to identify requirements, support decision-making and deliver real estate transactions through clear communication and effective reporting.
• Expertise with all types of real estate contract vehicles associated with real property leasing, acquisitions, and dispositions.
• Ability to assess and apply real estate market conditions and trends based on specific geographies and real estate sectors.
• Experience in understanding key negotiation drivers and tactics for real estate contract transactions. Ability to incorporate necessary leverage within a real estate deal.
• Extensive knowledge of the roles and functions of the real estate community for the applicable local region.
• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills associated with lease accounting and financial analysis, as it relates to real estate asset performance.
• Ability to assess and implement key risk management, sustainability, safety and legal frameworks to meet the specific application of real estate contract.
• Experience in dilapidations, due diligence and building compliance.
• Along with strong attention to detail, responsiveness and a proactive mindset, you’ll be highly organised and effective, with proven negotiation and influencing skills, including the ability to self-perform real estate transactions. You’ll also have:
  • Experience in the real estate industry preferably in the major commercial/retail corporate real estate areas.
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business, or applicable management/technical discipline.
  • MRICS preferred.
  • Strong business partner collaboration and communication skills within a large corporate environment.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.