Facilities Management Placement
by Transport for London
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About Transport for London
No other city is as defined by its transport system as London, with its red buses, black cabs and Tube trains recognised the world over.
We are responsible for the planning and day-to-day to operation of the capital's public transport network, including the Tube, London Overground, the DLR and buses, as well as managing London's main roads and building new infrastructure.
With around 24 million journeys made across our network daily, we do all we can to keep the city moving and make sure the network is safe, reliable and fit for the future.
It’s a big task and we’re looking for skilled, passion-driven people to join our dedicated team of 27,000 employees.
The Role
Facilities management and their technical support teams help to manage the 43 head office buildings throughout central London. As well as driving environmental performance forward, this area remains committed to maintaining and developing skills in data systems, energy conservation, environmental management, and facilities engineering.
There are two placements within our facilities operations infrastructure and operations team.
Working on all systems relating to the management of our head offices, you could find yourself
- Minimising the energy, water and waste footprints at our head offices
- Budgeting and targeting utilities performance, and assessing utilities contracts
- Completing asset improvement projects
- Assessing compliance with health and safety standards
- Supporting building managers and their daily engagement with occupants
You will be a key member of the team while learning and developing new skills, like data systems, energy conservation, environmental management, facilities engineering, and general facilities management.
Benefits
- Salary - £16,067 (pro rata'd for summer placements)
- Pension options
- Holiday - 30 days, as well as standard public holidays (pro rata'd for summer placements)
- Free travel - A free Oyster card for you, and someone you live with, to use on our entire network
If you buy annual travel tickets to travel outside our network, we'll give you 75% of it back. We can also provide an interest-free loan to buy an annual ticket which we'll then recover from your salary over a period of 10 months
Entry requirement
You must be on track for a 2:1 (or higher) degree. Although it can be in any discipline, engineering, analytical and scientific subjects are particularly welcome. You should also be between the second and third, or third and fourth year of a sandwich course, or relevant post-graduate PhD course.
Application process
There are five stages to the Year in Industry and summer placement applications:
Stage 1 - Online application
You’ll be asked to complete a short, online application to provide us with all your personal details and other information, including:
- An outline of your degree subject/level
- Any relevant modules completed
- Details of any required accreditation
Once we confirm that your degree meets the requirements for the scheme, your application will progress to the next stage.
Stage 2 – Situational Strengths test
The Situational Strengths test presents you with a series of typical scenarios you may encounter during your programme. We want to know how you would respond in these scenarios and will ask you to select from a list of multiple options. This test gives us a better idea about whether you would enjoy working with us, and have the overall strengths to be successful here.
Stage 3 - Online testing
This stage tests your numerical ability, or in the case of the engineering schemes, your inductive ability. If invited to begin the online testing stage, you should complete the test within five days. If you're successful, you'll move on to the next stage.
Stage 4 - Telephone interview
We will always send you an invite ahead of the interview date so you can prepare. Along with competency- based questions, you may be asked questions about the technical and specialist aspects of the scheme, so prepare for this. If you're successful, you'll move on to the next stage.
Stage 5 - Final stages
You will be invited to complete a competency-based interview for the final stage of the process. We will ask a series of questions to give you the chance to tell us about yourself and how well suited to the role you are. There may be other elements in this final stage which will be confirmed closer to the time.
We'll make decisions following this stage about who will be offered the position.
If you're successful you'll have to pass pre-employment checks before joining. These will include reference checks, qualifications checks, right to work in the UK and in some cases a medical and a Criminal Records Bureau check.
Closing date: The final closing date is 7th January at 23.59, however we will close schemes when we receive sufficient application numbers therefore we recommend that you apply early.
** Please be aware that you can only make one Year in Industry application per season.
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