Strategic Estate & Infrastructure Leader

awepeople; Reading; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

9-day working fortnight

Job summary

AWE in Reading area is seeking a Head of Estate Strategy to lead the strategic direction for infrastructure development and estate investment. This onsite role guides investment programmes, ensures safety and compliance, and collaborates with senior leaders to align estate plans with business goals.

The successful candidate will drive governance, develop business cases, and shape future estate requirements across all sites, with a strong focus on delivery within time and budget constraints.

Qualifications

• Experience shaping estate, infrastructure or investment strategies in a complex organisation.
• Proven experience leading estate, infrastructure or investment programmes.
• Strong strategic planning and business case development skills.
• Experience managing large-scale capital investment portfolios.
• Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial, financial and risk management capability.
• Experience translating future business needs into estate and infrastructure plans.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Track record of delivering complex programmes to time, cost and quality.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for infrastructure development and estate investment across AWE.
• Lead planning and delivery of estate investment and renewal programmes, ensuring safety, compliance, timeliness, budget and quality.
• Provide expert guidance to the Estate Strategy and Planning Director and wider Estates and Liabilities organisation.
• Support governance and decision-making on behalf of the Estate Strategy and Planning Director.
• Engage with leaders to develop and maintain AWE's Estate Strategy and future estate plans.
• Establish sponsorship across Business Units and Site/External Estates teams to drive project delivery.
• Build relationships with General Managers and Site Directors to translate needs into estate opportunities.
• Develop and implement external estate strategy including acquisition and transition of external facilities.
• Lead development and challenge of business cases for estate development across sites and external locations.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Estate strategy

Capital investment management

Stakeholder management

Business case development

Job description

AWE in Reading area is seeking a Head of Estate Strategy to lead the strategic direction for infrastructure development and estate investment. This onsite role guides investment programmes, ensures safety and compliance, and collaborates with senior leaders to align estate plans with business goals.

The successful candidate will drive governance, develop business cases, and shape future estate requirements across all sites, with a strong focus on delivery within time and budget constraints.