Estates Project Manager

Job title: Estates Project Manager
Salary: Circa £50,000
Grade: Band 3
Contract type: TfL
Reference: 5630
Team: Estates & Visitor Experience
Contract details: Perm
Location: Cranbourn Street, Covent Garden, Acton & Satellite Sites/Hybrid

Application closing date: 18th September @23.59

Please Note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications; therefore, we encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.  At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.   

Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.  

About London Transport Museum

London Transport Museum is the world's leading museum of urban transport and an education and heritage charity that tells the story of how transport has shaped London over the last 200 years. From its iconic home in Covent Garden to the Acton Depot and a number of unique heritage sites, the Museum cares for one of the world's most significant transport collections while welcoming visitors from across the globe. As the Museum continues to invest in its estate, sustainability ambitions and visitor experience, this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering projects that preserve London's past, support its present and help shape its future.

Shape the Future of a Unique Estate

We're looking for an experienced Estates Project Manager to take ownership of a diverse portfolio of estates, facilities and infrastructure projects across the London Transport Museum estate.

This is a hands-on role for someone who understands how busy puplic buildings work and has a strong background in facilities management, estates projects and building services.

You'll lead projects from concept through to completion, delivering everything from major roof repairs, building fabric upgrades and office moves through to decarbonisation programmes, and Building Management System (BMS) improvements. Managing multiple sites, contractors and stakeholders, you'll ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and with minimal disruption to business operations. Post-completion, you will maintain operational oversite of selected ancillary sites, including disused London Underground spaces, implementing and overseeing ongoing maintenance and keyholding. If you thrive in complex, fast-paced environments have a track record of delivering estates and facilities projects that make a real impact and have excellent stakeholder and internal communications skills we'd love to hear from you.

We're Looking For Someone Who Has

• Strong Estates, Facilities or Property Project Management experience
• Experience managing buildings, premises or multi-site estates
• Experience working in busy, live operational environments
• A track record of delivering facilities and infrastructure projects
• Experience managing facilities contracts and maintenance programmes
• Knowledge of building services, M&E and BMS systems
• Experience delivering roof, refurbishment or estate improvement projects
• Excellent stakeholder management and internal communications skills
• Strong project planning, budgeting and organisational abilities
• Can present information in a coherent and engaging way for example internal project updates
• Experience managing external contractors and suppliers

You'll Stand Out If You Have

• Delivered decarbonisation programmes
• Worked on low-carbon heating or heat pump projects
• Managed office moves or estate transformation projects
• Experience within heritage, cultural, public sector or visitor attraction environment

Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to deliver projects that genuinely matter across a unique and diverse estate. You'll help improve operational buildings, drive sustainability initiatives and support some of London's most iconic transport heritage assets.

You'll be trusted to take ownership, build strong relationships across the business and deliver projects that have a visible impact across the Museum estate.

If you've successfully delivered estates and facilities projects within complex operational environments and are looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Application Process   

• Please apply using your CV  only  
• You will be required to answer 3 concise screening questions
• Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV 
• PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images 

Equality, diversity and inclusion 

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve. We believe that a diverse workforce enables us to deliver better services and outcomes. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim to offer an assessment or interview to candidates who apply via the scheme where the minimum essential criteria for skills, knowledge and experience has been met. In some circumstances, it may not be practical to offer an interview or assessment to every candidate who applies through the scheme and meet the minimum essential criteria; in these situations, we select candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than interviewing all who meet them. 

Across all recruitment activity, we recognise that selection methods may vary depending on the nature and scale of the campaign and will be applied fairly, consistently and proportionately in line with our Disability Confident commitments.    

Benefits  

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below: 
 

• Final salary pension scheme  
• Free travel for you on the TfL network  
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home 
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow 
• Private healthcare discounted scheme Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme 
  Retail, health, leisure and travel offers 
• Discounted Eurostar travel 

We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice. 

Vetting Process 

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process) explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.