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Estates Operations & Capital Projects Manager

United Kingdom, Watford Employment contract 65000.00 GBP / Year · Job Posted May 26, 2026
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We're looking for an experienced Estates & Project Manager to help shape and support the operational future of one of the UK's most unique technical and scientific estates. Joining BRE at a time of significant growth and transformation, you'll play a key role in ensuring our buildings, laboratories and infrastructure remain safe, compliant and operationally effective, while leading the delivery of estates-related capital projects and improvement programmes. This is a highly varied role combining operational estates management, project delivery, contractor management and compliance oversight within a complex technical environment that supports world-leading research, testing and innovation across the built environment sector.

Job Responsibility

  • Support the day-to-day management of BRE's estate, ensuring buildings, infrastructure and operational services remain safe, compliant and fit for purpose
  • Lead the planning and delivery of estates-related projects including refurbishments, upgrades, compliance works and infrastructure improvements
  • Work closely with laboratory managers and operational stakeholders to minimise disruption and support business-critical activities
  • Support operational estates planning, maintenance coordination and prioritisation of works across the estate
  • Manage statutory and regulatory compliance including Health & Safety, CDM and building regulations
  • Oversee contractor, consultant and supplier performance, ensuring delivery against agreed SLAs, KPIs and governance standards
  • Manage project budgets, forecasting, reporting, risks and change control processes
  • Support procurement activity, Capex planning and business case development
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across estates operations, project delivery and estate resilience
  • Act as a key operational support to the Managing Director – Assurance on estates-related activities and issue resolution

Requirements

  • Proven experience within estates, facilities or operational building management environments
  • Strong project management experience, ideally supported by a recognised qualification such as PRINCE2 or APM
  • Sound knowledge of Health & Safety, CDM regulations and building compliance requirements
  • Experience managing contractors, consultants, suppliers and outsourced FM services
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work across operational and technical teams
  • Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple operational demands and projects simultaneously
  • Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets, procurement activities and supplier performance

Nice to have

  • Experience working within large, complex or operationally sensitive estates environments
  • Exposure to laboratory, scientific, infrastructure or technical estates environments
  • Experience with CAFM systems, asset planning or sustainability/decarbonisation initiatives

What we offer

  • Pension scheme – 5% employer-matched contribution
  • Life assurance – 4x your basic salary
  • Enhanced maternity package
  • HealthPartners cashback scheme
  • Onsite facilities – Restaurant, nursery, and free parking, including at-cost EV charging points
  • Learning & development – Free access to BRE Academy and our online learning platform
  • Professional membership reimbursement
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