Minor Works Manager

Job Title: Minor Works Manager
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £41,771.00 – £45,091.00
Location: Service Headquarters, Kelvedon Park (travel to locations across Essex)*
Closing Date: 3rd March 2026

*We are open to discuss working arrangements including flexibility over hours and location, however the expectation is that, as a hybrid role your work will be balanced between home and Services facilities, and you will be expected to attend the Service premises for at least 3 days of a 5-day working week.

The Role 
Our friendly and inclusive Property team is looking for a Minor Works Manager to support the development of our evolving Property Strategy, with a strong focus on estate improvements. Working across both Capital Works delivery and Operational works, you’ll play a key role in managing minor works projects from start to finish. We’re looking for someone proactive and self‑motivated, with the confidence to work independently and deliver projects on time and to a high standard.

What You Will Be Working On 
Planning, managing and delivering minor building works across a diverse estate
Working on Property improvement projects across the service
Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, H&S and ensuring all projects meet quality safety and compliance standards.
Preparing technical specifications, tender documentation and evaluation of bids
Assisting with hard service queries for the Property Services function
Prepare and reviewing risk assessments
Liaising with internal departments, station managers and external contractors to minimise operational disruption
Acting as a business partner lead for designated departments to run operational liaison
Working as project support on larger projects when required/deputise when required
Manage aerial contractor and liaise with provider or works required
Manage contract administration and handover documentation

What Are We Looking For? 
We are looking for someone with experience in Minor works/Property management/Project roles with knowledge of Building regs, fire safety standards and H&S.  An excellent communicator who can work independently alongside operational teams and departments to deliver successful projects.  A candidate must have the ability to travel between any ECFRS location and must hold a full UK driving licence.

How to apply  
You will be required to submit a CV detailing a minimum of five years employment and / or education history, along with a supporting statement of no more than 750 words that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria detailed in the Person Specification.

You may submit this either as a word document, pdf, or an mp3 (voice note) or mp4 (video), however the word count of your supporting statement should not exceed 750 words no matter which format you choose to present your application.

You may attach separate documents (such as qualifications) should you wish. Your CV and additional documents will be referred to in shortlisting to confirm eligibility (e.g., your current role and any existing qualifications).

Assessment and selection:  
The assessment and selection approach will be:
Stage 1   
Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria of the Person Specification)
Stage 2 
Role specific panel interview, including some scenario-based questions

Should you wish to have an informal discussion with regards to the role, please contact Victoria Rutterford victoria.rutterford@essex-fire.gov.uk

Our Culture and Benefits 
Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.

You can find out more about our benefits at https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/recruitment/benefits

Important Information for Firefighter Pension Scheme Pensioners
If you are currently in receipt of a pension from the Firefighter Pension Scheme, please note that taking up this role may affect your pension. Under pension abatement rules, if your earnings in this role, when combined with your pension, exceed your pre-retirement salary (adjusted for inflation), your pension may be reduced.

For further guidance, please contact our Pensions team on 01376 576799 or email mailbox.pensions@essex-fire.gov.uk.

Safeguarding 
Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

It is our policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose if you are currently being investigated by any regulatory body or have any decisions or sanctions pending or in progress in respect of your suitability to work for the Service.

You agree to inform the Service within 24 hours if you are subsequently investigated by any agency or organisation in relation to concerns about your behaviour towards children, young people or vulnerable adults.

The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying.

This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Disability Confident 
We are an equal opportunities, Disability Confident, employer who welcomes applications from everyone and values diversity in our workplace. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a work environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

As part of our offer to support all our candidates to perform to the best of their abilities during our recruitment and selection processes and we would like to let you know about a couple of support options you can access, should you wish to, including our employee forums, who are keen and willing to support all of our potential colleagues.

Our employee forums and partners include:

Asian Fire Services Association (AFSA), BEING (our LGBTQ+ employee support network), Christian Fellowship, Ethnic Minority Forum, Men’s Forum, and our Women’s Forum. In addition, we also have a female firefighters operational group.

Further to the above, the Service has a Digital Accessibility Inclusion Group (DAIG) that supports all colleagues to improve their digital skills and provides additional support and guidance to colleagues with neurodivergent strengths and struggles as a result of dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, dyspraxia etc. We want everyone to thrive at work, and so we encourage and enable people to access digital tools to help them perform at your best. The DAIG is a group of colleagues from across the Service that unite to support others as a result of their lived experience and desire to make a difference. They support people with a range of visible and invisible disabilities to identify and access digital workplace adjustments and solutions and may be able to assist with your application too.

Should you wish to discuss support, or access further information, from one of these groups, please contact Equality.Diversity@essex-fire.gov.uk

You are also able to raise any queries or requests for support, including any adjustments you may require, at any stage of the process by email to recruitment@essex-fire.gov.uk
You can find out more about Essex County Fire & Rescue Service via www.essex-fire.gov.uk and about our vacancies and application processes via www.essex-fire.gov.uk/join-essex-fire