Building Information Management Support

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• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Birmingham, Blackpool, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield

About the job

Job summary

For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

DWP is the UK’s largest government department, with the largest commercial estate – over 800 properties and a budget in excess of £1.4Bn.

We’re looking for a Building Information Management (BIM) Support to join our team.

Join our growing team of construction information specialists. This is a fantastic opportunity to be on the client side and to assist in maturing DWP Estates as an intelligent client working with some of the biggest names in the construction and FM industry.

You’ll be part of our Asset Information Management team, responsible for developing and assuring the requirements of our supply chain partners through a vast range of capital projects and operational FM related change.

Your team will be focused on assuring a golden thread of information which helps DWP better understand our estate and make better decisions.

The DWP Estates team manages accommodation for colleagues who support millions of daily customer interactions in Jobcentres and Health Assessment centres, centres of expertise, back office roles, and contact centres.

We manage a private sector supply chain that delivers essential estates, security and facilities services without which we cannot safely open our offices and serve our customers.

We make sure this huge and complex network operates effectively, and our team is committed to making DWP’s estate smaller, more adaptable, greener and better.

Job description

Key accountabilities

• Support the BIM Manager to provide the department with assurance on BIM documentation and data.
• Working with the BIM standards (UK BIM Framework, ISO19650 + supporting documents) to support the production of information due to a programme of change within the DWP Estate.
• Assist in the development and production of reporting structures and perform assurance checks on supply chain BIM teams’ documentation & KPI’s.
• Undertake content evaluation, in collaboration with other designers where necessary, undertaking data and assurances checks.
• Use Autodesk Revit to drive efficiencies, with a focus on retaining up to date information, ensuring it’s reliable, meets target levels and is accessible.
• Liaise with supply chain partners at key gateways to ensure that models, drawings, schedules, etc have been submitted in accordance with the BIM requirements.
• Work with other functions within the Estates Department to develop methods and processes to assist them to improve outcomes (championing the use of 3D models & BIM methodologies wherever possible).
• Act as a triage and first line of contact to help support project and internal teams with BIM related issues and queries.
• Attend project meetings if required to gain understanding of the project and learn what KPIs are required to assist the BIM/Government Soft Landings (GSL) managers.
• Additional tasks related to the role as requested by the BIM/GSL Manager.

Person specification

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Experience of working in the construction industry in the field of Design, Facilities Management, or Asset management.
• Experience of building information models, 3D modelling or working with digital records.
• An understanding and basic knowledge of information management and the information lifecycle in the construction or property industry.
• Running weekly reports and using data bases, or developing dashboards on a wide range of data.
• Stakeholder management experience.
• Knowledge of authoring software (preference for practical experience of Revit and/or AutoCAD).
• Excellent organisation and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload, with the foresight to be proactive and self-motivated.
• Enthusiasm to develop themselves and their knowledge to include Application Programming Interface (API’s) and programming.

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £37,497, Department for Work and Pensions contributes £10,862 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Matt Pepper
• Email : matt.pepper@dwp.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : dwprecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DWP by email: HR.BUSINESSASSURANCE@DWP.GOV.UK.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission. Click here to visit the Civil Service Commission.

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