Facilities Manager

Regional Estates & Facilities Manager

Location : Primarily Northern England, plus sites in Scotland and London

Contract : Permanent, Full-time

Travel : Yes, across care home sites

Salary : Circa £50,000 + Car Allowance & Benefits

Make a difference where it matters most

We’re looking for a proactive, strategic, and hands-on Regional Estates & Facilities Manager to lead the maintenance and enhancement of our portfolio of welcoming, safe, and compliant care homes across Northern England, Scotland, and London.

This senior leadership role combines operational oversight with strategic planning and leadership — ensuring every site is safe, compliant, and feels like home, while carefully managing our physical assets and planning for long-term, cost-effective improvements.

What you’ll do :

Be an integral part of the senior leadership team , shaping estates strategy in line with requirements and corporate goals and working closely with home managers and other members of the leadership team

Take clear ownership of the organisation’s physical assets — planning and prioritising upgrades and refurbishments to keep our buildings safe, welcoming, compliant, and operational

Lead, mentor, and support maintenance operatives across our homes, working closely with home managers to ensuring high-quality, timely day-to-day repairs and a consistent standard of service

Develop annual maintenance and upgrade plans with clear capital expenditure implications, presenting professional, evidence-based recommendations to senior management

• Oversee, maintain, and upgrade a broad and range of systems ensuring they are well-maintained, compliant, and fit for purpose, covering
• building and fabric structure (roofs, walls, external areas etc)
• mechanical and electrical systems (e.g. plumbing, drainage, ventilation, gas and water systems)
• safety & compliance systems (e.g. fire detection, nurse calls, lifts and lifting equipment)
• operational installations (e.g. waste management, nurse call infra structure, alarms, emergency lighting, fire doors etc)

Manage contractors end-to-end, including tendering, contracting, quality monitoring ; building effective and commercially attractive long term partnerships

Ensure robust processes and systems are in place for inspections , checks, and testing — from fire safety to legionella — so our homes are always inspection-ready and not reliant on reactive “fire-fighting”

Keep up to date with evolving statutory requirements and best practice, translating them into practical, site-level procedures and improvements

Balance operational needs with prudent financial stewardship , making recommendations that deliver long-term value and support the commercial viability of the organisation

What you’ll bring :

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Why join us?