Lead Asset Built Manager

At Tesco, our Property team is responsible for maintaining and evolving one of the UK's largest and most complex property portfolios. Ensuring our assets remain safe, compliant and fit for the future is critical to delivering a great experience for customers and colleagues alike.

As Lead Built Asset Manager, you'll lead our built asset capability, providing strategic direction and technical leadership across building standards, asset data, structural engineering and specialist consultancy services. You'll be responsible for ensuring our built estate is managed effectively, supported by robust standards, reliable asset information and expert technical advice.

This is a highly influential leadership role, working across multiple Property functions to shape long-term investment decisions, improve asset performance and ensure our estate continues to meet the needs of the business both now and in the future.

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

• Leading a team of internal specialists and external consultants, providing expert built asset and structural engineering advice across the business.
• Owning Tesco's building standards and specifications, ensuring they remain current, robust and aligned to legislative and business requirements.
• Managing the effective utilisation of external building surveying consultancy services to assess, monitor and improve the condition of our estate.
• Ensuring accurate, reliable and comprehensive building asset data is maintained and used to support strategic decision making.
• Leading the development and ongoing evolution of the Building Asset Management Database.
• Working closely with Development, Maintenance, Assets & Estates and Capital Delivery teams to ensure the right processes and priorities are in place to maintain and improve our estate.
• Providing technical input into long-term Property strategy and investment planning, ensuring building defects and asset risks are appropriately managed.
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement in building standards, engineering processes and safety performance.
• Maintaining strong links with industry bodies and professional networks, ensuring Tesco remains aligned with emerging trends, legislation and best practice.
• Sharing knowledge and best practice across the wider Tesco Group.
• Championing a culture of technical excellence, collaboration and continuous development.

• Chartered status within a relevant built environment discipline.
• Degree-level qualification in Property, Construction, Engineering or a related built environment subject.
• Significant experience within the built asset, property, construction or engineering sector.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing technical teams.
• Experience developing and implementing building, engineering or asset management strategies.
• Strong understanding of UK building regulations, standards and legislation.
• Experience managing building condition surveys, asset databases and defect management programmes.
• Commercial awareness with experience managing consultancy services, budgets and supplier relationships.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior leadership level.
• A passion for innovation, continuous improvement and delivering long-term value through property investment.
• An appreciation of the operational demands of a large retail business and the ability to balance technical requirements with commercial priorities.