Senior Planned Works Manager

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Senior Planned Works Manager

Permanent, Full-Time
BR14 – £50,867 – £54,584

36 hrs/week

Location – Bromley Civic Centre, Westmoreland Road, Bromley, BR1 1AS

Hybrid working (Must be in office 2 days per week minimum)

Shape the Future of Bromley.

Bromley Council is seeking a Senior Planned Works Manager to join our Strategic Property Department providing technical and managerial oversight within our Planned Maintenance team. The role will involve the delivery of key small building projects across the council’s portfolio of properties and assets.

This is an exciting time to join us as we navigate a politically complex and financially constrained environment, delivering construction projects that maximise value for money and enhance services for our community. You’ll be involved from inception to completion of the councils planned maintenance programme, including the commissioning of new surveys, feasibility studies, designs, specifications and works. Some projects will be delivered directly through your technical knowledge, with more complex schemes involving the commissioning of professional consultants to help design and deliver each scheme. As an experienced Building Surveyor with excellent knowledge of construction pathology, you will be able support the Capital Projects Team and Facilities Management teams in identifying property issues and inform the future maintenance programmes.

As a personable individual you will be confidently conversing with council stakeholdersincluding members of the public, council staff, elected members as well as professional consultants and building contractors to deliver projects on time and to budget.

What we’re looking for:

• A Building Surveyor (or similar construction professional) with comprehensive knowledge of construction related pathology and methodologies.

• Strong understanding of property and construction law, Local Authority procurement legislation, financial rules and construction contracts.

• Expertise in small works construction delivery from inception to completion.

• Personable individual capable of leading multiple stakeholders, professional designconsultants and contractors.

• Comprehensive knowledge of construction techniques and the ability to challengedesign choices and on-site building methodologies.

• Ability to design, specify, tender and manage works packages in line with local authority procurement and financial guidelines.

Why Bromley?

Join us at a pivotal moment. Help shape a forward-thinking council committed to innovation, efficiency, and delivering real value for our residents.

Applications will be assessed based on the criteria set out in the Job Description and Person Specification, which can be found here.

If you would like to speak to the Hiring Manager about the role, please contact Simon.Goodburn@bromley.gov.uk for a confidential discussion.

We are forces family friendly and are part of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (Gold Award). We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and as a disability confident committed employer we encourage applications from people with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we will consider reasonable adjustment to support disability employment.

We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work, Salary Sacrifice Lease Car, Technology Scheme, GymFlex and a wide range of local and national discounts.

Please note that we do not accept CV submissions from permanent recruitment agencies. If you are a candidate and would like to contact the Recruitment Team regarding the application process, please email Recruitment.Team@bromley.gov.uk.