Project Officer (Planned Works) x3 London, England
Job description
About us
Hillingdon is London's second largest borough, and we’re proud of our commitment of ‘Putting our residents first’, ensuring they’re at the heart of everything we do! We want to attract talented individuals like yourself who share our aspirations for the borough and can support us to deliver exceptional services for Hillingdon.
With an ambitious strategy we pride ourselves on delivering services that improve the lives of all our residents, businesses, and partners. Embarking on a journey of continuous improvement, we’ve set an agenda to ensure the provision of; safer communities, a thriving local economy, a greener more sustainable environment, whilst increasing our digital capabilities.
What does a Project Officer (Planned Works) do at Hillingdon?
This is a key role within the Planned Works Team responsible for delivering planned and cyclical maintenance works and improvement programmes on all LBH Housing stock. This includes developing specifications, tenders and contracts for major repairs and improvements as well as supervising contractors and consultants to ensure that work is undertaken to high standards, within time and budget constraints.
Responsible for day-to-day liaison with tenants, contractors, as well as specialists and other internal departments within the council, to agree prices and installation deadlines. Responsible for supervising and checking the work complies with current legislation and advice from central government and other statutory bodies.
About you
As a member of a commercially driven team, you will have experience of delivering an improved return on significant housing assets whilst providing a responsive, high quality planned works technical service.
Work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve improved value for money and significant savings for the Department, you'll have exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to plan, organise, and prioritise workloads.
Additional Information
We offer a range of Company benefits. These vary according to the business area and role but may include:
- Local government average salary pension scheme
- Free parking (4 days a week) if based at the civic centre
- A 36-hour week for all full-time staff
- Generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 23 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 28 days after five years' service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 36 days
- Career breaks
- Flexible working hours
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a credit union
- Access to a wide range of training and courses
- Discount on a variety of adult education courses run by the council.
- Payment of professional fees where these are required.
- Discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon (Uxbridge), Queensmead (South Ruislip), Highgrove (Ruislip) and Botwell Green (Hayes)
- Cycle purchase scheme
- Car sharing scheme.
