Durham University - Head of Asset Maintenance

The Role

Role responsibilities:

• Manage and audit safety and security processes, certification and specifications for maintenance programmes and infrastructure projects. • Provide specialist guidance and advice with the implementation of a schedule and process for managing risk. • Develop, implement and monitor service level agreements, key performance indicators and benchmark against other institutions and organisations, to enable continuous improvement of the Building Surveying team.

• Delegated authority and responsibility to make decisions about the quality, level and nature of building surveying, and reactive and planned preventative maintenance services to meet operational and strategic business objectives, statutory and health and safety compliance, recognised industry standards and manufacturers’ requirements. • Provide leadership with stakeholder consultation and engagement in order to develop a full understanding of short-term and long-term needs across areas of service delivery. • Accountable for operational planning, management of service resources and budgets, including external contract management, to meet operational and strategic priorities; ensuring value for money. • Foster and develop professional internal/external relations, communications, contacts and networks that will underpin the exchange of knowledge and ideas and add value to the delivery of capital infrastructure projects. • Act as a specialist consultant to problem solve and shape and design the establishment of one-off or a series of infrastructure activities, ensuring an appropriate interface between building surveying and other estates functions.

• Any other reasonable duties.

Specific Role requirements

• The post-holder is required to manage, and if required participate in, the provision of an out-of- hours management on-call rota.

• The post-holder may be required to work evenings and weekends, as business needs.

• Attend all training and development, as required.

• Ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities and maintaining records, as required.

• Lead, manage and develop the University’s asset management information, including condition reporting and lifecycle replacement, to inform future strategic planning and budgeting. • Contribute expertise with the design, delivery, analysis and documentation of recognised award and reputation generating projects.

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