Estates Manager (Multi Site)

SAMpeople; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dean Trust is seeking an Estaes Manager to lead estates across Broadoak School, Partington Central Academy and Forest Gate Academy. Deliver strategic and operational leadership for premises services, including maintenance, safety compliance, testing, and contractor management.

You will oversee day-to-day operations, ensure safety and high standards across multiple sites, and drive improvements in health, safety and site presentation within the Trust.

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent essential
• Health and Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH, COSHH) desirable

Responsibilities

• Operational Control: Lead daily premises and facilities operations ensuring safety, cleanliness, function, and presentation.
• Reactive Maintenance Management: Triage, log, and resolve site-level reactive maintenance requests prioritising education impact, urgency and safety risk.
• Statutory Testing & Documentation: Carry out, monitor, and digitally log routine statutory checks (water hygiene/legionella, fire safety systems, emergency lighting, asbestos logs, playground checks).
• Contractor Supervision & RAMS: Supervise external contractors on site, verify DBS checks, permits to work, RAMS adherence, and manage site inductions.
• Site Security & Access Control: Oversee keyholding, opening/closing, alarm systems, perimeter security and access control across sites.

Skills

Leadership

Education

GCSEs including Maths & English

Health and Safety qualification desirable

Job description

The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Estaes Manager to join our dedicated team, covering Broadoak School, Partington Central Academy and Forest Gate Academy.

This is a critical multi-site role within The Dean Trust, delivering strategic and operational premises leadership. 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 premises teams and contractor facilities.

As part of our Trust, you will contribute, collaborate, and lead on key operational areas that shape our school culture—a vision driven and supported by every member of our school community.

Key responsibilities:

• Operational Control: Lead daily premises and facilities operations ensuring school maintains high standards of safety, cleanliness, function, and presentation.
• Reactive Maintenance Management: Triage, log, and resolve site-level reactive maintenance requests, prioritising works based on educational impact, operational urgency, and health and safety risk.
• Statutory Testing & Documentation: Carry out, monitor, and digitally log routine statutory checks (including water hygiene/legionella, fire safety systems, emergency lighting, asbestos management logs, and playground equipment checks).
• Contractor Supervision & RAMS: 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.
• Site Security & Access Control: 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.

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

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

Qualifications

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent essential

(grade 4-9) or equivalent

Health and Safety Qualification (e.g. NEBOSH, COSHH, etc) desirable

Skills

Leadership

Effective leadership and motivational skills essential

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.