PMST Authorising Engineer

House of Commons

The House of Commons a unique and exciting place to work right at the heart of the UK's thriving democratic system.

Behind the scenes, the House of Commons Service is made up of more than 3,000 employees who support and facilitate the smooth day to day running of the House. They provide professional services to Members of Parliament, their staff, and the wider parliamentary community.

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:

• 30 days' annual leave (increasing to 35 days after first full leave year).
• Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Access to training and development.
• Flexible working.
• Interest free season ticket loan and bicycle loan.

Introduction

The Parliamentary Maintenance Services Team (PMST) is a team of approximately 250 directly employed House staff and contractors. This team maintains the Parliamentary Estate (Commons & Lords) buildings, engineering systems and furnishings in order to ensure a fully functioning, safe working environment for the many thousands of people for who work in and visit Parliament and ensure the buildings are equipped for the demands of the 21st century.

PMST enable the key functions of Parliament to take place, working directly with other teams to support the important work of both Houses, including Security; Digital; Safety; Catering; Service Delivery and Strategic Estates.

The Role

You will be responsible for ensuring that all compliance and high-risk activities are carried out in accordance with statutory and corporate regulations and staff are suitably trained and assessed to carry out their duties.

Acting as a lead subject matter expert, to ensure overall successful delivery of technical and operational compliance across Parliamentary Maintenance Services, by supporting accountable managers and ensuring that activities are compliant with statutory and corporate standards. Delivery of key responsibilities will best enable the Parliamentary Services Team to operate safely and effectively, ultimately ensuring the House is able to continue to function.

Some of the responsibilities for this role include:

• To ensure compliance with legal obligations, engineering standards, contractual obligations and best practice across all PMST activities.
• To provide assurance for all activities undertaken requiring Permit to Works (PTW) by PMST and PMST sub contracted staff by ensuring suitably trained, assessed and appointed persons are in place to review Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RA/MS).
• To lead and review and develop current PTW practices and disciplines making recommendations for improvements and a plan for implementation.
• To lead on review and develop Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) and a plan for implementation.

Skills and Experience

• A minimum of 6 to 10 years' experience in a relevant environment and be a Chartered, or leading to Chartered status, with proven experience of working in the design construction and operation of engineering services in building or similar built environments and have operational experience as an active Authorising Authority in a technical discipline.
• An appropriate engineering discipline for example Chartered Mechanical Engineer, Chartered Electrical Engineer or Chartered Building Services Engineer

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:

• Significant knowledge and experience of assessment and management of statutory compliance requirements within the built environment.
• Significant knowledge of safety rules and regulations to ensure a safe place to work, including but not limited to JSP375, and good working knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation relating to PMST activities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate clearly and build effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
• Demonstrable experience of leading and driving process and other improvements, collecting and responding to feedback, innovating and delivering measurable results.
• Effective team leader, mentor and line manager, an advocate for diversity and inclusion, able to set effective team and individual objectives and monitor and manage progress against these.

Next Steps and Additional Information

• CV & Supporting Statement - If you would like to apply for this role, please submit your CV and supporting statement with a 500-word limit.

More information on the role and the full criteria can be found in the Job Description.

Please note that most job offers will be made at the minimum of the salary range, other than in exceptional circumstances.

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