Estates Manager
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At6/16/2026
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Occupation TypeProperty, housing and estate managers
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
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Description
London, The Portland Hospital
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with some flexibility required
Permanent
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum
We’re looking for an Estates Manager to join our Facilities and Estates team at The Portland Hospital in London.
This is a pivotal role within a highly specialist hospital environment, where safety, reliability and operational excellence are essential to delivering exceptional patient care. The team is responsible for maintaining the hospital’s infrastructure, plant and critical systems, ensuring everything runs seamlessly and supports a safe, compliant and well-maintained environment for patients, visitors and colleagues.
This role offers the opportunity to lead within a complex and fast-paced healthcare setting. As Estates Manager, you’ll shape the direction of the Estates and Engineering function while overseeing day-to-day operations. From managing a 24-hour engineering service to delivering capital projects up to £3 million, your work will directly support the hospital’s resilience and long-term sustainability.
You’ll also act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, identifying risks, addressing system deficiencies and contributing to future infrastructure planning.
Above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. It’s this guiding vision that influences everything we do at HCA UK. From the CEO to the colleagues on the floor we all have a part to play in delivering exceptional care to our patients. Other’s may think this is just a role in Facilities and Estates, but to us, you’ll be part of a wider team with a unique sense of purpose, one that helps improve lives on a daily basis.
What You’ll Do
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, with some flexibility required
Permanent
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum
We’re looking for an Estates Manager to join our Facilities and Estates team at The Portland Hospital in London.
This is a pivotal role within a highly specialist hospital environment, where safety, reliability and operational excellence are essential to delivering exceptional patient care. The team is responsible for maintaining the hospital’s infrastructure, plant and critical systems, ensuring everything runs seamlessly and supports a safe, compliant and well-maintained environment for patients, visitors and colleagues.
This role offers the opportunity to lead within a complex and fast-paced healthcare setting. As Estates Manager, you’ll shape the direction of the Estates and Engineering function while overseeing day-to-day operations. From managing a 24-hour engineering service to delivering capital projects up to £3 million, your work will directly support the hospital’s resilience and long-term sustainability.
You’ll also act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, identifying risks, addressing system deficiencies and contributing to future infrastructure planning.
Above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. It’s this guiding vision that influences everything we do at HCA UK. From the CEO to the colleagues on the floor we all have a part to play in delivering exceptional care to our patients. Other’s may think this is just a role in Facilities and Estates, but to us, you’ll be part of a wider team with a unique sense of purpose, one that helps improve lives on a daily basis.
What You’ll Do
- Ensure full regulatory compliance across estates and engineering services, including PPMs, water safety, fire safety, medical gases and electrical systems, keeping the hospital consistently CQC-ready
- Lead a 24-hour engineering service, ensuring responsive and effective management of planned, unplanned and emergency maintenance
- Proven experience managing estates or engineering services within a complex environment, ideally within a healthcare organisation
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams in a 24-hour operational setting
- Sound understanding of CQC standards and regulatory compliance within estates and facilities (essential)
- Relevant technical qualifications or training in a building services discipline, such as City and Guilds or NVQ, with an engineering degree desirable
- Strong technical knowledge of health and safety, COSHH and building services systems, alongside excellent organisational and communication skills
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare, with significant investment in facilities, technology and innovation. Being part of a large, established healthcare group means you’ll have access to structured development, leadership opportunities and the chance to work across a diverse estate portfolio.
Benefits
By caring for our colleagues, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a range of flexible benefits to support you both professionally and personally. As an Estates Manager, you’ll be eligible for:
- 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with the option to buy or sell leave
- Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring, as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported, you can be at your best for our patients and each other.
Our mission is simple: above all else, we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:
- Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
- Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
- Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
- Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs, as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and in the workplace to anyone that needs them.