Job Category :Engineering & Surveying
Location :Plymouth City Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time :17:00
Salary: £18.81
2 x Qualified Building Surveyors required. Ideally one with foreshore experience.
Must be local to Plymouth
Primary purpose
of role
Key
accountabilities
and key
measures
Required to deliver programmed and responsive maintenance works, condition
and compliance related surveys within the council’s property estate. Deliver the
council’s Asset management Plan. Act as the subject matter expert in relation
to building related works and an area of building related statutory compliance,
to deliver the competent person function (eg Fire safety management).
The estate comprises of circa 2000 assets; including large complex office
buildings, landing stages, industrial units, controlled schools, monuments, historic
listed buildings (high levels of significance), monuments and libraries etc.
Role measures
All maintenance related issues
received via the CRM system dealt
with
Condition of PCC buildings as
required by the maintenance
strategy
Maintenance work carried out in
accordance with relevant regulatory
standards
The PCC (within the corporate
estate) is compliant with the HSE
competent person function
Compliance with PCC policies and
procedures
The development and
implementation of the FM
management -systems,
Role outcomes
Day to day responsive maintenance
of the council’s property estate
(30%)
Delivery of the planned
maintenance programme, across
the property estate (30%)
Delivery of surveys for asbestos,
condition & Accessibility PCC
buildings maintained in accordance
with the maintenance strategy
(20%)
Management of H&S risks for an
area of building related statutory
compliance, within own
competence supporting the
Facilities Manager (Hard Services)
with the development of the
annual/5 yearly planned
maintenance programmes and the
delivery of the Corporate Estate
Asset management Plan (20%)
Essential
qualifications/
knowledge
Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant property subject (eg
Building Surveying).
Membership of or eligibility for membership of a relevant professional body,
eg RICS or CIOB – within 18 months of appointment
Extensive knowledge of building construction, planning & building regulations
NEBOSH certificate in a relevant area
Extensive knowledge of relevant health & safety legislation & principles of
risk management and prioritisation
Desirable
qualifications/
Extensive knowledge of the Construction (Design and Management)
Regulations 2015
knowledge
Essential
experience
Extensive experience of building maintenance methods and techniques
Experience of carrying out building surveys
Experience of delivering reactive maintenance works and maintenance
programmes
Experience of prioritising reactive and planned maintenance programmes
Experience of carrying out the role of the competent person function
(within a multi-site) built estate, for an area of statutory compliance
Experience of project management for building projects
Desirable
experience
Experience of working within a commercial environment, responsible for
maximising opportunities to generate additional income or contract growth.
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. Skills need to be able to be tailored to suit the occasion
Planning of own workload to ensure effective delivery of maintenance
works/activity
This is a demanding role and the post holder will be required to work
autonomously, making decisions within the scope of their allocated
responsibilities. Long periods of concentration are required to be able to
undertake complex and detailed works, often with conflicting pressures
Management and personal attributes to undertake the competent person
function – able to effectively identify and prioritise risks; when required to
act appropriately to affect devolved authority to ensure statutory compliancewithin the corporate estate