Estates Manager

Ashton on Mersey School; Sale; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Health Care Cash Plan

Job summary

Ashton on Mersey School is seeking an experienced Estate Manager to take operational responsibility for maintaining safe, compliant, and well-kept school environments across Ashton on Mersey School and associated sites.

You will lead the estates team, oversee planned and reactive maintenance, health and safety compliance, statutory testing, site security and access control, and the efficient management of facilities services to support teaching and learning.

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent essential
• Recognised qualification in facilities management, Health and Safety or HR essential
• Management and/or facilities related qualification(s) desirable

Responsibilities

• Lead daily premises and facilities operations ensuring school maintains high standards of safety, cleanliness, function, and presentation
• Implement the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule carrying out and coordinating statutory inspections within mandatory timeframes to achieve 100% completion metrics
• Ensure all completed statutory compliance records, certifications, defect logs, and service reports are accurately uploaded to centralised digital Trust compliance platforms in a timely manner
• Prepare assigned school premises for internal and external Health & Safety audits, actively completing assigned remedial actions and risk control measures within agreed deadlines
• Supervise external contractors on site, verifying DBS checks, issuing permits to work, ensuring adherence to RAMS, and managing site inductions
• Oversee keyholding, building opening/closing protocols, alarm systems, perimeter security, and access control across assigned sites to protect Trust assets

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Health & Safety

Facilities management

Compliance

Education

GCSEs incl Maths & English (4-9)

Facilities management qualification

Health & Safety qualification

Job description

Your Role

The Dean Trust is seeking an experienced Estate Manager to take operational responsibility for ensuring our school environments are safe, compliant, well maintained, and fit for purpose across Ashton on Mersey School.

This is a critical role within The Dean Trust, providing strategic and operational leadership across the school site. You will oversee the day-to-day delivery of estates services, including planned and reactive maintenance, health and safety compliance, statutory testing, site security, and the effective management of the school estate team, premises and facilities.

Ashton on Mersey School serves the community of Sale and beyond. As part of our team you can contribute, collaborate and lead on many established areas that shape our school culture. Our school vision has been shaped by every member of our school community

Key responsibilities:

1. Lead daily premises and facilities operations ensuring school maintains high standards of safety, cleanliness, function, and presentation
2. Implement the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule carrying out and coordinating statutory inspections within mandatory timeframes to achieve 100% completion metrics
3. Ensure all completed statutory compliance records, certifications, defect logs, and service reports are accurately uploaded to centralised digital Trust compliance platforms in a timely manner.
4. Prepare assigned school premises for internal and external Health & Safety audits, actively completing assigned remedial actions and risk control measures within agreed deadlines.
5. Supervise external contractors on site, verifying DBS checks, issuing permits to work, ensuring adherence to Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), and managing site inductions.
6. Oversee keyholding, building opening/closing protocols, alarm systems, perimeter security, and access control across assigned sites to protect Trust assets.

Benefits

• Annual Leave
• Generous annual leave entitlement for non-teaching employees.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• This scheme allows Dean Trust Employees to purchase a bike and/or accessories through a salary deduction scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free and confidential counselling service available 24/7.
• Family Friendly Policies and Leave of Absence
• Family Friendly Policies and Leave of Absence
• Free places to school-run Holiday, Breakfast and After School Clubs
• Health Care Cash Plan
• We are excited to be part of the Simply Health Care Cash Plan. The Trust will fund membership for all employees to receive money back on healthcare services.
• Preferential Admission
• Employees with two years at the Trust will benefit from preferential admissions arrangements for their children.
• Recognition Awards
• Financial awards in recognition of long serving employees.
• The Believe Learning Institute
• Access to high-quality professional learning and development

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent essential
• Recognised qualification in facilities management, Health and Safety or HR essential
• Equivalent
• Management and/or facilities related qualification(s) desirable
• Equivalent

Skills

• Leadership

Leadership

• Adaptable - ability to adapt style to a variery of situations and people essential

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work collaboratively and lead a team essential
• Committed essential

Safeguarding Information

The Dean Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.

This post involves working with children, young people, vulnerable adults or is a position of trust. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are 'protected' and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found at the Disclosure and Barring Service website (www.gov.uk/dbs). Any failure to disclose the appropriate information could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the organisation. Please note that a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position.