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Estate Technician
| Posting date: | 28 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £26733-28140 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 November 2025 |
| Location: | Canterbury, CT1 1YW |
| Company: | Sanctuary Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 226133-43746712 |
Summary
One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services, Sanctuary Group employs around 13,000 people and manages more than 100,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.
Estates Technician
Canterbury
£26,733
- £28,140 per year
40 hours per week – Monday to Friday – 8:00am to 4:00pm
We are looking for an Estate Technician to join our Canterbury Estates team. This role will involve both working in a team and lone working. One of the main duties for this role is compliance testing every month, travelling between Kent and Sussex to complete fire alarm, electric light and water temperature tests. This will require the use of a company phone and technology for recording and reporting. Other tasks will include grounds maintenance and may include some cleaning and caretaking work to cover shortfall. You will be supplied with a van and tools to assist in this role.
The role of Estates Technician will include:
- Carrying out compliance checks
- Clearing and cleaning void properties
- Grass cutting, litter picking and garden salvage
- Removal of bulk waste
- Completing daily work records and maintaining stock levels
- Ensuring tools and equipment are kept in a useable condition
- Providing accurate information and updates on the progress of allocated work
Skills and experiences:
- Working knowledge of health and safety regulations
- Excellent time management skills
- Previous experience in grounds maintenance
- Ability to use mobile phone apps and learn processes quickly
- Previous experience supervising other staff
- This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence
About us
We provide in-house repairs and maintenance for a wide range of properties, as part of a not-for-profit organisation. We foster a diverse and inclusive culture. Our customers are at the heart of all we do, and colleagues help make a real difference to people’s lives.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Employee discounts
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Employee recognition scheme
- Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
- £26,733 per annum (rising to £28,140 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
Closing Date: 11 November 2025
If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you – propertyservices.rec@sanctuary.co.uk
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at
- http://www.sanctuary.co.uk/join-our-team
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
Estates Technician
Canterbury
£26,733
- £28,140 per year
40 hours per week – Monday to Friday – 8:00am to 4:00pm
We are looking for an Estate Technician to join our Canterbury Estates team. This role will involve both working in a team and lone working. One of the main duties for this role is compliance testing every month, travelling between Kent and Sussex to complete fire alarm, electric light and water temperature tests. This will require the use of a company phone and technology for recording and reporting. Other tasks will include grounds maintenance and may include some cleaning and caretaking work to cover shortfall. You will be supplied with a van and tools to assist in this role.
The role of Estates Technician will include:
- Carrying out compliance checks
- Clearing and cleaning void properties
- Grass cutting, litter picking and garden salvage
- Removal of bulk waste
- Completing daily work records and maintaining stock levels
- Ensuring tools and equipment are kept in a useable condition
- Providing accurate information and updates on the progress of allocated work
Skills and experiences:
- Working knowledge of health and safety regulations
- Excellent time management skills
- Previous experience in grounds maintenance
- Ability to use mobile phone apps and learn processes quickly
- Previous experience supervising other staff
- This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence
About us
We provide in-house repairs and maintenance for a wide range of properties, as part of a not-for-profit organisation. We foster a diverse and inclusive culture. Our customers are at the heart of all we do, and colleagues help make a real difference to people’s lives.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Employee discounts
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Employee recognition scheme
- Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
- £26,733 per annum (rising to £28,140 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
Closing Date: 11 November 2025
If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you – propertyservices.rec@sanctuary.co.uk
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at
- http://www.sanctuary.co.uk/join-our-team
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.