Planned Maintenance Officer

Purpose of the job 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, forward thinking and enthusiastic individual to join the Melton Borough Council Housing Assets Team as the Planned Maintenance Officer.

This role reports directly to the Senior Planned Maintenance Surveyor and will be part of our dynamic Housing Assets Team.

The role forms part of the Planned Maintenance Team to deliver a tenant focussed planned maintenance service.  This includes the delivery of our capital programme and cyclical maintenance programme. There must be a strong culture of adherence to general health and safety requirements, and in particular around fire, water, gas, electric, damp/mould, asbestos management and CDM (Construction Design Management Regulations).

In this role and across our housing services, no two days are the same! The team has implemented major changes over the last few years, including software updates, process reviews and contract amendments. We need someone to continue that work to improve the service that we offer to our tenants. As a landlord, we take our commitments to our residents seriously and we are focussed on continuing to strengthen and improve what we do, and how we do it.

About You 

We are looking for someone with

• asset maintenance experience,
• contract management and procurement,
• with project management experience.

You must be:

• well organised,
• can deliver on time and within budget,
• able to understand the relationship between high quality asset management and supporting residents who live in those properties.

The successful candidate will be:

• driven and motivated with a focus on improving services.
• able to identify planned maintenance requirements through inspections and data analysis,
• able to create and propose planned maintenance programmes.

You will have experience of:

• working in a planned maintenance team,
• evidencing management of programmes of work and individual projects from inception through to completion of the works.
• leading on regular contract meetings independently
• managing expenditure in line with the set budgets.

A thorough working knowledge of Housing Management Systems and the Microsoft Office Suite of applications is key. You will have an excellent working knowledge of excel and databases and be able to produce detailed reports as well as be able to maintain and update electronic information systems in accordance with data protection regulations.

About Us 

At Melton Borough Council we invest in the right people for our business, so this opportunity is also be offered as a career graded opportunity. If you have the transferable skills, the right attitude for the role and are keen to develop then we can support you working towards a relevant construction qualification equivalent to HNC or higher.

At Melton Borough Council we are continually looking at how we can improve our service and processes and want someone to help us to deliver it!

Working for Melton Borough Council provides an excellent range of benefits and family friendly working policies. These include:

• flexi-time with no core hours in line with service needs
• agile working arrangements which enables multi-site and home working in line with service need,
• generous leave entitlement
• a full week off at Christmas
• Local Authority Pension Scheme
• a clear commitment to your continued professional development.

We look forward to hearing from you if you are looking for the chance to work for a forward thinking council and make a real difference to the people of Melton and surrounding area

You can find out more about this role and how to apply on our website`s job vacancy page Vacancies – Melton Borough Council    where CVs can be uploaded as part of the application process.  This is also where you can find out about our guarantee interview scheme for anyone who is a reservist, veteran, or has a disability and meets the criteria for the role.

The post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Check (DBS).

Closes: 12 Noon, Monday 3 March 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed, expected to be 14 March 2025, in person at the Council offices