Asset & Systems Manager

Interview date: To be confirmed

Directorate

Supporting the University’s core operations and ensuring students, visitors and staff are kept safe, secure and comfortable, the Estates Services team are responsible for our grounds, buildings and services.

What you will be doing:

Central to the approach to effective maintenance and the delivery of building and services compliance, the Asset & Systems Manager will build and maintain the dataset for the wider team. Ensuring there is a single source of truth (SSOT) for decision making, you will work collaboratively with the wider Estates & Facilities team, and across the sector to support operational activity and to inform change programmes.

You’ll be the ‘Superuser’ for Estates IT systems, liaising with suppliers, integrators and the University’s IT team, you’ll lead the implementation, operation and development of our systems. You’ll also provide coaching and training, driving technology-led change to ensure your colleagues use hand-held devices, systems and cloud-based services effectively and to their full potential.

Qualifications/ experience:

• A NVQ level 4 qualification in a relevant subject area (Facilities Management, Maintenance, Engineering, IT systems, Quantity Surveying, Contract Management, etc) or relevant professional experience in one of these disciplines.
• Training and/or qualifications relating to Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems, Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) or an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system such as Planon, ServiceNow, Maximo, SAP or similar.
• Significant experience of using Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) systems (or similar database systems) and Microsoft Office packages, such as Excel and Power BI to manage asset data for large, complex estates across multiple buildings/locations.
• Significant experience of building fabric and building services asset management, with recent experience of supporting a FM/Maintenance service provider (or large in-house team) to utilise the dataset for management of planned and reactive maintenance.

Celebrating diversity – The University of Bradford 

As an equal opportunities employer, we value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. All appointments will be made on merit.

At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you

In return we offer:

• 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).Find information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.

Additional information:

If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Craig Hirst, Head of Maintenance 01274 232261 c.s.hirst@bradford.ac.uk

Working Model: Campus based with some working from home.

Confronting Inequality: Celebrating Diversity

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In line with the University’s commitment to equality charters including Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Disability Confident and Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme, we welcome applications from people identifying with these characteristics. The University has a number of staff networks which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.

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