Estates Manager

Job Description Overview

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of new and exciting ideas.

The CREWS team (Corporate Real Estate, Workplace and Services) is a high performing team with an excellent reputation across the AtkinsRéalis business for the management of their portfolio of office locations across the UK and Europe. The current portfolio has approximately 60 properties split across the region. The properties are generally Leasehold and a mixture of sole occupier and multi-occupied buildings.

The Estates Manager will lead Corporate Real Estate transaction activity at regional level, support the development of the associated estate strategy, and drive its implementation through high-quality, business-aligned transactions.

• Deliver real estate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, lease amendments and subleases across a predominantly commercial office portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder requirements.
• Build strong relationships with business unit stakeholders to understand their operational needs, identify property requirements, and support the implementation of effective estate solutions.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the real estate portfolio and associated lease events within the Region, contributing to accurate location information, portfolio database updates and effective long-term planning.
• Working with real estate service providers and consultants, present strategic opportunities to key business partners across Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Legal and Procurement, informed by portfolio analysis, market insight and business requirements.
• Collaborate with the Global Corporate Real Estate team on relevant office-related projects within the Region.
• Develop strong operational partnerships with real estate service partners to deliver vertically integrated real estate services within the Region.
• Contribute to Global Real Estate principles, processes, and methodology (including level of outsourcing), as well as related global initiatives.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities with real estate service partners and consultants.
• Mobilise and manage the contract for Office Advisory Services, including lease transaction advice, rent roll management and ongoing landlord and tenant advisory matters.
• Coordinate legal activities with internal resources and external contract partners in support of the ongoing estate management transactions.
• Landlord and Tenant relationship management where appropriate.
• Embed AtkinsRéalis principles, goals, and ways of working within the objectives and execution of day-to-day activities .

• Business Acumen:
  Understanding of real estate transactions in context of business portfolio, strategic direction, and operational constraints.
• Portfolio Management:
  Evaluate, develop, and prioritize portfolio optimization opportunities with the applicable business stakeholders.
• Presentation
  
  Skills:
  
  Effectively present strategic opportunities in a business pertinent manner to the applicable business stakeholders.
• Relationship Management:
  Build trusted relationships with business units, service providers and wider stakeholders to identify requirements, support decision-making and deliver real estate transactions through clear communication and effective reporting.
• Expertise with all types of real estate contract vehicles associated with real property leasing, acquisitions, and dispositions.
• Ability to assess and apply real estate market conditions and trends based on specific geographies and real estate sectors.
• Experience in understanding key negotiation drivers and tactics for real estate contract transactions. Ability to incorporate necessary leverage within a real estate deal.
• Extensive knowledge of the roles and functions of the real estate community for the applicable local region.
• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills associated with lease accounting and financial analysis, as it relates to real estate asset…