Estates Team Member

Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom

8/4/2025

At Bruntwood, we're committed to offering more than just outstanding office, coworking, retail and lab spaces. Everything we do is tied into our vision of building vibrant communities, whilst providing businesses with the support and expertise they need to grow. We’re commercial property specialists operating across the UK.

Bruntwood own, develop, manage and maintain properties across England. Our focus is on 'Creating Thriving Cities' which is evident across our website, so have a look to gain more of a perspective on what we do, and how we operate.

This role is advertised for 40 hours per week worked Monday to Sunday between our lovely Circle Square and Sister Buildings.

What you will be doing:

• Offering a warm welcome to the estate, welcoming all members of the public, residents, customers and colleagues alike, being the font of knowledge of what is happening around your area.
• Maintaining the estates external areas, be it planned preventative maintenance, compliance checks, cleaning, reactive repairs or litter picking. The highest attention to detail will be showcased.
• Support the horticulturist with any tasks that my need attention in and around the estate landscape.
• Support the Bruntwood building teams when required, networking and building positive working relationships with all team members.
• Be flexible to support with any task that may arise and is reasonably requested.
• Everything you do should link back to our Service Mission.
  
  

What we’re looking for:

• As a perfectionist with attention to detail, you will deliver high standards in all that you do.
• A people person, you will be comfortable talking with the general public, residents, colleagues alike, be comfortable talking about our immense events program.
• Enthusiastic, engaging and curious, seek to learn, understand then adapt and make your own.
• Comfortable working in any of Manchester's weather seasons as all four usually come in one day.
• Safety is more than a word, you will lead by example in your actions, challenge others who are not following safe working practices and be confident to refuse anybody access to the estate if all Health and Safety checks are not in place.
• Previous horticultural experience/background would be ideal, but not necessary.
  
  

In addition to the salary shown you will be entitled to a number of other excellent benefits including:

• 28 days holiday plus you get your Birthday off work - and if that’s not enough you can also buy & sell holidays too
• 24 hours a year volunteer time - there are endless opportunities for you to get involved in supporting the causes that matter most to you
• Sabbatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years with us
• Healthcare cash plan for all colleagues, so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy. We also offer private healthcare cover on an opt in basis too
• Life assurance cover for all colleagues
• Up to 8% matched pension scheme
• Discounts & cashback at leading retailers
• Enhanced maternity / shared parental leave - 26 weeks fully paid leave
• Interest free learning loans to help you develop new skills
  
  

In addition to what to expect within the role and your benefits, it’s good to know that you’ll be working for a business that gives back - The Oglesby Charitable Trust has donated more than £25m since it started out in 2001. Supporting charities across Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Medical Research and Social & Health Inequality.

Our operations team make up a huge part of our workforce. Therefore it's incredibly important to us that we recruit from diverse backgrounds to reflect the communities we operate in, and ultimately achieve our goal of creating thriving cities that are completely inclusive.

We'll always do our best to accommodate any adjustments you need at interview. So please highlight this in your application form. If selected, we will get in touch and discuss this before your interview.

For successful applicants we conduct a one stage interview process that will give you the opportunity to see the role in action, as well as ask questions to ensure it’s the right fit for you.