School Estates Manager

School Estates Manager

Claires Court School, Maidenhead, Berkshire
Salary: Competitive
Full-time | 37.5 hours per week | All year round

Locations

This role covers Claires Court School’s three Maidenhead campuses:

Junior School & Nursery -1 College Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6AW
Senior Boys - College Avenue, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6AW
Senior Girls & Sixth Form - Ray Mill Road East, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8TE
Regular travel between all three campuses is required.

Claires Court School is seeking an experienced and proactive School Estates Manager to lead the operational management of its estate across all three campuses.

Reporting to the Head or Director of Estates, you will ensure the school’s buildings, infrastructure, grounds and transport services remain safe, compliant, well maintained and fit for purpose. You will lead the Maintenance, Caretaking and Transport teams while managing specialist contractors.

The Role

You will provide a responsive estates service that supports teaching, learning and wider school activities.

Your responsibilities will include:

Leading and developing the Estates, Maintenance, Caretaking and Transport teams
Managing the daily operation of school buildings, facilities and infrastructure
Developing planned preventative maintenance programmes and overseeing reactive repairs
Conducting estate inspections and ensuring buildings remain safe and inspection-ready
Maintaining accurate asset registers, compliance records and audit trails
Managing the school’s CAFM system, ideally iAM, including inspections, schedules and work orders
Leading approved maintenance, improvement and capital projects
Procuring, vetting and managing contractors and service providers
Reviewing risk assessments, method statements and permits to work
Monitoring contractor performance, service standards and value for money
Managing operational budgets, supplier agreements, expenditure and forecasts
Overseeing vehicle compliance, servicing, MOTs, driver training and licence checks
Supporting emergency planning, business continuity and out-of-hours response arrangements
Monitoring utility consumption and supporting sustainability initiatives
Health, Safety and Compliance

As the operational lead for Estates Health and Safety, you will ensure compliance across fire safety, asbestos management, legionella control, electrical and gas safety, pressure systems, lifting equipment, working at height, COSHH and manual handling.

You will monitor actions arising from audits, inspections and fire risk assessments and oversee fire alarms, emergency lighting, fire doors, evacuation drills and contractor permits.

About You

You will be an experienced estates or facilities professional with strong leadership skills, commercial awareness and a hands-on approach.

You will need:

Experience managing a multi-site estate or facilities operation
Experience within education, healthcare, hospitality or another regulated environment
Strong knowledge of health and safety and statutory building compliance
Experience managing planned and reactive maintenance programmes
Contractor, supplier and budget-management experience
Experience leading operational or maintenance teams and delivering projects
Confidence using CAFM systems
Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder-management skills
The ability to respond effectively during emergencies
A full UK driving licence
A relevant qualification in estates management, facilities management, construction, engineering or building services
A NEBOSH General Certificate or IOSH Managing Safely qualification
A fire-safety qualification or demonstrable fire-safety management experience
An IWFM Level 4 or 5 qualification, project-management qualification, professional membership or Fire Risk Assessor qualification would be advantageous.

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Employer pension contribution of up to 20%
26 days’ annual leave plus concessionary days
Health Cash Plan
Employee Assistance Programme
Professional development opportunities
About Claires Court School

Claires Court is a leading independent school educating pupils from Nursery through to Sixth Form. It forms part of the Licensed Trade Charity EducationGroup, which providesstrategic leadership, investment and shared professional services across its schools.

Apply today

Claires Court School and the Licensed Trade Charity are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to complete the school’s safer recruitment and pre-employment checking process
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed