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We’re seeking a passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated Estates Project Manager to join Agincare. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering refurbishment, redevelopment, extension and construction projects across our diverse property portfolio, helping to create safe, modern, welcoming and future-ready environments for the people who live, work and receive care within them.

Reporting to the Group Head of Facilities & Estates, you will manage multiple projects simultaneously across care homes, retirement living schemes, supported living services, children’s services and corporate premises. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the highest standards, whilst maintaining excellent working relationships with contractors, consultants and operational teams.

This is a field-based role with one day per week based at Agincare's Head Office in Portland, Dorset, alongside regular travel across our portfolio of services, which spans the South West, South East, Midlands and Yorkshire regions.

What's on Offer

Agincare is a proudly family-run organisation, dedicated to our values and to delivering the highest levels of care to our service users. Working at Agincare brings many benefits, including:

• Salary of £50,000 per annum.
• Fully funded training and career development
• Blue Light discount package (great discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – support for employees and their families
• Company pension scheme
• Opportunity to work on varied, high-profile projects across a national portfolio
• A chance to make a meaningful impact on the environments where people live, work and receive care

How You'll Make a Difference

• Manage refurbishment, redevelopment, extension and construction projects from inception through to completion.
• Prepare feasibility studies, project specifications, client briefs, design briefs and tender documentation.
• Coordinate and oversee contractors, subcontractors, designers and professional consultants.
• Manage projects through all stages including feasibility, budgeting, procurement, delivery, commissioning, handover and final account agreement.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on programme, within approved budgets and to agreed quality standards.
• Lead Planning, Building Control and local authority approval processes.
• Monitor project programmes, risks, budgets and change control processes.
• Conduct regular site visits, progress meetings and quality inspections across multiple locations.
• Hold contractors accountable for delivery standards, quality and value for money.
• Ensure all works comply with relevant legislation, including Health & Safety, CDM Regulations, Fire Safety requirements, Building Regulations and Planning legislation.
• Minimise disruption within live operational environments and maintain safe working practices for residents, children, families, colleagues and visitors.
• Provide clear progress, financial and risk updates to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure all project documentation, certifications, warranties, compliance records and operation & maintenance manuals are received and properly handed over at project completion.

Your Skills and Passion

• Proven experience managing construction, refurbishment, redevelopment or capital projects.
• Strong understanding of contractor management, procurement processes and commercial negotiations.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously across varied property portfolios.
• Knowledge of project budgeting, cost control and achieving best value outcomes.
• Confident managing external contractors, consultants and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation, CDM Regulations, Fire Safety requirements and Building Regulations.
• Excellent project planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to present recommendations and decisions confidently and persuasively to senior stakeholders.
• Experience working within occupied or live operational environments.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationally as required.

Please note: This role involves travelling extensively across a geographically diverse portfolio of services, with regular site visits and one day per week based at Agincare's Head Office in Portland, Dorset.

About Us

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with close to 6000 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children’s Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations across England.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn’t the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies at www.agincare.com/careers.