Regional Estates Manager - North East

Vehicle: A vehicle will be made available to carry out your duties
Location description: Homebased within or close to the North and East Region in the area between Berwick-Upon-Tweed and Burnham-on-Crouch
Interview date: 9 December 2022
Closing Date: 01-12-2022

About Us

Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. Since the 19th century, our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning. We’re looking for a Regional Estates Manager to join our North East region. We have six regions around the UK and Republic of Ireland. The Regional Estates Team supports the RNLI through providing and maintaining buildings and marine infrastructure to the volunteers and staff who carry out and support our front-line lifesaving services.

Some of the benefits

- Salary £46,410 - £54,600 (dependent on experience)
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cashplan

Your Role

As a Regional Estates Manager, you will report to the RNLI’s Principal Estates Manager who is based at the Support Centre in Poole but you will also be part of the Regional Leadership Team as the region’s subject matter expert on management of our estate. You will be one of six Regional Estates Managers that manage the RNLI’s estate across the UK and Republic of Ireland. You will be tasked with focus on the following areas:

- Lead and provide specialist advice on all RNLI buildings, civil engineering construction and maintenance related projects across RNLI’s North and East Estate from Berwick-Upon-Tweed to Burnham-on-Crouch
- As part of the Regional Leadership Team execute a strategy for the RNLI’s infrastructure and assets. In doing so you will demonstrate the highest levels of collaborative working and collective responsibility
- Manage and develop a team of Coastal Estates Managers and act as the primary Estates lead within the North and East region
- Supervise your team to deliver building inspections, support new construction activity, undertake condition-based maintenance, repairs and compliance checks
- Support the development of the estate elements of the Regional strategy in association with the Regional Engineering and Supply Lead
- Working closely with the RNLI’s Poole based Estates Engineers to support them delivering construction projects in your region
- Project manage the client side aspects of a small number of capital projects such as new marine infrastructure or Lifeboat Stations
- Develop and implement through your team of Coastal Estates Manager a best-in-class through-life programme of routine maintenance works, specifically focusing on, compliance, quality, sustainability, value for money and risk management
- Prepare and manage the delegated capital expenditure and operational expenditure budgets for the Regional Estate and ensure that the management of the estate is delivered to plan and within budget
- To give the relevant specialist subject matter expertise / advice when required across all regions and ensure standards are met
- To take the lead for regional activities such as mooring installation and repair campaigns

About You

You’ll be an effective self-motivated team player, with good communication and influencing skills both internally and externally. You’ll be familiar with a variety of buildings and plant, their design, production and support. Ideally, you’ll have some maritime experience and will relish the challenge of resolving practical and technical queries outside of your comfort zone.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone seeking to develop their career as it will offer you the opportunity to deal with all aspects of estates and become familiar with the supporting documentation and processes across the whole building life cycle. You’ll be able to handle time dependent demands so that we can keep our lifesaving assets on service. You’ll enjoy working on diverse projects with a mix of challenges and able to communicate at all levels. You’ll be happy with travel, occasional nights away and supporting an on call / duty roster.

To be considered as the Regional Estates Manager you will need:

- Essential - An Engineering/construction/buildings management or other job relevant degree qualification equivalent to the England, Wales & Northern Ireland qualification level 6 or higher as defined by UK government, is required.
- Desirable - Member of, or working towards a professional body such as CIOB, ICE or RICS
- Specialist construction knowledge and experience of asset inspection and routine maintenance works at a professional level
- Extensive experience of building and civil construction and maintenance, ideally in a maritime environment
- Experience of working in a commercial and continuous improvement environment, implementing new and innovative processes and procedures
- Live within or close to the North and East Region in the area between Berwick-Upon-Tweed and Burnham-on-Crouch

As a Regional Estates Manager you will have outstanding communication and influencing skills to bring people together behind a single plan. If you want to see how the Regional Estates Manager supports our organisation’s aim to reduce drowning, this could be the role for you.

This post requires a valid driving licence.

Safeguarding

The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; ensuring the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero tolerance approach to proven incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment or exploitation. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

Diversity at the RNLI

Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for nearly 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.

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