Calling all Area Building Surveyors! Are you looking for a rewarding career that combines your passion for construction and attention to detail?
Salary: £45,441 to £48,474 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time (37 hours per week)
Location: Durban House, Durban Rd, Bognor Regis PO22 9RE. Due to the temporary closure of Durban House, you will be based at Tradewinds Business Centre, Heath Place, Heath Pl, Bognor Regis PO22 9SL. (Hybrid and Flexible Working including countywide travel)
Interview date: 09 July 2024
This role offers hybrid working arrangements and will require you to work from county council office buildings and make regular site visits, as well as the flexibility of home working as appropriate. Final arrangements to be confirmed with successful candidate.
You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes available.
The Opportunity
In this role, you will be the driving force behind managing projects effectively, utilising your in-depth knowledge to assess the most appropriate course of action presented by each site visit.
Your expertise will allow you to take the technical lead on specific surveying topics, including advising, mentoring, remaining up to date with relevant legislation, procedures, policies, and professional codes of conduct, upholding best practice standards.
You will be responsible for organising and delivering capital and revenue schemes, utilising a variety of traditional design, specification, and intelligent client project management commissioning methods.
Working collaboratively with the Building Surveying Team Manager, you will lead and co-ordinates multi-disciplinary approaches to the asset management of the built estate for both freehold and leased buildings. This includes incorporating engineering-supplied technical information into Premises Development plans, Planned Maintenance and Minor Improvement specifications.
You will be responsible for supporting long-term planning of the service ensuring continuous improvement and business continuity. You will have the opportunity to mentor and provide on-the-job training to other team members to meet objectives and deliver a professional service.
If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment and have excellent communication skills. Take the next step in your career and apply now.
About You
If you have strong technical skills, a flexible approach and are organised this is the role for you!
Organisation skills are important to balance competing demands, including cost, risk, and time pressures, and deliver best practice outcomes that comply with statutory requirements.
You will have keen attention to detail, have a customer focused approach and feel comfortable making prompt decisions when managing caseloads and setting priorities.
Previous formal training or professional qualification, such as a surveying degree, is necessary for this role. You will have significant relevant experience in the application of building surveying and have extensive experience in its application.
You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, communicating on several different levels with multiple stakeholders and adapting your style accordingly.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Working For Us
Along with a generous holiday entitlement of 30 days plus opportunity to buy additional leave).
Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including the following:
- A excellent local government pension scheme
- A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
- Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
- volunteering opportunities
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.
Further Information
The reference number for this role is EIE01300.
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- Explain the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the attached job description).
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Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.