Building Surveyor

West Oxfordshire District Council; Witney; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

West Oxfordshire District Council seeks a skilled Building Surveyor for its Property and Assets team in Witney. This role involves providing expert advice, managing maintenance, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The ideal candidate will have a degree in a relevant discipline and extensive knowledge of building surveying.

Benefits

Agile working

Flexible working arrangements

27 days paid annual leave

Health cash plan

Generous pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car lease scheme

Generous sickness cover

Qualifications

• Educated to degree, HND level or equivalent in an appropriate discipline.
• Proven post qualification experience or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Building Surveying and Facilities Management.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and technical support across building design, maintenance, and compliance.
• Survey and inspect properties within the Council's portfolio.
• Manage planned and reactive maintenance, oversee building repairs.

Skills

Building Surveying

Facilities Management

Procurement Processes

Contract Management (JCT)

IT Systems

Management and Supervision

Education

Degree or HND in relevant discipline

Post qualification experience

Job description

Building Surveyor

Closing Date:03 Aug 2025

All Locations:Witney, Oxfordshire

Vacancy Type:Permanent

Salary Details:£37,334 - £42,257 per annum

Service Area:Property and Assets

West Oxfordshire District Council is looking for a skilled and motivated Building Surveyor to join our Property and Assets team.

In this key role, you will provide expert advice and technical support across all aspects of building design, maintenance, and compliance. You'll be responsible for surveying and inspecting properties within the Council's portfolio, managing planned and reactive maintenance, overseeing building repairs and renovations, and ensuring all works meet regulatory and safety standards.

Working closely with the Asset Manager, Facilities Lead, Estates Officers, and external consultants, you'll lead maintenance programming, monitor budgets, and help procure and manage contractors and consultants.

You’ll also support condition reporting and maintenance planning to ensure the Council’s investment portfolio is well maintained in line with lease obligations. The ideal candidate will be educated to degree or HND level (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, have strong knowledge of building surveying and facilities management, and be experienced in procurement processes and contract management, including JCT contracts.

You will need

• Educated to degree, HND level or equivalent in an appropriate discipline
• Proven post qualification experience or equivalent
• Knowledge of Building Surveying and Facilities Management
• Experience of procurement processes and contracts such as JCT
• Experience of working with IT systems
• Experience of managing and supervising consultants/ contractors/ developers

Special Conditions

• Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes

For more information about this role please click apply to see the Job Description/Person Specification.

What can we do for you

• Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
• Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
• 27 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays, which increases to 30 days after five years’ service and 33 days following 10 years’ continuous service
• In addition you will have an extra two volunteering days a year for you to support a charity of your choice
• Renewed again for another year there is a Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
• Generous contributory local government pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with significant tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
• Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlement

To apply for this position please click "apply" to complete an application form and supporting statement together with your CV.

Please tell us about your skills, knowledge, qualifications, experience and how they meet the criteria listed above and in the job description/person specification. It’s important that we’re a good fit for each other, so let us know what’s important to you and why you want to work for West Oxfordshire District Council.

It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities.

Accredited of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy/ies - Please state this within your covering statement or in a separate email.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults, young people and children. Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies

Safer recruitment practices are applied to all job vacancies. Successful candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment medical questionnaire; provide references; proof of identity; nationality and immigration status; three years’ employment or education history (if applicable) and, in some cases, verification of criminal record.

About Us

West Oxfordshire District Council is a forward-looking council, putting residents first and working in partnership to support our communities.

We are delivering an ambitious Council Plan for the district that is focused on important local priorities including affordable housing, climate and ecological action, helping our economy togrow and building communities.

We also provide a range of important local servicesthat make a positive impact to our district on a daily basis including planning, housing,waste and recycling collections, leisure centres, community safety and environmental health.

Joining West Oxfordshire District Council you will be helping us achieve our goals for the district and play a part in supporting our communities, our businesses and our environment.