Strategic Property Risk Manager

Job Description

We are seeking a professional with experience in property risk, condition, and compliance surveying who can deliver accurate, auditable, and defensible risk information.

Working in alignment with ISO 19650, Asset Information Requirements (AIR), and ISO 55001 principles, you will provide clear insights and recommendations to support informed decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct property risk, condition, compliance, and resilience assessments using approved surveying methodologies, digital inspection tools, and risk assessment frameworks.
• Identify, evaluate, and document risks relating to building fabric, MEP systems, statutory compliance, fire safety, structural integrity, environmental performance, operational resilience, and business continuity.
• Verify the condition, suitability, accessibility, compliance status, and operational impact of property assets and building elements.
• Identify emerging, latent, deteriorating, or unmanaged risks that may impact safety, compliance, service delivery, asset value, or lifecycle performance.
• Assess asset condition, criticality, and risk exposure to support investment planning, lifecycle forecasting, and strategic maintenance decision-making.
• Produce clear risk reports, condition assessments, risk registers, and prioritised recommendations, ensuring all outputs are accurate, complete, traceable, and maintained to organisational standards.
• Follow approved governance processes for risk escalation, reporting, mitigation tracking, and the management of survey variations or amendments.
• Investigate data anomalies, identify defects requiring further investigation or remedial action, and escalate recommendations as appropriate.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience undertaking property risk, condition, and compliance surveys across complex commercial, public-sector, or multi-site estates.
• Strong understanding of building fabric, MEP systems, statutory compliance, resilience, and property risk management principles.
• Experience producing structured risk assessments, condition reports, risk registers, and evidence-based recommendations.
• Good technical knowledge and understanding of MEP assets, ideally supported by engineering qualifications.
• Strong data analysis and data management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical capability.
• Commitment to producing accurate, auditable, and defensible risk information.
• Professional integrity, sound risk judgement, technical competence, and a proactive approach to protecting people, property, and organisational objectives.

Additional Requirements

• Full UK driving licence required.
• Some travel required.
• Car or car allowance provided.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger,

#aplacetobeyou,

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ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.

We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.