Estates Manager

• Teesside & North Yorkshire
• Home-based - regular estate visits
• £35,877 (including car allowance)

About the Opportunity

Reap Recruitment is recruiting an Estates Manager for a home-based role managing the communal open areas of residential developments across Teesside and North Yorkshire.

The role covers landscaped grounds, shared outdoor spaces, play areas and associated estate infrastructure, with regular site visits and the support of established customer service, administration, maintenance and finance teams.

Why This Role?

• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Home-based working with flexibility to manage your own schedule
• 37-hour working week, Monday to Friday
• Generous pension scheme
• Health cash plan covering everyday healthcare costs
• Gym discounts and retail cashback benefits
• Established customer service, administration, maintenance and finance teams providing day-to-day support

What You'll Do

• Manage the communal external areas across a varied portfolio of residential estates, ensuring they are maintained to agreed standards.
• Undertake regular estate inspections, identifying maintenance requirements and monitoring the condition of shared external areas.
• Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, working with grounds maintenance contractors and other service providers.
• Prepare and monitor estate budgets, manage expenditure and contribute to annual estate expenditure charge accounts.
• Oversee relevant health and safety requirements, including risk assessments and compliance procedures.
• Build positive relationships with homeowners, residents, developers, freeholders and other stakeholders, resolving queries and addressing concerns.
• Liaise with grounds maintenance contractors and specialist providers on ecological requirements, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and sustainable drainage matters where applicable.
• Maintain accurate estate records, inspection reports and management information.
• Work closely with internal support teams to ensure an efficient, responsive service.

What You'll Bring

We're looking for someone with experience in estate management, property management or a closely related field, who understands the challenges of maintaining communal external areas and delivering a high standard of service to residents.

• Relevant experience in residential estate or property management, with an understanding of communal external areas, maintenance and service delivery.
• Experience of monitoring budgets, controlling expenditure and managing contractors or service providers.
• A good understanding of health and safety responsibilities relating to external communal areas, including estate inspections, risk assessments and contractor management.
• Strong organisational skills and the confidence to manage a varied portfolio independently.
• Excellent communication and relationship-management skills when dealing with residents, clients, contractors and other stakeholders.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office, and a proactive, solutions-focused approach.
• A full, valid driving licence and own transport.

Experience of managing landscaped areas, playgrounds or other external estate infrastructure would be particularly relevant.

Knowledge of RoSPA playground inspections, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), MRI Qube or MRI Evolution, and an understanding of or interest in developing knowledge of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) would be advantageous but is not essential.

Location & Working Arrangements

This is a home-based, field-based position, and applicants must reside in Teesside or North Yorkshire to accommodate regular travel to residential estates across these areas, with occasional visits further afield, including Hull, Barnsley and Waddington.

Attendance at the Newcastle upon Tyne office is usually required once a month for meetings and training.

Interested?

Apply today through Reap Recruitment or contact Donna Edwards for a confidential discussion about this opportunity, other roles that may suit your experience and career aspirations, or the wider property sector.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK without restriction.

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