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Blair West are supporting Ward Group Investments, to find a Commercial Property Manager. This role will provide day-to-day operational support to the Commercial Asset Manager, helping to ensure a portfolio of commercial properties is well maintained, compliant and delivering a high standard of service to tenants. Working across property, facilities and finance functions, the role will have responsibility for coordinating maintenance, compliance and service charge activity across the portfolio. \n \n The opportunity: \n\n • Provide day-to-day operational support to the Commercial Asset Manager across a portfolio of commercial properties.\n, • Monitor property maintenance, repairs and ongoing issues, ensuring actions are progressed and resolved within agreed timescales.\n, • Maintain accurate property records, compliance documentation, maintenance logs and certification.\n, • Coordinate statutory compliance requirements across areas including fire safety, asbestos, legionella, electrical testing, lifts and gas safety.\n, • Oversee Planned Preventative Maintenance schedules and monitor both planned and reactive works through to completion.\n, • Act as a key point of contact for tenants regarding maintenance requests, ensuring issues are communicated and resolved professionally.\n, • Work closely with the Asset Manager, Facilities Manager and in-house maintenance teams to maintain safe, compliant and well-managed properties.\n, • Support the management of service charge budgets, including expenditure reviews, annual budgeting, forecasting and variance monitoring.\n, • Liaise with Finance, tenants and external managing agents to resolve service charge and property management queries where required.\n\n \n You’ll be the ideal candidate for this position if you have: \n\n • Previous experience within commercial property management, facilities management or asset management.\n, • A good understanding of commercial property maintenance and statutory compliance requirements.\n, • Experience coordinating maintenance, repairs or facilities-related activity across multiple properties or sites.\n, • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and keep multiple workstreams moving.\n, • The confidence to deal directly with tenants, contractors and internal stakeholders to resolve property-related issues.\n, • An understanding of service charge expenditure, budgeting or property-related financial administration.\n, • Strong attention to detail when managing compliance records, certification and property documentation.\n, • Experience working collaboratively across property, maintenance and finance functions.\n, • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and property management systems.\n\n \n Our commitment \n Blair West is an equal-opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and inclusion at every stage of the recruitment process. We are committed to fairness, equality, and ongoing diversity training for our team to give our candidates and clients a feeling of belonging during their experience with us. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during their experience with us, please speak to their consultant.

About Your Next Employer Well-established and growing UK business that delivers specialist technical solutions and support services to customers across a range of highly regulated industries. Renowned for quality, innovation and exceptional customer service, the business has built a strong reputation within its sector and continues to invest in both its people and future growth. Their culture is built on collaboration, trust and genuine care for employees, creating an environment where individuals are supported to develop their skills and build long-term careers. Due to continued expansion, they are looking to appoint an organised and proactive Office Administrator to join their team in Street, Somerset. Key Responsibilities Provide day-to-day administrative support across office, projects, operations and finance functions. Act as the first point of contact for visitors, telephone calls, emails and general enquiries. Raise purchase orders, liaise with suppliers and track deliveries to support business operations. Maintain accurate records, project documentation, trackers and shared filing systems. Arrange travel and accommodation for engineers and operational staff when required. Support the finance team with invoice processing, expenses and general administrative tasks.About You Previous experience in an office administration, coordination or customer service role. Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities. Confident communicator with a professional approach when dealing with colleagues, suppliers and customers. Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel, with the ability to quickly learn new systems. Proactive, reliable and self-motivated, with the confidence to work independently and as part of a team.Desirable: Experience within a technical, engineering, manufacturing, construction or project-led environment.What’s on offer ? Salary in the region of £30k + benefits package. Private medical insurance upon successful completion of probation. Ongoing training and professional development opportunities. Genuine opportunities for career progression. Supportive and collaborative working environment. Exposure to a diverse range of projects and business functions. The opportunity to join a stable, growing and forward-thinking organisation. Potential for Part Time hoursInterested? If you're an experienced administrator looking for a varied position where you can make a real impact and develop your career within a growing business, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to find out more about this exciting opportunity. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence