Your new company
Hays are delighted to be supporting our client in the healthcare sector on an opportunity on a growing multi‑site estate, in an Interim Estates Manager role supporting the delivery of high‑quality patient care across hospital and community settings. The organisation is values‑led, operationally ambitious and committed to providing safe, compliant and well‑maintained healthcare environments for patients, staff and visitors.
With an expanding building portfolio and a strong focus on compliance, resilience and continuous improvement, this is a challenging and rewarding environment and role for a senior estates professional who wants to make a tangible impact at scale.
Your new role
As Senior Multi‑Site Estates Manager, you will take full operational responsibility for estates maintenance services across multiple sites, leading multidisciplinary teams and managing a complex portfolio of buildings, engineering systems, infrastructure and grounds.
Reporting to the Head of Estates and professionally accountable to the Director of Estates, you will ensure the safe, effective and compliant delivery of planned and reactive maintenance services, balancing performance, cost control and statutory obligations.
Your key responsibilities include:
* Operational leadership of estates maintenance across multiple sites, ensuring compliance with organisational standards, HTMs, HSE guidance and statutory legislation
* Accountability for maintenance performance, productivity, quality and financial control, including delegated budgets and cost improvement targets.
* Acting as Authorised or Responsible Person (AP/RP) across technical disciplines such as medical gases, water safety, electrical safety, ventilation and decontamination.
* Driving continuous improvement, service development and performance optimisation through CAFM systems and KPI management.
* Providing expert technical and professional advice to senior leaders and stakeholders.
* Leading on-site emergency response and participating in the estates on‑call rota.
* Contributing to estates strategy, risk management, business continuity planning and capital project handovers.
This is a senior operational leadership role requiring visibility on site, strong stakeholder engagement and the ability to lead through complexity. The role will be based in Shropshire for 4-5 days each week.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will be a confident, credible and performance‑driven estates professional with significant experience in complex operational environments.You will bring:
* Extensive senior‑level experience in estates operations, ideally within healthcare or similarly regulated environments.
* Proven experience managing multi‑site estates portfolios and multidisciplinary maintenance teams.
* Strong working knowledge of statutory compliance, HTMs, ACoPs, HSE guidance and risk management.
* Experience acting as an Authorised or Responsible Person across one or more estates disciplines.
* A track record of managing budgets, contractors and service performance within tight governance frameworks.
* Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
* A proactive, improvement‑focused mindset with the ability to inspire, motivate and empower teams.
* High levels of professionalism, resilience and flexibility, including participation in on‑call arrangements.
Visa sponsorship will not be offered for this role, and so all applicants will require the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
What you'll get in return
In return, you will receive:
* A day rate of around £300 per day, Umbrella.
* The opportunity to lead estates operations across a large, complex and evolving estate.
* A high‑profile leadership position with real influence on safety, performance and service quality.
* Support for ongoing professional development.
* The chance to make a meaningful difference to healthcare environments and patient outcomes.
This role offers both professional challenge and the opportunity to leave a lasting legacy across a multi‑site healthcare estate.
What you need to do now
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