Estate Technical Manager

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! We’re more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises. That’s someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK’s leading Social Enterprise, we’re dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.

As part of the wider Places for People Group, we offer professional property management and create the best experience for our customers.

At Touchstone, we are committed to providing safe, well‑maintained homes and estates where our communities can thrive. We are looking for an Estate Technical Manager to join our team and play a key role in maintaining high standards across our estates.

As an Estate Technical Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the day‑to‑day technical condition of our estates. This includes ensuring minor repairs are identified and addressed promptly, while delivering a high‑quality, customer‑focused service to residents. You will work closely with colleagues, contractors and customers to help maintain safe, compliant and welcoming environments.

You will be practical, well organised and confident communicating with a wide range of customers. You will take pride in your work and understand the importance of maintaining safe and pleasant environments for our residents.

• Experience in carrying out or managing minor repairs
• Proven experience dealing directly with customers
• Knowledge of Health & Safety regulations and safe working practices

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you job security and all the challenge you could wish for. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier which can include:

• Pension with matched contributions
• Training
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We’re happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you’re looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team. We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.