Building Fabric Manager Candidate Information Pack
About
Key elements of the role will involve stewardship of nationally significant buildings including scheduled monuments and buildings within a UNESCO World Heritage Site; ensuring statutory, regulatory compliance and best practices are achieved and maintained; supporting the delivery of the capital investment programme; and being the technical authority in all fabric and heritage matters for the museum operations. Further core responsibilities include managing the planned prioritised maintenance (PPM) programme across the Museum’s estate, identifying projects and works including emergency repairs, reactive repairs, redecoration and small works with term and specialist contractors; ensuring value for money in achieved in all aspects of fabric and building works, contracts, and projects; and working closely with conservation department to ensure the continued maintenance and upkeep of listed buildings and scheduled ancient monuments.
Royal Museums Greenwich are seeking a Building Fabric Manager to join their Estates & Facilities Management team.
Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts people at the core of its success. Reporting to the Senior Estates Manager, the postholder is responsible for maintaining and improving the efficient running of all sites and multiple buildings across the Royal Museums Greenwich Estate.
Job Description
1. Job purpose: As a lead member of the Hard Services team: • Stewardship of nationally significant buildings including schedule monuments and buildings within a UNESCO World Heritage Site. • Maintain and improve the efficient running of all 5 sites and multiple buildings across the Royal Museums Greenwich Estate. • To ensure statutory, regulatory compliance and best practices are achieved and maintained. • To be the technical authority in all fabric and heritage matters for the museum operations. • To support the delivery of the capital investment programme.
Project Delivery • Manage the delivery of multiple capital improvement projects on all sites relating to Building Fabric and other built environment disciplines, including major infrastructure projects to the value of up to £1 million, in line with the museums procurement policy, H&S policy, sustainability policy and operational needs. Including project and design management from inception to hand-over. • Advise and support colleagues and external professionals; consultants, architects, project managers, caterers etc. on special projects ensuring the RMG’s interests are met and to provide technical advice and information as required. 3. Other responsibilities: • Sustainability – ensure their ways of working meet the museums values around sustainability. • Health and Safety – observe all Health and Safety rules and procedures as laid down and attend all relevant training as required. • Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) – build a departmental culture which values and promotes a positive attitude to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. • Carry out any other duties when required.
• Achieve and maintain all statutory regulations, health and safety requirements and museum policies within the built environment including fixed ladder inspections, fire door inspections, lightning protection, mansafe systems, asbestos management including the audit and access of relevant statutory documentation in accordance with the Museum’s information records procedure. Recommend improvements where required. • Identify building fabric, plumbing and drainage related risks across the estate and manage risks in line with business continuity plans and policies. • Work in partnership with all Estates &
Facilities Management workstreams including term contractors to ensure a
seamless delivery of services to the estate. • Collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders as a subject expert, providing advice and consultation on matters relating to building fabric maintenance and other building related matters including exhibition builds and maintenance, building conservation and event builds. • Work closely with conservation department to ensure the continued maintenance and upkeep of listed buildings and scheduled ancient monuments. • Support procurement of building fabric works and service contracts in line with Government Procurement Agreement. • To comply with Permit to Work procedures which involve the verification of Risk Assessments and Method Statements. • Support in the development of budgets for both project works and maintenance activities. • To manage relevant budgets on a day-to- day basis.
2. Key responsibilities: • Client Service Manager for the term
maintenance contract undertaking building fabric and plumbing, ensuring value for money and delivery of building maintenance services. • Establish and manage auditing regime including the inspection of completed works, managing contract SLA’s & KPI and reporting on contract performance. • Ensuring value for money in achieved in all aspects of fabric and building works, contracts, and projects. • Manage the planned prioritised maintenance (PPM) programme across the Museum’s estate, identifying projects and works including emergency repairs, reactive repairs, redecoration and small works with term and specialist contractors. • Manage and oversee works and projects relating to hard landscaping, coordinate maintenance activities with grounds management or building fabric contractor.
