7 Property / Estates / Facilities jobs in Canterbury

We're looking for an experienced Asset Compliance Contracts Manager to take the lead on heating compliance across our national property portfolio. You'll be instrumental in ensuring our residents' safety, delivering robust contract management and providing technical expertise on servicing, maintenance, and investment. What you'll be doing:

• Leading heating compliance activities across servicing, maintenance, and planned works
• Acting as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for heating systems and commercial catering equipment
• Managing key service contracts, ensuring high-quality performance from multiple contractors
• Reporting to senior leadership and contributing to strategic asset investment decisions
• Ensuring Anchor remains legally compliant, mitigating risks and driving continuous improvement
• Supporting procurement and delivering robust contract specifications
• Monitoring budgets, audits, performance reviews and life safety systems
  
  Are you a compliance expert in building safety with a passion for service excellence and safety assurance? Do you thrive on managing high-impact contracts and building effective contractor relationships? If so, we'd love to hear from you., Proven experience in property compliance, health & safety, and heating systems
• Strong background in contract management - ideally NEC4/JCT
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and project management skills
• A sound understanding of legislative frameworks (e.g., H&S at Work Act, Gas Safety, CDM Regs)
• Relevant qualifications such as Gas Safe/CORGI, HND/HNC in Mechanical Engineering, NEBOSH/IOSH, and ideally a housing qualification (CIH Level 4 or above)
  
  Anchor - a great place to work
Anchor is England's largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life. We're not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities. Our values Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs. Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not. Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate., Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. So before coming together, we consulted with them and used their views to guide our merger. You can find out more about how we achieved this on either the Hanover or Anchor website. Why we're better together: We're more efficient: Together we're a bigger, stronger and more resilient organisation, able to invest in new services and innovate to meet future needs. We're able to negotiate better contracts with suppliers and pool resources and expertise. Plus, this empowers us to give our customers greater value for money. You get more choice: Our customers now have a bigger range of housing and care options - while our colleagues have wider career choices. We know that quality services start with quality people so we work hard to be recognised as a leading employer to retain and attract the best in our industry. We have more influence: Coming together gives us greater influence in the communities we serve, influencing care and support locally and working with local authorities, health providers and the voluntary sector. Our experience opens doors, enabling us to be leading partners in Health and Wellbeing Boards and the NHS. We're also able to shape national policy and debates about ageing. Our expertise allows us to influence national policies for people in later life. Together, we're building on our reputations as strong and respected players with politicians, policy makers and the public. We'll lobby for the best policies for people in later life and work together with key organisations to secure them. Plus, we'll always ensure that the voices of older people are at the heart of the debate. More new homes around the country: As a bigger organisation we can access more investment to build more properties for people in later life than before. Our ambitious development plans include social rented, shared ownership and homes for sale. We're also a major provider of residential care.