Data and Inspections Officer - London, United Kingdom - Transport for London

Transport for London

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Organisation
- ASSET OPERATIONS

Job
- Administration

Position Type
- Full Time

£38,000

Location :
Palestra (Southwark)

Job Overview

TfL are responsible for over 2000km of carriageway, footway, bus lane and cycleway on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN), this job is your opportunity to be part of providing a safe and reliable road network for everyone in London to travel on.

The Data and Inspection Officer role is an essential part of the Asset Operations (Road, Bus and River) department making sure the day-to-day maintenance of the TLRN is based on high quality operational asset data that you feed into through the collection of consistent and accurate carriageway/footway condition information, and the timely manipulation of the data into condition reports.

You'll be expected to provide timely feedback and urgently flag any risks on the safety, condition and data quality of our assets to the benefit of the wider Asset Operations team, and the decisions we make to optimise the performance of the network assets.

You should have a knowledge and experience of UKPMS principles and activities, and be a practitioner of Detailed Visual Inspections (DVIs) to succeed in this position.

The role is site and central London office based, with more time spent on site than in the office, and there is home working available too in place of some office days.

Site work is London-wide, involves travel on public transport, and lone working.

Key Accountabilities

Responsible for the collection and collation of accurate carriageway/footway asset data in a consistent format, prioritising and distributing outputs to internal TfL stakeholders according to agreed processes
Responsible for asset inventory assurance, including system administration and contractor assurance to ensure consistency and accuracy of data
Responsible for accurate and timely entry of data into multiple Asset Management Systems, including UKPMS related software, GIS systems, Maximo etc
Support the successful handover of new and amended assets data into Asset Operations management
Identify opportunities for TfL asset improvements through collected data and general observations and liaison with internal TfL stakeholders
Support the Data & Inspection Manager in managing the contracts/relationships with key suppliers

Key Interfaces

The Data and Inspections Officer will ensure effective interfaces with customers and stakeholders including:
Asset Operations regional Operations teams and TfL Engineering team to assist in the identification of issues and focus inspections in geographic areas of interest
Internal stakeholders within TfL with particular focus on Asset Strategy, Engineering, and Commercial
External stakeholders (such as suppliers / contractors delivering maintenance or condition inspections)

Knowledge

An understanding of UKPMS principles Essential
Knowledge of data collection techniques (including DVI (Detailed Visual Inspections))
Essential
Understanding of Health & Safety in regards to operational inspection activities
Essential
An awareness of Principles and Practices of Asset inspection and management
Desirable
Knowledge of London Wide Surface Transport Network and TfL Road, Bus and River assets
Desirable

Skills

Detailed Visual Inspections (DVI)
Supervised Practitioner
Information management and reporting
Awareness
Budgeting and Cost Management Awareness
GIS systems (such as QGIS, MapInfo)
Awareness
Business document production (includes Word processing, Spreadsheets and presentations)
Supervised Practitioner

Experience

UKPMS data collecting experience
Essential
Experience of providing clear and timely communication Desirable
Experience of use, administration and management of electronic systems and databases e.g MAXIMO, XAIS or similar UKPMS related systems
Desirable
Demonstrate experience of asset inspections / data entry or similar and knowledge of the purpose / outcomes of those inspections / data updates
Essential
Experience in liaising with contractors
Desirable

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Application Process

Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV and cover letter.

PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images

Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.

Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

Final salary pension scheme
Free travel for you on the TfL network
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28day flexi ticket
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
TfL is committed to worklife balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
Private healthcare discounted s