Person Specification
Essential criteria: • Experience in construction or building maintenance at a management level. • In-depth knowledge of building fabric maintenance practices, including inspection, repair, refurbishment techniques and reading construction drawings & O&M’s. • Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail. • Interest in and firm knowledge of the built environment, including building regulations. • Experience of managing maintenance, repairs, and fabric cleaning to Grade I /II listed buildings.
• Proven project management experience. • Competent at MS office and CAFM systems.
• This position requires an enthusiastic and energetic person able to work under pressure, meet deadlines, communicate with internal and external stakeholders, and actively contribute to the Estates Management team’s work. Desirable criteria: • Relevant qualification in Facilities Management. • Building fabric/multi trade background. • City & Guilds Level 3 or BTECH in Carpentry or other building construction or fabric related discipline • Experience of managing maintenance, repairs on Scheduled Ancient Monuments. • Experience in using AutoCAD. • Experience in drafting and managing NEC4 or JCT contracts. • Be prepared to be flexible in meeting the demands of the role, as the role may involve some evening and occasional weekend work
Who we are and what we do
At Royal Museums Greenwich we want to foster a spirit of inclusive and collaborative working, valuing expertise, diversity and innovation. We are a collection of diverse sites with unique identities, overlapping interests and a common purpose. We are explorers of time, space, place and belonging. Our collections and subjects are about investigating worlds, crossing boundaries, bridging cultures, and creating connections. We are a place to explore the very essence of what makes us human. Our collections reach across continents, cultural divides, tumultuous seas and cosmic voids. Through our institution, we have a uniquely interdisciplinary potential – art, history and science – which we can tackle separately and in dialogue with each other. Our subjects are local, global and universal – they help us to pose big questions about the universe we live in, the planet we live on and its people. Royal Museums Greenwich has a social purpose at its heart – to serve our communities and stakeholders in line with our function as museums and heritage sites. We want to be a progressive national museum – brave and bold, relevant, inclusive, collaborative, proactive, ethical, informed and expert. We will listen and learn, evaluate and consult, working together to be a place by and for our audiences. We will strive to tell histories more fully, recognising different perspectives and working with stakeholders to be honest about the past, giving an equality of voice and recognising intersecting identities. We will support skills development, critical thinking, knowledge and understanding. Our primary aim will be to be relevant and meaningful, both reaching out and inviting people in, welcoming all and supporting their wellbeing.
Benefits at Royal Museums Greenwich RMG has a number of benefits to ensure our staff are supported, alongside the perks of great colleagues and an outstanding working environment, in a UNESCO world heritage site.
Financial • Group Personal Pension scheme with minimum Employer pension contribution of 8.5%, with employee contribution of 1.5% (also available is an employer contribution of 1 0%, with employee contribution of 3%) • Free Life Assurance Scheme covering you for 6 times your annual salary • Interest free season ticket and bike loans • Gym membership loan • Learning loan
Exhibitions at RMG • Unlimited free tickets to special exhibitions, paid sites and planetarium shows • NMDC Reciprocal Agreement for free admissions to other Museums and Galleries1 paid exhibitions • Staff are invited to attend functions from gallery openings to specialist lectures
Wellbeing and development • Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave • Training opportunities and continuous performance management reviews to support personal and career development • Employee Assistance Programme • Subsidised activities such as massages and yoga • Dedicated Wellbeing Champions • Flexible/hybrid working
• Cycle to Work scheme • 30% discount in our cafes and shops • Staff Awards scheme • The Charity for Civil Servants • VDU Eye care e-Vouchers • Seasonal flu jabs • Access to health cash plan and Benenden Health • Access to a local credit union
Apply
To arrange a briefing discussion please contact our advisor at MRG:
Matt Giles 07530 680 159 matthew.giles@mrgglobal.com
Applications should consist of a CV and should be sent to: matthew.giles@mrgglobal.com
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