DFG Officer in Lichfield, Staffordshire

West Midlands DFG Technical Officer - Contract Opportunity

🏡 DFG Technical Officer / Adaptations Technical Officer

📍 West Midlands - Site Based

💰 Competitive Daily Rate

📅 Contract Position

We are currently recruiting for an experienced DFG Technical Officer to support a busy Disabled Facilities Grant and Adaptations Service within a well-established local authority in the West Midlands.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technical professional with a strong background in housing adaptations and DFG delivery to manage projects that make a genuine difference to residents' lives.

Key Responsibilities

✅ Produce adaptation designs and specifications using CAD, including:

• Level Access Showers
• Access Ramps
• Door Widening Schemes
• Complex Major Adaptations

✅ Manage projects from initial survey through to practical completion.

✅ Liaise with Occupational Therapists, residents, contractors, and key stakeholders.

✅ Undertake contract administration, project monitoring, and quality assurance.

✅ Support procurement, tendering exercises, and contractor management activities.

✅ Manage a high-volume caseload whilst maintaining compliance, quality, and customer satisfaction.

✅ Prepare cost estimates and work with Schedules of Rates to ensure value for money.

Essential Requirements

✔ Previous experience delivering Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) and housing adaptations.

✔ Strong understanding of adaptation design and project delivery.

✔ Experience using CAD software.

✔ Ability to manage multiple live projects simultaneously.

✔ Knowledge of adaptation costing and Schedules of Rates.

✔ Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

✔ Enhanced DBS clearance (or willingness to obtain).

Desirable Experience

⭐ Contract Administration

⭐ Project Management

⭐ Local Authority Housing Services

⭐ Procurement and Tendering Processes

If you feel that this role would be a suitable fit for you, feel free to give me a call, for a confidential chat, or drop me an email