Technical and Surveying Specialist

Newcastle City Council; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous leave

Flexible working

Pension schemes

Wellbeing programme

Learning & development

Job summary

Newcastle City Council is seeking a Technical and Surveying Specialist within Estate Management to lead electrical compliance across its estate, including operational buildings, parks, and commercial properties. You will oversee the 5-year EICR programme, track remedial actions, and provide professional challenge and quality assurance of contractor reports.

Your role will support tenant compliance in commercial leases, maintain accurate compliance data, and improve reporting through Civica or

Qualifications

• Experience of electrical compliance across complex property portfolios.
• Managing EICR programmes and evidencing remedial actions.
• Contractor coordination with surveyors and building managers.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the 5-year EICR programme.
• Track and escalate remedial actions and investigations.
• Quality assurance of contractor reports and completed works.
• Support tenant compliance and commercial leases where council responsibility sits.
• Maintain compliance data and improve reporting systems.

Skills

Electrical compliance

Estate management

EICR programme

Contractor liaison

Job description

Newcastle City Council is looking to appoint a Technical and Surveying Specialist within Estate Management, with a clear focus on electrical compliance, statutory assurance and oversight of the 5-year Electrical Installation Condition Report programme. The post will provide specialist client-side electrical expertise to help manage compliance across the Council's estate, including operational buildings, commercial property, parks buildings and assets where Newcastle City Council holds statutory responsibility. The role will support effective estate management by strengthening programme control, contractor challenge, remedial action tracking, quality assurance and reporting to senior managers on electrical compliance risks. The successful candidate will lead or support key estate management and electrical compliance tasks, including:

• Oversight of the 5-year Electrical Installation Condition Report programme.
• Tracking, validating and escalating electrical remedial actions, including C1, C2 and further investigation items.
• Providing technical challenge and quality assurance of contractor inspection reports, certification and completed works.
• Supporting commercial lease transitions and tenant compliance assurance where statutory responsibilities sit with Newcastle City Council.
• Maintaining accurate compliance data and improving reporting through Civica or future compliance systems.
• Providing professional electrical advice to support safe, compliant and value-for-money management of the Council's estate.

What we are looking for

We are looking for people with experience of electrical compliance, estate management and client-side technical assurance, including:

• Electrical compliance across complex operational and commercial property portfolios.
• Managing EICR programmes, interpreting inspection outcomes and ensuring remedial actions are completed and evidenced.
• Working with contractors, surveyors, designers, estates colleagues and building managers to resolve compliance risks.
• Using compliance data to support reporting, escalation, prioritisation and assurance to senior management.
• Operating in a customer-focused and commercially aware estate management environment.
• Maintaining professional competence and applying relevant health and safety and electrical safety requirements.
  Newcastle is an ambitious City; it always has been. It's an iconic City with a rich heritage but one that also shapes the future of the region.

Here at Newcastle City Council, we have a real passion to improve the lives of residents and visitors in the city through the wide variety of essential public services we deliver and the relationships we influence. From our city leaders to every member of our team, we're all committed to making Newcastle a city that is vibrant and thriving. Our values Everyone who works within one of our valuable public services makes an important contribution to delivering our vision and priorities of the city. How we do things is as important as what we do. In everything we do we strive to embed and live the Council's values Proud Fair Ambitious We strive to be an organisation where equality, diversity and inclusion is part of who we are and how we work and where every member of our team is treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where you can bring your whole self to work and succeed in being your best. Our people deliver amazing services, initiatives and projects to benefit the lives of our residents. They also develop, manage, and maintain the City's vital infrastructure and public spaces that our societies and communities rely on.

• Competitive salary, Grade N8 (£40,777 - £45,091) per annum.
• 37 hours per week.If a competitive salary and pension with the option to opt in to an AVC scheme wasn't enough you will also have:
• A generous annual leave allowance.
• The option to buy additional annual leave.
• Access to family friendly policies including maternity and adoption leave, maternity support leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, special leave, leave when caring for a terminally ill dependent, leave for armed forces reservists, disability related special leave, career breaks and paid leave to support the electoral process.
• An enhanced work life balance including agile working, part-year working, compressed hours and flexi time where appropriate.
• Access to numerous salary sacrifice schemes including home electronics, car lease and gym membership.
• Access to physiotherapy, counselling services and eye tests for VDE users through our Occupational Health Service.
• Access to an extensive wellbeing programme including access to a 24 hour employee assistance programme for you and your immediate family.
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders.
• Ability to join staff network groups to meet and share information and raise awareness and include, Black and Minority Ethnic network, Disabled Employee network and LGBT+ network
• Ability to join a trade union.
• Access to a staff travel scheme.
• Access to learning and development opportunities including a comprehensive corporate induction programme, access to e-learning, an annual performance appraisal, upskilling apprenticeships, access to Learning Resource Centres
• A rewarding and most importantly access to a challenging career.
• Additionally, we also offer you retail discounts on hundreds of the UK's high street and online retailers including travel, dining out, mobile and broadband from the point of receiving your offer of employment.