Handyman jobs in Waddington

The City of Lincoln Council has an exciting opportunity for a Project Officer to join the Investment Team based at Hamilton House.

The successful candidate’s duties will involve managing and monitoring contracts to deliver planned maintenance works across the Council’s housing stock. Such works include replacement roofs, kitchens, bathrooms, doors and windows, pre-paint joinery repair, external decoration programmes, environmental works and energy efficiency works.

In particular, you will need to have excellent knowledge and experience of building construction methods and direct management of refurbishment works. In addition, you should possess excellent customer care and communication skills along with the ability to produce planned maintenance specifications.

The successful applicant will be responsible for preparing planned maintenance programmes of work both in short-term annual work and 30-year programmes of work.

Other duties include on-site monitoring of works, issuing works orders and any on site variations, being responsible for pre and post-inspection of works and on-site health and safety monitoring.

Proficient use of computerised systems is essential, including data analysis and using both proprietary systems and Microsoft Office.

If you feel you have the skills, experience and drive required, we look forward to receiving your application.

Key responsibilities:

• Be responsible for delivery of the 5-year Housing Asset Management Strategy.
• Be responsible for the identification of properties to be included in works programmes, determine the scope of works to be undertaken and monitor the quality of works delivered on site.
• Procurement of services / contracts as necessary, ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety requirements and contract management.
• Engagement / consultation with tenants, consultants, contractors and the general public throughout the whole process.
• Collection and maintenance of stock condition data.

Benefits we offer:

• Flexible working options / Flexi time scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays.
• Local government pension scheme.
• Employee online discount scheme (including cinema, retail / supermarkets and homeware / tech).
• Health and Wellbeing support.
• Sustainable Travel Options (Tax free bike scheme and discounted City parking).
• Free on-site parking at Hamilton House.

In order to complete your application, please visit our website. You will find the essential criteria required for the role in the person specification section of the job description, so please ensure you address this in your supporting statement.

All external candidates are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and a 6-month probationary period.

Please be aware that the City of Lincoln Council does not hold a UKVI sponsor licence and is therefore unable to sponsor work visas. If you think you may require a visa to work in the UK, please refer to UK Visas & Immigration before applying as you may be eligible to work in the UK via an alternative visa route.

As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking