Building Surveyor
Corporate Property
Permanent, 37 hours per week
Salary NS11 £39,152 - £40,777 per annum
Pay Award Pending *
We are now recruiting for a Building Surveyor to join our Corporate Property team. In this role, you will assist in providing a professional and efficient service to effectively manage and deliver on maintenance, improvement and renewal of the Council’s land and building assets, including planned and reactive maintenance, and any new developments.
Your duties will include, but not be limited to:
- Respond to and deal with reactive, non-planned repairs including site inspections, analysis, identification of works and appointment of contractors.
- Undertake schedules of dilapidations and condition surveys preparing, co-ordinating, executing and supervising a planned programme of maintenance, repair, and renewal of the council’s assets, together with reactive maintenance and major works.
- Provide onsite supervision and inspections to ensure contract standards have been met and to take action to rectify defects.
- Prepare specifications, designs and drawings, contract, and tender documentation and to procure services.
- Provide valuations of the council assets for insurance purposes.
- Provide a client facing approach.
Our successful candidate will have substantial experience delivering small and medium sized commercial works and projects, and will have financial knowledge and experience related to commercial projects, such as programme, budget monitoring, project management and construction health and safety.
You will be educated to HNC level, or equivalent, and have a full driving licence and access to the use of a vehicle.
We’re an ambitious, forward-thinking Council with strong values and a culture of doing our absolute best to serve our customers. We are proud of our organisational culture and receive positive feedback from our employees. We have a programme of internal activity to ensure that the voices of our employees are always heard and that they are kept informed on all Council activity and events. From roadshows to an annual award ceremony, from reviewing working arrangements to monthly craft sessions, it is incredibly important our employees are shown how valued they are and that they remain the beating heart of our workplace.
We offer:
- Enrolment in the career average local government pension scheme.
- Flexi scheme.
- Hybrid working.
- A generous annual leave entitlement that increases with service.
- Family-friendly benefits.
- One days’ paid volunteering leave per year.
- Lifestyle benefits platform.
- Funded health cash plan.
- Free car parking to 31 March 2028
- £10 a month gym membership at one of our gyms in the district.
You will be working with a professional, committed and experienced team who are passionate about supporting us to deliver the objectives as outlined in our Community Plan.
For an informal chat or more information, please contact Kevin Shutt, Business Manager - Major Projects Delivery, Repairs and Compliance on [email protected].
- Pay Award from 1 April 2026 still under negotiation.
As an employer we will promote an inclusive working environment to maintain and develop a forward thinking and diverse workforce.
Veterans/family of forces/ex-forces, those in care/care leavers, and candidates who declare disabilities (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) will be guaranteed interviews provided they have demonstrated that they meet the essential criteria of the post as detailed in the Person Specifications on their application forms.
We will not accept CVs from unsolicited recruitment agencies.
We recommend you submit your application early, as we often receive a large number of applications and therefore we reserve the right to close the advert early
Closing Date: Friday 28th August 2026
Interview: W/C 7th September 2026
