Manchester City Council
Location
Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Working Hours: 35 hour per week
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Closing Date: 14 March 2024
This role is subject to -
The Capital Programmes Division is looking to recruit an experienced Building Surveyor. The Division reports to the Deputy Chief Executive and is responsible for developing and delivering Major and Minor Capital Programmes across the City. The current value of the programme is approximately. £200m pa. The portfolio of work is varied and some of our current and previous projects that we have been involved in include , for example , the construction of new schools, large scale solar PV installations , building demolition, repair, maintenance & refurbishment of heritage buildings, s chools, galleries, leisure, and park buildings .
The Building Surveyor role is based within the Minor Works Team which is responsible for delivering construction, repair and refurbishment projects which range from £2k to £3 m in val ue . The team assists internal clients to review project requirements , develop programmes of work which achieve economies of scale from a cost, quality, and programme delivery perspective . In addition to offering a Fire Risk Assessment and Principal Designer service , i t also provides a range of specialists from building surveying, mechanical and electrical design services, structural design, cost & contract management , and Construction Design Management (CDM) compliance .
The candidate should have a BSc in Building Surveying or similarly related RICS-accredited Batchelor's degree . The successful candidate will be working towards achieving full RICS , or CIOB membership and will be competent in analysing building defects and specifying building works. A p roficiency at producing AutoCAD designs , a good working knowledge of building and planning legislation, CDM Regulations , and current Building Contracts (including JCT, PSPC and NEC3/4 TSC and ECC) are also required .
Professionally, you will be required to deliver , manage & administer construction contracts from commencement to completion, to quality, time and within budget.
If you have the above experience and skills and would like to work in a dynamic and interesting environment, we would like to hear from you.
Please ensure your application addresses the Generic Skills and the Technical Requirement (Role Specific) sections outlined in the role profile.
We’re the local government authority for Manchester , and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.
When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.
To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:
A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.
Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council
At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.
If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
Accessibility
As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.
When you join us
We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.
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£39.19k per annum
