Estate Services Officer

• £20.66 per hour
• Antrim Civic Centre
• 37 hours per week
• Please note closing date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday 9th June 2026.  However, you can register your interest for upcoming Public Sector vacancies by applying today. 

• To support the delivery of a range of functions within the Estates Services Section as set out in the corporate plan and the annual business plan, particularly in relation to the delivery of functional, safe, modern and efficient property assets.
• To manage staff, organising and monitoring operational aspects of the work and managing external contractors
• To ensure accurate and timely production of all requested information as requested by the Estates Services section.
• To advise the Lead Estate Services Officer on current trends, best practice techniques and technologies in Estates Services as well as regular, up to date statistics and management information
  
  Contribute to the delivery of services in Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council maintained properties, Including the following areas:
  · Contract Management and Annual Order Management
  · Mechanical, Electrical and Building Services functions
  · Facilities/Building Maintenance
  · Security on all Council properties
  · Graffiti removal
  · Caretaking/Cleaning
  · Heating, Lighting, Electricity and Water Supply
  
• Contribute to the continual provision of high quality modern building facilities for the end user by means of a documented strategic plan for the maintenance, refurbishment and adaptation of the building asset stock, and where required, additions to and deletions from the stock. To assist in the financial profiling and programming of this plan.
• Contribute to the development of annual objectives, performance indicators and work programmes in line with the Council’s Corporate Plan, best practice and the service’s annual Business Plan.
• Provide specialist knowledge and support across the Council, to contractors and to external organisations.

• A Degree in a relevant discipline such as Electrical,Building Services, Mechanical Engineering,Construction, Building Surveying or 
  other equivalent Level 6 qualification as per the qualification framework in a relevant discipline
• Consideration may be given to those candidates who do not hold the above academic qualification but who can demonstrate a minimum of 3 year’s relevant experience as outlined below.
• Have a minimum of 1 years’ experience of building construction to include two of the following:
  (a) Experience of building construction and current building techniques and their application
  (b) Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems and application of same
  (c) Knowledge and experience of health and safety legislation with regards to facilities management
  (d) Experience of facilities contract management
  Have a minimum of 1 years’ experience in the management and supervision of staff and contractors.
• Ability to effectively manage staff
  High level of written and verbal communication.
  
•  Knowledge of health and safety legislation.
• A full current driving licence or, if a disability prevents driving, access to a suitable form of transport to enable the duties of the post to be carried out in full.

If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you! Even if you don’t meet every listed requirement, we encourage you to apply – we may have other suitable roles for you.  Apply online, email [email protected] or call Gillian on 028 2563 1555 to find out more.

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