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, and also 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. You will identify planned maintenance requirements through inspections and data analysis, and 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. This includes leading on regular contract meetings independently and 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 strict core hours, agile working arrangements which enables multi-site and home working, generous leave entitlement, a full week off at Christmas, Local Authority Pension Scheme and 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 by viewing the full job description and person specification below together with the Career Grade document which details the banding structure of the role. 

The post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Check (DBS).
 
We guarantee an interview to anyone who is a reservist, veteran or has a disability and meets the criteria for the role 
 
If you would like an informal chat, please do not to hesitate to get in touch with: 

Jack Beddall – Senior Planned Maintenance Surveyor

Telephone: 01664  502 429
Email: jbeddall@melton.gov.uk

Closes: 12 Noon, Monday  3 March 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed, expected to be 14 March 2025, in person at the Council offices