Facilities and Estates Compliance Manager

Facilities and Estates Compliance Manager 

Salary: £55,690 - £62,682 PA 

Location: Bolton with some regular travel to communities 

Permanent, Full time  

37.5 hours a week  

Closing date: 29th August 2025 

Interview date: WC 8th September 2025 

Second Interviews: TBC  

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Facilities and Estates Compliance Manager to join our team in Bolton.  

We’re looking for someone who can ensure the company adheres compliance in regards to relevant laws, regulations, and ethical standards. Providing expert, specialist, professional building, engineering and facilities service expertise, to other estates staff, directors, senior management of the organisation, and external agencies.  

You’ll support and advise wider Estates (soft and hard services) and Capital Development teams in line with governing objectives, bench marking against legal compliance, auditing and wider best practice, so as to achieve long term, best value, quality service provision, which anticipates and satisfies its customers’ needs, and is for the benefit of patients, staff and clinical service delivery.  

Taking the lead in liaison and communicating with a range of individual’s, you’ll ensure information is shared and acted on efficiently. You’ll and inspire in-house staff and a professional network of consultants, suppliers and contractors, to improve compliance, value and outcomes and optimise overall performance and delivery.  

We’re looking for those who can ensure documentation is in place both for project/ programme management and for risk /insurance compliance and that can develop strategies for the provision of energy systems with capacity to supply the Capital Investment Plan. 

Experience and Skills we’re looking for: 

• Experience in a similar Facilities / Estates Compliance role. 

• Experience managing contractors / staff across multiple disciplines and projects.  

• Ability to analyse service performance of both in-house maintenance / facilities teams and external consultants & contractors to appropriate standards and specifications. 

• Previous experience at a senior level in the engineering and/or building construction industry. 

• An understanding of best practice strategies, methodologies and Regulations 

• Good knowledge of the operational use and potential of CAFM maintenance systems 

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent course / experience. 

• Ideally, experience in managing delegated budgets, expenditure and cost control in line with the job role 

It would be advantageous to have operational management experience in a healthcare / NHS or similar complex estate environment. If you have a working knowledge of HTMs, HBNs and DoH guidance please state this in your form.  

Please note there is a requirement to participate in an On-Call, out of hours, rota to ensure that the Estate service is available 24hours. You will also be expected to attend other community locations on occasion, but the role is predominantly based on site in Bolton.  

For full details regarding this role please view the job description and person specification. 

Why work for IFM? 

Integrated Facilities Management (iFM) Bolton Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. We provide facilities management services at the Royal Bolton Hospital and the surrounding community health centres. Most inpatients will come into contact with iFM Bolton staff during their stay through our various services. 

Our company is one built with local people at the heart of everything we do. Our services ensure the smooth running of the health care services within the community of Bolton. Our colleagues are dedicated professionals who share a passion to provide the best service possible. If you want to work for a company that makes a difference, supports the local community and is the backbone of vital services within healthcare, then look no further. 

Benefits: 

• NHS discounts 

• Car leasing scheme 

• Death in service 

• Career progression opportunities 

This role is subject to Standard DBS disclosure. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role – just tell us when applying. 

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