Regional Estates Manager (Scotland)

Scotland Full-Time No home office possible

The RNLI is a charity that saves lives at sea through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, and water safety education. The charity is now seeking a Regional Estates Manager to join the Regional Leadership Team in Scotland. This role provides strategic leadership and specialist guidance in buildings and civil engineering within a maritime environment, ensuring the effective delivery of the RNLI’s lifesaving operations.

Key Responsibilities

Acting as the Estates lead and subject matter expert within the region, supporting the Head of Region and the Regional Leadership Team.
Developing, managing, and supporting a team of Coastal Estates Managers and an Estates Technical Co-ordinator to deliver condition surveys, routine maintenance, building repairs, preventative maintenance, upgrades and compliance activity.
Monitoring building defects, reactive works and compliance to ensure assets remain safe for operational users.
Ensuring appropriate suppliers are in place to deliver a through-life programme of building works.
Providing leadership on complex Estates-related issues, including significant asset damage, supplier or landowner disputes, and operational challenges.
Supporting and leading initiatives to improve wider Estates processes, policies, and operating procedures when requested by the Estates Leadership Team.
Working with the Principal Estates Engineer to develop and maintain RNLI building standards.
Collaborating with Estates Engineers to support large capital projects, ensuring buildings are fit for purpose and cost-effective.
Acting as project sponsor for all Estates project works in the region, owning business cases and overseeing project management.
Preparing and managing delegated capital and operational expenditure budgets for the Regional Estate.
Ensuring Estates services are delivered to plan and budget, or to agreed variations.
Leading RNLI-wide cross-regional activity, such as participation in working groups.
Providing temporary Estates leadership support to other regions when required.
Ensuring all building works are compliant with relevant Health and Safety legislation.

Skills and Experience

Degree-level qualification (Level 6 or higher) in engineering, surveying or another suitable discipline.
Membership or working towards membership of a relevant professional body such as CIOB, ICE or RICS.
Specialist knowledge of construction.
Professional experience in asset inspection and routine maintenance, ideally within a maritime environment.
Experience working in a commercial environment and implementing improvements to processes and procedures.
Strong communication and influencing skills, both internally and externally.
Ability to work confidently across diverse projects and communicate effectively at all levels.
Willingness to lead, make decisions and use initiative.
Comfortable with travel, occasional nights away, and participation in an on-call/duty roster.
Self-motivated team player with resilience and a solutions-focused mindset.

Benefits

At least 26 days’ annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 30 days with service.
Defined Contribution pension scheme.
Life cover for all employees.
Employee Assistance Programme, including 24/7 support and access to face-to-face counselling.
Eyecare vouchers for routine computer-based work.
Enhanced parental pay for maternity, adoption, and paternity leave.
Cycle-to-work scheme.
Access to a Health Cash Plan (employee paid).
Access to the RNLI Learning Resources Centre and the Learning Zone e-learning.
Payroll giving scheme.
Travel season ticket loans.
Company vehicle.