Estates Manager

Brunning and Price Pubs Ltd; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunning and Price Pubs Ltd is seeking an Estates Manager to join their Property Team. This role involves managing all estates matters and supporting the property strategy across the company's diverse pub portfolio. Candidates should have extensive experience in commercial estates management, strong negotiation abilities, and a clear understanding of property compliance regulations. This position offers a competitive salary combined with substantial benefits including an annual bonus, private healthcare, and employee discounts.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Pension

Life assurance

30% employee discount

Private healthcare

Tusker car scheme

Perkbox membership

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing commercial estates matters.
• Ability to compile, review, control, and implement budgets.
• Clear understanding of statutory compliance and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiations on asset management and drive profitability.
• Manage lease obligations and ensure compliance with legal documentation.
• Oversee external consultants to minimize property costs.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Strong negotiation skills

Excellent communication skills

Project and cost management

Risk management

Strong organisational skills

Education

Clear understanding of Planning Regulations

Knowledge of relevant built environment related legislation

Job description

About Us

Brunning and Price is a group of 89 pub restaurants (and counting) spanning from the Lake District to the South Coast. Each pub has its own style and flavour, though you'll find freshly cooked food, local cask ales, quality wines and a back bar bursting full of malt whiskies, gins and rums throughout. In a nutshell, we run informal places for people who like to meet, eat, drink and talk in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.

About The Role

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join our growing Property Team here at Brunning and Price. We are proud to support our operations team and are extremely passionate about our beautiful pubs, and hope you will be too!

As the Estates Manager at Brunning and Price, you will report to the Property Director and will be responsible for all estates matters across the Brunning and Price Estate.

You will be responsible for supporting with the overall delivery of the property strategy and the day to day management of the Brunning and Price estate. You will be required to drive value through negotiating asset management opportunities and keep property expenditure to a minimum through management of external consultants and leveraging landlord relationships.

For leasehold sites, you will be required to manage all building works relating to our lease obligations, including works associated with dilapidations, service charge and insurance requirements and any ad-hoc building works that may be required from time to time. You will be required to liaise with Landlord’s and/or Managing Agents to ensure all building related lease obligations are fulfilled and maintained at all times.

You will ideally be based in the Midlands or North West and within commuting distance from our head office in Chester, although due to the nature of the role, frequent travel is to be expected.

What’s in it for you?

• £51,000 - £61,000 per annum including car allowance
• Annual bonus
• Pension
• Life assurance
• 30% employee discount for you and your friends and family
• Private healthcare
• Tusker car scheme (self-sacrifice)
• Perkbox membership with some great lifestyle discounts
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commercial negotiations on asset management events, leveraging the value of the brand and the financial strength of Brunning and Price to mitigate property costs & drive profitability.
• Full understanding of all lease and legal documentation with the ability to advise on the position and the responsibilities of the business
• Proactively manage the external business rates surveyors, service charge & insurance consultants to drive down property costs
• Management of any lease renewals, exits and disposals including negotiation of reduction of dilapidations
• Ownership of estates matters and reporting whilst ensuring the property database is fully updated at all times
• Proactive management of the full estates portfolio, to include day to day property management, invoicing and managing freehold and leasehold responsibilities
• Taking full responsibility of the leasehold rent approvals to ensure it is signed off and processed in a timely manner, working with the finance team
• Responsibility of ensuring all property cost invoices are reviewed/approved in a timely manner with the support of external consultants
• Support the refurbishment of Pubs by assisting with planning permissions, licences to alter and any ad hoc requirements to ensure programmes are met and works are documented correctly.
• Support the central risk and facilities teams with any property related matters to ensure the estate is always fully compliant
• Support on financial year budgeting by reviewing current spend analysis and providing recommendations for risk management
• Preparation of Estates reports for monthly Exec meetings
  
  

Experience And Skills To Include

• Extensive experience of managing all commercial estates matters
• Clear understanding of statutory compliance and regulations
• Ability to compile, review, control and implement budgets
• Project and cost management
• Commercial acumen
• Risk management
• Excellent communication skills and a strong team player
• Strong negotiation skills
• Confident dealing with senior stakeholders in the business
• Self-starter with ability to work on their own initiative
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multi task and prioritise work load
  
  

Qualifications Required

• Clear understanding of Planning Regulations and commercial lease requirements. Knowledge of relevant built environment related legislation is essential, both statutory and mandatory..