Estates and Facilities Operations Manager

At Coleg Cambria, our aim is to be an exceptional institute of education.

We provide a warm welcome to all students and staff to make Coleg Cambria a place you want to be a part of. To ensure our students get the best experience and results they can, we make sure the people employed with us are happy. We nurture a positive work environment, a constantly expanding and improving workforce, and offer the opportunity to challenge yourself.

On top of all that we have a wide range of benefits to make sure our employees feel valued, including generous annual leave, a great pension package, discount membership to our on-site gyms, salons, and professional training restaurants.

Our 5 Campuses situated in the stunning North Wales area are constantly expanding and evolving. With strong relationships with multiple companies in the area we help give our students the best start to their careers and help the local economy thrive. Wales has a strong and proud culture we continue to grow these important values by being committed to raising the Welsh language profile.

We are very proud of what we have built here and we are now looking for someone to enhance our already exceptional workforce.

Location Coleg Cambria - Deeside Final date to receive applications Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Scale Point From £52,333 Scale Point To £59,175 Job Profile Job Description and Person Specification

At Coleg Cambria, our aim is to be an exceptional institute of education.

We provide a warm welcome to all students and staff to make Coleg Cambria a place you want to be a part of. To ensure our students get the best experience and results they can, we make sure the people employed with us are happy. We nurture a positive work environment, a constantly expanding and improving workforce, and offer the opportunity to challenge yourself.

On top of all that we have a wide range of benefits to make sure our employees feel valued, including generous annual leave, a great pension package, discount membership to our on-site gyms, salons, and professional training restaurants.

Our 5 Campuses situated in the stunning North Wales area are constantly expanding and evolving. With strong relationships with multiple companies in the area we help give our students the best start to their careers and help the local economy thrive. Wales has a strong and proud culture we continue to grow these important values by being committed to raising the Welsh language profile.

We are very proud of what we have built here and we are now looking for someone to enhance our already exceptional workforce.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to join our supportive team. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership and operational management across our five sites to ensure a safe, high-quality, and sustainable learning environment for our students and staff. You will balance long–term strategic planning with hands–on, day–to–day management of facilities operations across a dispersed geographical area.

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and operational management to a multi-disciplinary team across five distinct campus locations.

• Oversee planned preventative maintenance, responsive helpdesk repairs, soft FM services, grounds, fleet compliance, and transition to electric vehicles.

• Lead campus space allocation and manage low-level estate enhancement projects that directly enable and support curriculum delivery.

• Ensure full statutory building compliance across "The Big Six" (Legionella, Asbestos, Gas, Electrical, Fire, and LOLER) and manage CDM 2015 regulations.

• Lead site security, CCTV governance (in line with UK GDPR), and act as the primary emergency…