Technical Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Citizen

Citizen
Citizen
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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We are brave, we are ambitious, we are honest, and we are Citizen
This is a great opportunity for you to join one of the UK's most trusted social housing providers.


You will be joining us at an exciting time as we have just been awarded grant funding to retrofit over 2,200 properties over the next two years.


As Technical Officer you will be responsible for helping to deliver this programme and playing an important role in our EPC Band C and Zero Carbon journey.

If this sounds like you, you'll feel right at home at Citizen.

As well as a generous benefits package, we enable all Citizens to achieve the best possible balance between work and personal life and provide opportunities for everyone to reach their full potential.


In housing you can make a real difference, the role of Technical Officer will involve:

  • Supporting the Decarbonisation Project Manager manage a technical team to deliver retrofit projects efficiently, demonstrating consistently high levels of performance including maximising value for money and customer satisfaction
  • Leading design team meetings with the Retrofit Assessors, Retrofit Coordinators and Retrofit Designers, System Designers, and contractors design teams. Liaising with Planners and Building Control to ensure that full certification is provided for completed projects. Undertaking site visits to agree all design solutions and specifications of works required to meet the project brief
  • Compiling / reviewing fully detailed specifications, schedule of property works and full contract documents in compliance with relevant building regulations, legislation and the Groups Policies and Procedures. Ensuring properties are fully completed and lodged on Trustmark in line with PAS 2030 and PAS 203
  • Preparing and scrutinising tenders, undertaking thorough tender analysis and producing tender reports ready for approval of works
  • Monitoring and maintaining budgetary control throughout the contract ensuring a continually review and scrutiny of costs and compliance to specification. Provide regular financial reports on individual projects to update cash flow expectations, variations and anticipated outturns

As Technical Officer we need you to have:

  • Experience delivering retrofit projects in particular External Wall Insulation Contracts
  • Experience of procurement and delivery of major works programmes including contract management and budgetary control
  • Experience of project management including effective stakeholder consultation and monitoring of customer satisfaction.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the legislative frameworks applicable to the building/construction and social housing sectors for example PAS 2030 and PAS 2035

Our people are everything and we offer:

  • Opportunities for salary progression, which is directly linked to performance reviews
- 'Live work better' scheme which actively encourages work-life balance

  • Annual leave starts at 25 days per year, increasing with length of service
  • Enhanced family leave


  • Company Pension

  • Citizen match up to 10%
  • If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)
  • Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
  • EAP a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling
  • Medicash scheme which includes GP Access, digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more
  • Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
  • Recognition through our Employee Excellence Awards
  • Representation opportunities on our Staff Consultative Forum
  • Access to Citizen's Wellbeing platform
  • Employee Excellence Awards (winners receive extra days annual leave that year)
  • Occupational Health
  • We believe everyone has something to give and encourage everyone to be the best they can be to reach their full potential with extensive learning and development opportunities and Study Leave


We adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing our services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect.

As part of our recruitment process, we carry out robust safeguarding checks.


Closing date:
Monday 24th April 2023
**Interview date: Friday 5th May 2023
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