Building Information Modelling (BIM) Manager and Government Soft Landings (GSL) Manager

From the design and development of policies to the delivery of services supporting work, welfare, pensions and child maintenance, DWP is the Government’s largest department.

People are at the very heart of what we do. We ensure disabled people can live more independent lives; help tackle poverty and homelessness; provide a financial foundation for a secure old age; and support families ensuring children can fulfil their potential.

DWP has the largest commercial estate in government and our team is committed to being smaller, greener and better – helping people to work, grow and thrive. Our estate provides accommodation for colleagues who support millions of daily customer interactions in Jobcentres and Health Assessment centres, back of house offices delivering frontline services and hub sites housing expert functions such as Policy, Finance, Digital and HR.

The DWP Estates function ensures the smooth and efficient operation of this network on a day-to-day basis. We manage a private sector supply chain that delivers essential services such as security guarding, maintenance, property and leasehold, construction, cleaning and facilities management. Many of these services are business critical and we cannot safely open our offices without them.

Our ambitions are to:

• Transition to a smaller, more affordable, and adaptable estate
• Invest in improving DWP’s buildings and infrastructure, conducted mainly through an extensive programme of planned replacement works
• Meet our agreed Government Greening Commitments - creating a culture where sustainability is embedded
• Expertly deliver cost effective services
• Create a professional working culture that is best in class across the Government Property world.

There is no better time to join us as we transform our estate and make our buildings fit for the future.

Asset Management are looking to develop an Asset Information team to help develop a collaborative approach across internal towers and supply chain partners. You will be responsible for assuring the information developed through projects delivery lifecycle and Facilities Management reactive and planned works. You will be focused on generating the golden thread of information to help the department understand our estate and make better decisions in delivering our ambitions.

You will help in implementing an assurance process that will help keep structured project information validated for use by asset management colleagues with a focus on data management. You will need to be adaptive and pro-active in your approach to document/data control, with scope for wider responsibilities in supporting the BIM and Soft Landing processes.

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

Government Property Profession Career Framework (Link)

This role sits within the following:

• Job Family – Strategic Asset Management
• Core Role – Property Data Management
• Level – Practitioner

Role 1

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Manager

• Work with the Soft Landings Manager on a strategic roadmap for Asset Management activities addressing the full lifecycle of facility assets, ensuring a seamless end to end process across the entire team.
• Advanced understanding of BIM standards (UK BIM Framework, ISO19650 + supporting documents) with the requirement to prepare and implement BIM Execution Plans, strategies, protocols, and processes at a project level, whilst developing and delivery of core documentation e.g., EIR’s, BEP’s, RACI, MIDP etc.
• Responsible for the Project Common Data Environment BIM assurance, liaise with and distribute project related information with all levels of the project team and external parties, facilitating collaborative work, time, and cost effectiveness of the chosen CDE system, along with model sharing between parties, ensuring setup of complex project models, including team briefings and inductions to complement workflows.
• Assist the Project Team Members to establish Information Exchange processes, including the definition and agreement of procedures for convening, chairing, attendance and responsibility for recording “Information Exchange process meetings".
• Consult and liaise with other suppliers on the Project Team to ensure that the Services provided by the Supplier are fully coordinated with the services provided by those suppliers and in accordance with the Schedule of Services for each, the Project Roles Table, the Design Responsibility Matrix and the Technology Strategy.
• Attend and contribute to workshops and exercises with other suppliers to carry out value engineering, value management, environmental performance improvement initiatives and risk management. Contribute to recommendations for DWP approval based on the results of these exercises to deliver the best overall value for money.
• Undertake complex content evaluation, including carrying out clash detection and more general model health checks, whilst supporting project teams (internal & external) with advice, troubleshooting, identify and help resolve issues that impact scope, programme, quality, or other commercial matters, and lead on BIM change management processes.
• You will be enthusiastic about the potential of BIM and influencing asset management and be able to champion its benefits across the department, whilst progressing efficiencies, standards, through use of BIM within the Department. Responsible for the analysing of assurance KPI’s via the Departments PACE system, feeding back findings/trends, providing suggested solutions to improve the BIM process and associated documentation.
• Work closely with the supply chain and all stakeholders to foster a partnering culture. The culture will embody the principles of mutual trust and co-operation with an overall aim of delivering a successful project to the Project Brief, Project Budget and the Project Programme.
• Engage with procurement of services and systems, utilising your experience to again as close to best practise to budgetary limitations.
• Assist DWP’s commercial teams with all activities in connection with workstreams which are under your management and are provided by an external supply chain member.
• Undertake the role of the departments BIM Information Manager under RM3741High level of competency in using BIM software through daily interaction and formal training, including excellent Revit and Navisworks skills, with developer knowledge of Dynamo, or related AutoDesk functionality and capabilities.

Role 2

Government Soft Landings (GSL) Manager

• Work with the BIM Manager on a strategic roadmap for Asset Management activities addressing the full lifecycle of facility assets, ensuring a seamless end to end process across the entire team.
• Asset in the development and upkeep of the departments strategic plan and commitment to a Government Soft Lands approach to Projects and refurbishments undertaken across our Estate.
• Continuous improvement of the information held on the departments built assets, assisting in the development of a self-service of validated and assured information. This whole life view is necessary to deliver a ‘golden thread’ of information that is accurate, complete, consistent, and accessible.
• Undertake the activities/responsibilities of the Owner and/or GSL Champion in accordance with BS8536-1, and ensuring other roles and activity/responsibility owners are identified and contribute the intended way to the project (undertaking upskilling where necessary)
• Understanding of project methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2) and how a Soft Landings approach can support the handover process from Projects to Facilities Management/Asset Management, whilst ensuring the effective implementation of Building Information Modelling by the inclusion of FM professionals.
• Managing the departments chosen digital records and systems to ensure that the validity and accurateness of the data held is validated and current, improving processes, introducing new ways of working, and improving data quality at every stage of data lifecycle.
• Assisting in the delivery of validated and assured data to others for decision making.
• Utilising data and information to provide insights in to a variety of aspects regarding data held on the built estate.
• Liaising with Sustainability colleagues to ensure environmental performance targets are delivered or deviation understood/notarised in the handover documentation.
• Development, upkeep, and delivery of assessment documentation related to BS 8536 regarding performance outcomes (focused on Environmental, Social, Security, Economic). This should be encompassed by a holistic approach to Post Occupancy Evaluations on changes within the DWP Estate.