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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability, and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain meet us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

• Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by aiding and guidance into employment.
• Increase saving for, and security in later life.
• Create a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of children.
• Deliver outstanding services to our customers and claimants.
• Deliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity.

As a Planned Preventative Maintenance your main responsibilities will be: 

• Support the Asset Strategy Manager in the development of the Asset Management Strategy for PPM alignment to the new CAFM Database.
• Define and agree the Governance structure with the Asset Strategy Manager, PPM asset manager and TFM. Including reporting, lines of communication and escalation process.
• Develop and implement, in negotiation with the new Total Facilities Management Contractor (TFM) and the incumbent DWP PPM team the PPM regime, principles and delivery methodology for the WPS contract.
• Responsible for and agreeing with the new (TFM) the definition of the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule, regime & programme for each site, ensuring the schedules are sufficient to deliver on the asset optimisation objectives, data capture and update requirements and ensure statutory compliance and maintenance intervals are always adhered to.
• Ensures that the PPMs agreed with the TFM are fully defined in accordance with the agreed standards and suitable and proportionate to the maintenance requirement and regime.
• Agree with the new TFM a regime and program of audits to ensure PPM compliance and asset register validity, identifying issues and ensuring prompt rectification measures are implemented along with a robust escalation and remedial resolution process this should include delivery improvement planning.
• Provides technical input into the development of a process of planning, linking, and updating asset data as a result of remedial actions which are raised as a result of PPM completion.
• Responsible for engaging with the TFM and implementing a rigorous review, testing and scenario planning for the new PPM programme.

You’ll have relevant experience in:

• Extensive use of CAFM systems and SFG20.
• Significant experience of working at senior level within asset management within a large commercial property portfolio.
• Extensive and detailed technical knowledge of asset management and planned preventative maintenance schedules.
• Has delivered asset management strategies and led asset management teams on large property portfolios.
• Up to date knowledge of the legislation, best practice, and industry standards in relation to providing a safe and compliant Estate.
• In depth knowledge of building asset types and their significance on legal compliance.
• Financial management in relation to assets and forward-thinking strategy.
• Commercial awareness and astuteness connected with contractual obligations and interpretation with supply chain partners.
• Ability to analyse significant amounts of data produced by computer aided facilities management systems supporting a large portfolio and identify opportunities or risk for the department.
• Strong project management skills in relation to asset management and being persuasive in identifying key areas of work required.
• Experienced of working with multiple stakeholders across a multi-site and complex estate.

• Essential

• An accredited Higher National Certificate (HNC) or Higher National Diploma (HND) in engineering or technology or equivalent.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with stewart.gilroy@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

DWP is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.