Property Manager - Southern Region
Field‑Based | Multi‑Site Hospitality Estate
I'm currently partnering with a growing hospitality operator to recruit a Property Manager for their Southern region, covering pubs across the Midlands, South Wales, South West and Eastern counties. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced, multi‑site environment and enjoys being out on the road, supporting operators and keeping sites safe, compliant and trading.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee reactive and planned maintenance across the region, ensuring works are prioritised effectively, delivered within SLA and clearly communicated to Publicans and internal teams.
- Work within a live trading environment, maintaining operational continuity, safety and compliance at all times.
- Act as the primary property contact for your patch, building trusted relationships and supporting Publicans with pragmatic, commercial property advice.
- Conduct regular site condition inspections, identifying risks early to protect asset value and minimise disruption to trade.
- Manage statutory compliance (Asbestos, EICR, Gas Safety, FRA, water hygiene), ensuring all inspections and remedials are completed on time and cost‑
- Complete condition surveys to forecast maintenance requirements and support long‑term planning.
- Deliver minor capital works and site improvement projects, ensuring timely, cost‑effective completion with minimum operational impact.
- Support larger capital projects with regional insight to ensure practical, maintainable outcomes.
- Manage contractor performance, ensuring quality, safe systems of work and strong value for money.
- Collaborate closely with Operations, Finance and senior leadership to align property decisions with commercial priorities.
- Make balanced, commercial decisions, weighing cost, risk, and trading impact.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Experience managing property, estates or maintenance across a hospitality, retail or leisure portfolio.
- Strong multi‑site management capability, comfortable overseeing a geographically dispersed region.
- Solid background in reactive and planned maintenance within a live operational environment.
- Good working knowledge of statutory compliance and building safety requirements.
- Commercially astute, confident in making value‑led decisions.
- Strong stakeholder and relationship‑building skills, able to influence Publicans, contractors and internal teams.
- Highly organised, self‑motivated and comfortable working autonomously.
- Passion for hospitality and keeping sites open, safe and welcoming.
- MRICS / MCIOB desirable but not essential.
- Full UK driving licence required.
If you're passionate about property, enjoy working across a fast‑paced multi‑site estate, and want to join a team where your work directly impacts trading and guest experience, I'd love to hear from you.
To find out more or to apply, please contact Lucy Wynn at
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