Estates Manager

Ashton on Mersey School; West Timperley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will lead day-to-day estates services, including maintenance, safety compliance, security, and managing the estate team to deliver high standards across all school environments.

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

Job description

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.

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.