Project Officer (Planned Maintenance)

Lincoln; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous annual leave

Employee discount scheme

Health and Wellbeing support

Sustainable Travel Options

Free on-site parking

Job summary

The City of Lincoln Council is seeking a Project Officer to join the Investment Team at Hamilton House. You will manage and monitor contracts for planned maintenance across the housing stock, including roofs, kitchens, bathrooms, doors, windows and related refurbishment works.

You will prepare short-term and 30-year maintenance programmes, monitor on-site works, issue orders, conduct pre/post-inspections and ensure health and safety compliance using proprietary systems and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing refurbishment works and preparing maintenance specifications.
• Strong customer care and communication skills.
• Ability to produce planned maintenance programmes and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the 5-year Housing Asset Management Strategy.
• Identify properties and scope of works for planned programmes.
• Procurement of services/contracts with health and safety compliance.
• Engage with tenants, consultants, contractors and the public.
• Maintain stock condition data and monitor on-site works.

Skills

Construction knowledge

Contract management

Data analysis

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job reference R0002139 Date posted 29/09/2026 Application closing date 13/10/2026 Location Lincoln Salary Career Grade: S6 - SO1 (£33,327 - £37,833) Package Fixed Term for 12 Months Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Housing, Maintenance Attachments JDPS - Project Officer (Planned Maintenance).docx Information for Applicants 2026.docx

Project Officer: Planned Maintenance (Fixed Term)

The City of Lincoln Council has an exciting opportunity for a Project Officer to join the Investment Team based at Hamilton House.

The successful candidate’s duties will involve managing and monitoring contracts to deliver planned maintenance works across the Council’s housing stock. Such works include replacement roofs, kitchens, bathrooms, doors and windows, pre-paint joinery repair, external decoration programmes, environmental works and energy efficiency works.

In particular, you will need to have excellent knowledge and experience of building construction methods and direct management of refurbishment works. In addition, you should possess excellent customer care and communication skills along with the ability to produce planned maintenance specifications.

The successful applicant will be responsible for preparing planned maintenance programmes of work both in short-term annual work and 30-year programmes of work.

Other duties include on-site monitoring of works, issuing works orders and any on site variations, being responsible for pre and post-inspection of works and on-site health and safety monitoring.

Proficient use of computerised systems is essential, including data analysis and using both proprietary systems and Microsoft Office.

Key responsibilities:

• Be responsible for delivery of the 5-year Housing Asset Management Strategy.
• Be responsible for the identification of properties to be included in works programmes, determine the scope of works to be undertaken and monitor the quality of works delivered on site.
• Procurement of services / contracts as necessary, ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety requirements and contract management.
• Engagement / consultation with tenants, consultants, contractors and the general public throughout the whole process.
• Collection and maintenance of stock condition data.

Benefits we offer:

• Flexible working options / Flexi time scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays.
• Employee online discount scheme (including cinema, retail / supermarkets and homeware / tech).
• Health and Wellbeing support.
• Sustainable Travel Options (Tax free bike scheme and discounted City parking).
• Free on-site parking at Hamilton House.

All external candidates are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and a 6-month probationary period.

Please be aware that the City of Lincoln Council does not hold a UKVI sponsor licence and is therefore unable to sponsor work visas. If you think you may require a visa to work in the UK, please refer to UK Visas & Immigration before applying as you may be eligible to work in the UK via an alternative visa route.

As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the vacancy.