Building Surveyor

Temporary Building Surveyor
Position: Building Surveyor (Temporary Role)
Duration: March - September 2025
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09:00 AM - 17:00 PM
Pay Rate: £20.48 per hour
Location: Office-based hot-desk/touchdown worker, required to attend sites regularly.

Full UK Driving licence is required and essential.

About the Role:
We are seeking a dedicated Building Surveyor to join the team on a temporary basis. This role involves delivering programmed and responsive maintenance works, conducting condition and compliance-related surveys, and implementing the council's Asset Management Plan. You will act as the subject matter expert in building-related works and statutory compliance, such as fire safety management.

Responsibilities:
- Responsive Maintenance: Day-to-day maintenance of the council's property estate
- Planned Maintenance: Delivery of the planned maintenance programme across the property estate
- Surveys: Conducting surveys for asbestos, condition, and accessibility to ensure PCC buildings are maintained in accordance with the maintenance strategy
- Health & Safety Management: Managing H&S risks for building-related statutory compliance, supporting the Facilities Manager with maintenance programmes and the Corporate Estate Asset Management Plan

Key Activities:
- Undertake asset management survey plans, including fire, asbestos, condition, and accessibility surveys
- Act as a key contact for building-related health & safety, providing technical guidance and incident support
- Produce and implement technical building-related H&S statutory compliance policies
- Respond to requests via the CRM system, including emergency situations, and carry out inspections
- Manage the delivery of capital and revenue-funded projects within the facilities management annual maintenance programme
- Develop FM Health & Safety Policies and oversee the implementation and monitoring of management systems
- Deliver statutory compliance eLearning and blended training packages
- Liaise with contractors to deliver planned and responsive maintenance activities
- Prepare and review estimates, quotations, invoices, and applications for maintenance payments
- Provide technical advice to project managers on building specifications and life cycle maintenance
- Ensure regulatory compliance with external statutory bodies, suppliers, and manufacturers
- Travel to various sites to undertake site visits in adverse weather conditions or following serious incidents

Role Measures:
- Maintenance issues received via the CRM system are dealt with promptly
- PCC buildings are maintained as required by the maintenance strategy
- Maintenance work is carried out in accordance with relevant regulatory standards
- Compliance with PCC policies and procedures
- Development and implementation of FM management systems

Essential Qualifications/Knowledge:
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant property subject (e.g., Building Surveying)
- Membership of or eligibility for membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., RICS or CIOB) within 18 months of appointment
- Extensive knowledge of building construction, planning, and building regulations
- NEBOSH certificate in a relevant area
- Extensive knowledge of relevant health & safety legislation and principles of risk management and prioritisation

Essential Experience:
- Proven track record in building maintenance methods and techniques
- Skilled in conducting comprehensive building surveys
- Demonstrated ability to deliver reactive maintenance works and implement maintenance programmes
- Expertise in prioritising and managing reactive and planned maintenance programmes
- Experience in fulfilling the role of the competent person function within a multi-site built estate, ensuring statutory compliance
- Proficient in project management for various building projects

Essential Skills:
- Numerical skills to enable cost-effective maintenance solutions to be selected
- Ability to work at height, in confined spaces, and on-site in exposed weather
- IT skills to use CAD systems and Digital Mapping systems
- Communication skills to inform customers/clients of building maintenance plans and progress, tailored to suit the occasion
- Planning of own workload to ensure effective delivery of maintenance works/activity
- Ability to work autonomously, making decisions within the scope of allocated responsibilities
- Management and personal attributes to undertake the competent person function, effectively identifying and prioritising risks

Desirable Experience/Qualifications/Knowledge:
- Experience of working within a commercial environment, responsible for maximising opportunities to generate additional income or contract growth
- Extensive knowledge of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015

If you are passionate about maintaining and improving the council's property estate and have the required skills and experience, we would love to hear from you!
To apply, please click below to apply now! Alternatively for more information, please call Emily on 01752 601116.

Due to the anticipated volume of applications, we are unable to notify all candidates of their application status. If you are not contacted within 14 days, you have not been shortlisted, but please keep an eye out for similar vacancies with Pertemps.