Estates Maintenance and Compliance Officer in Watford

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Help keep BRE safe, compliant and operating at its best. Are you an organised and proactive facilities, estates or compliance professional looking for a role where you can make a real impact? At BRE, you'll play a key role in helping us maintain a safe, compliant and well-managed estate, ensuring our buildings, infrastructure and services support the work we do every day. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your expertise across estates operations, compliance management and contractor oversight while working with a wide range of stakeholders across our Watford site.

As Estates Maintenance and Compliance Officer, you will support the Estates Senior Operations (FM) Manager in the day-to-day operation of the BRE estate. You will be responsible for helping to ensure statutory and regulatory compliance requirements are met, maintaining accurate compliance records, coordinating maintenance activities and managing a range of service providers and contractors. Working across both hard and soft facilities management services, you'll play an important role in ensuring our buildings, grounds and infrastructure remain safe, compliant, efficient and fit for purpose. You'll work closely with Estates colleagues, contractors, suppliers, SHE teams and tenants to deliver a high standard of service and support continuous improvement across the estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements across the estate.
• Manage and maintain compliance records, asset registers, inspection schedules, certificates and related documentation.
• Coordinate planned maintenance activities, statutory inspections and remedial works.
• Manage designated service contracts and monitor contractor performance against agreed standards and KPIs.
• Support contractor control processes, including permits to work, inductions and documentation reviews.
• Identify, escalate and help resolve compliance, maintenance and operational risks.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, contractors and suppliers to ensure work is delivered safely and effectively.
• Support audits, compliance reporting and preparation for external inspections.
• Assist with purchase orders, invoice reviews and value-for-money assessments.
• Contribute to improvements in estates processes, systems and ways of working.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone with experience in an estates, facilities management, property, construction or engineering environment who enjoys combining practical problem-solving with strong organisation and attention to detail. You'll bring:

• Experience supporting and managing estates, facilities management or compliance-related activities.
• A good understanding of statutory and regulatory compliance requirements relating to buildings and estate operations.
• Knowledge of key compliance areas such as fire safety, asbestos, legionella, electrical safety, gas safety, lifting equipment and related inspection regimes.
• Experience working with contractors, suppliers or service providers and monitoring performance against agreed standards.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to maintain accurate records and manage multiple priorities.
• The confidence to identify risks, make sound judgements and escalate issues appropriately.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

It would be advantageous if you also have:

• A qualification in facilities management, construction, engineering, property or a related discipline.
• Membership of a relevant professional body, or a willingness to work towards professional membership.
• Experience supporting audits, compliance reporting or continuous improvement initiatives.

BRE Benefits

At BRE, we offer a competitive salary, reviewed annually, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial security, well-being, and career development.

Financial & Security Benefits

• Pension scheme – 5% employer-matched contribution
• Life assurance – 4x your basic salary
• Enhanced maternity package

Health & Wellbeing

• HealthPartners cashback scheme – Reclaim costs on prescriptions, physiotherapy, dental care, and more
• Onsite facilities – Restaurant, nursery, and free parking, including at-cost EV charging points

Career Development

• Learning & development – Free access to BRE Academy and our online learning platform
• Professional membership reimbursement

For full details on our benefits, visit: BRE Employee Benefits

Work Location Options

On-Site – This role requires full-time presence at our Watford office. You must live within a commutable distance.

Our Recruitment Process

As part of our recruitment process we will be conducting 10-30 minute phone screening calls via an AI recruiter called Ryan with all shortlisted candidates. The information gathered from this screening will be used to help assess your suitability for the position.

Employment Agencies

At BRE, we value the relationships we have built with our preferred recruitment partners. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from employment agencies. Any CVs submitted directly to a BRE employee or hiring manager without a signed BRE Employment Agency Agreement and an active engagement for the specific role will be considered unsolicited. In such cases, no fees will be payable should the candidate be hired through this or any other means.

Equal Opportunities Statement

BRE is an equal opportunities employer. We assess all qualified applicants based on merit and do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.