Building Surveyor

Location: Darby Close, Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, SN2 2PN
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Duration: 6+ Months
Working Hours: Mon – Fri, 09:00 – 17:00, 37 Hours per week
Pay Rate: £ 39.55 per hour 
Job Ref: OR10338

Responsibilities

• Deliver capital and planned maintenance projects for corporate and listed buildings.
• Prepare briefs, develop design and technical design, and administer construction contracts through to handover and closeout.
• Engage with customers, tenants, and leaseholders.
• Prepare feasibility studies, develop new initiatives, and produce detailed specifications and design solutions for modernization and improvement projects.
• Conduct various building surveys, including condition surveys, schedules of condition, dilapidation surveys, and structural surveys, and prepare written reports.
• Manage expenditure within budget and in accordance with financial regulations.
• Ensure building work complies with Health and Safety regulations.
• Manage performance to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Prepare detailed programs of works and ensure value for money services.
• Attend meetings with tenants, leaseholders, and building users and provide necessary advice.
• Supervise and train new staff, work placements, or agency staff.
• Participate in equality and diversity training and continuous professional development.
• Promote equality and diversity best practices.
• Discuss personal training needs with line manager and participate in appraisals.
• Comply with Health & Safety regulations and report any hazardous situations.
• Respond to correspondence from tenants, leaseholders, and Council members regarding maintenance works.
• Attend and present reports at public meetings outside normal working hours.
• Provide evidence to relevant authorities and attend court as a witness if necessary.

Person Specification

• Significant experience in delivering capital and planned maintenance projects.
• Experience with e-procurement and budget management.
• Knowledge of construction health and safety, including the 2015 CDM regulations.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD for design drawings.
• Understanding of planning, listed building consent, and building regulation legislation.
• Commitment to partnership working and engaging service users in service development.
• Ability to work efficiently and develop new working practices.
• Knowledge of Control of Asbestos Regulations and building pathology.
• HNC in Building Studies and an accredited qualification in AutoCAD or equivalent.
• Current driving license and accredited qualification in Health and Safety.

 
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