Building Surveyor

Talent Dice Ltd; Blunsdon St Andrew; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy is seeking a Building Surveyor to manage capital and planned maintenance projects. The successful candidate will ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, engage with customers, and prepare detailed specifications. Suitable candidates will have significant experience in project management, a relevant HNC, and knowledge of AutoCAD. Competitive salary package offered.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in delivering capital and planned maintenance.
• Detailed knowledge of construction health and safety regulations.
• Proven commitment to engaging service users in service development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver capital and planned maintenance investment projects.
• Prepare feasibility studies and develop detailed specifications.
• Ensure expenditure is managed within the available budget.

Skills

Building pathology

Project management

Customer engagement

E-procurement

AutoCAD usage

Education

HNC in Building Studies

Accredited qualification in AutoCAD

Accredited Qualification in Health and Safety

Job description

Overview

Job Purpose: The post holder will be part of a team that delivers capital and planned maintenance projects to the Council's corporate and listed buildings. The post holder will be responsible for the preparation and brief, development of design and technical design, and administering the construction contract through to hand over and close out. The role involves engaging customers, tenants and leaseholders.

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery of the capital and planned maintenance investment projects.
• Prepare feasibility studies, develop new initiatives and concepts and produce detailed specifications, drawings and design solutions for modernisation and improvement projects within the capital investment programme, ensuring compliance with the latest planning, health and safety and building regulations requirements including obtaining all necessary permissions.
• Carry out all forms of building surveys including condition surveys, schedules of condition, dilapidation surveys, and structural surveys, including preparation of written reports; undertake routine inspections under tenancy arrangements.
• Ensure expenditure is managed within the available budget and in accordance with delegated authority and the Council's financial regulations.
• All building work is carried out in accordance with the latest Health and Safety in Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.
• Ensure performance is managed to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Prepare reliable and detailed programmes of works.
• Provide a value-for-money service that meets customer expectations.
• Deliver efficient, continually improving services responsive to customers and tenants’ changing needs.
• Ensure key performance indicator targets are met and a high-quality, customer-focused service is delivered.
• Attend meetings with tenants, leaseholders and building users as requested and provide advice as necessary.
• Supervise and provide training/induction to new staff, work placements or agency staff.
• Participate in equality and diversity training, information briefings and events as part of continuous professional development.
• Participate in continuous professional development and promote equality and diversity best practice in all areas of work.
• Ensure identified personal training needs are discussed with your line manager and appraised in accordance with the Council's development and appraisal scheme.
• Work in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999, including taking reasonable care to ensure safety for yourself and others and cooperating with the Council to enable it to comply with statutory duties for health and safety.

Knowledge & Experience

• Significant experience of delivering capital and planned maintenance.
• Experience of E-procurement via tendering or competitive bidding processes.
• Significant experience of managing budgets.
• Detailed knowledge of construction health and safety, and the duties of the 2015 Construction Design and Management (CDM).
• Experience in the use of AutoCAD for design drawings.
• Detailed knowledge of planning, listed building consent and building regulations legislation.
• Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation and good practice.
• Proven commitment to partnership working and engaging service users in service development.
• Ability to work efficiently and develop new working practices through continuous development.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Detailed knowledge of current Control of Asbestos Regulations/ Legislation.
• Building pathology – identify deterioration, diagnostic and intervention solutions.

Qualifications

• HNC in Building Studies.
• Accredited qualification in AutoCAD or an equivalent drawing package.
• Current driving licence.
• Accredited Qualification in Health and Safety.

Building Surveyor