Head of Estates

Use your engineering expertise to shape the future of an organisation that supports military veterans. This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of the engineering strategy, infrastructure investment and long-term development of a respected charitable organisation's multi-site estate portfolio.

As Head of Estates, you will sit at the heart of the organisation's leadership team, acting as the bridge between technical engineering requirements and operational delivery. You will have the opportunity to:

• Lead the long‑term engineering and estates strategy across a diverse property portfolio
• Influence significant capital investment and infrastructure improvement programmes
• Develop asset lifecycle and replacement strategies
• Drive sustainability and environmental initiatives
• Provide expert engineering advice to senior leadership
• Shape future estate development and investment decisions
• Deliver meaningful improvements within environments that support military veterans

As Head of Estates, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across building services, infrastructure, engineering systems and estate assets. Working across multiple locations, you will oversee a small engineering team and specialist contractors while ensuring the estate remains safe, compliant, efficient and future‑ready.

• Act as the organisation's senior engineering and technical advisor
• Develop and implement long‑term engineering and asset management strategies
• Support senior leaders with technical decision‑making and investment planning
• Build strong engineering governance and compliance frameworks
• Lead infrastructure and sustainability initiatives

• Develop structured asset lifecycle and replacement programmes
• Create long‑term capital expenditure plans and investment roadmaps
• Assess infrastructure condition, risk and future viability
• Support business case development for major projects and upgrades
• Prioritise engineering investment to maximise value and operational resilience

• Oversee building services, HVAC, mechanical and electrical systems
• Lead infrastructure improvement and upgrade projects
• Ensure estates services support operational excellence across all locations
• Manage planned maintenance strategies and contractor performance
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering operations

• Build collaborative relationships across Operations, Sustainability and Senior Leadership teams
• Communicate technical information clearly to non‑technical stakeholders
• Work closely with site leadership teams to ensure engineering solutions support resident wellbeing
• Foster a culture of openness, collaboration and shared decision making

We are keen to hear from candidates who bring strong engineering leadership experience within multi‑site environments. You may currently be working as a:

• Head of Estates
• Estates Manager
• Senior Estates Manager
• Technical Services Manager
• Building Services Manager
• Engineering Services Manager
• Regional Engineering Manager
• Facilities Engineering Manager
• Head of Building Services
• Senior Engineering Manager

Experience gained within healthcare, care, facilities management, defence, hospitality, education, commercial property, manufacturing, engineering services or other regulated environments will be considered.

• Strong mechanical and electrical building services knowledge
• Experience managing engineering or estates functions across multiple sites
• Asset management and lifecycle planning expertise
• Capital expenditure planning and budget management experience
• Contractor and supplier management capability
• Strong understanding of compliance, risk and engineering governance
• Experience delivering infrastructure upgrades and improvement projects
• Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly

Experience of HVAC systems, water infrastructure, sustainability initiatives and regulated environments would be advantageous.

Cultural fit is critical to this…