Building Surveyor

Location

Wigan, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

Job description

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Wigan Town Hall

Library Street

Wigan

WN1 1YN

Salary: Grade 8, £33,945 - £38,223 per annum.

37 hours per week

Your role:

The Building Surveyor for the Capital Projects Team will deliver capital and maintenance projects to educational buildings and corporate stock.  Working closely with the team to ensure the council is achieving VFM across each project. You’ll develop close working relationships with the wider team and stakeholders, coordinating all elements of the project including change control procedures.  Providing full project management support to the Capital Projects Team, driving projects to meet required requirements and outcomes.  You’ll lead or support on project delivery, depending on the size, complexity, and scale.   You’ll be the main point of contact on projects, to internal and external stakeholders.

About you :

You’ll have a relevant construction qualification and/ or a minimum of 5 years’ experience managing public sector construction projects, with a bias towards educational buildings.  You’ll have experience of managing, multi-disciplinary projects including a working knowledge of NEC and JCT Construction contracts.

Management experience in performance and construction contract management, with proven experience in the management of Design and Property consultants, including liaising with customer representatives and other third parties on design and project management issues. Detailed knowledge of past and current building and construction technology, processes, and materials, with particular emphasis on education environments. A creative and innovative approach to problem solving.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the iESE Public Sector Transformation Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030 , our ambitious plan for our borough.  We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

We are a proactive and enthusiastic team of construction professionals delivering capital and maintenance projects mostly within the educational premises, corporate or historical buildings. We deliver works for a variety of Council clients through RIBA stages 0 to 7, ensuring we make the right decision at the right time, allowing for on time and on budget delivery.  We deliver around £10M pa in capital projects and maintenance works, with work ranging from the project management of minor reactive/planned repairs and statutory compliance services to major new build projects up to £25M.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

Wigan Council prides itself on equality , inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, applicants demonstrating our Team Wigan behaviours, is really important to us, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

For further information, please contact Steve Osborne at  [email protected]

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Interview date:From Monday 8th April 2024

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Salary

£33.95k per annum