Building Surveyor - Preston, United Kingdom - Lancashire County Council

Lancashire County Council

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Preston, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Salary £38,223-£43,421 Per annum | Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week | Pro Rata

Asset Management Service

2 x Building Surveyors

Preston, Lancashire (with flexible & hybrid working )

_This role is not open to international sponsorship _

We are currently recruiting

Building Surveyors to work within the
Asset Management Service at
Lancashire County Council .

Lancashire County Council exists to serve everyone who lives or works in Lancashire.

We are committed to developing and celebrating our diverse communities, heritage and landscape to create a strong sense of place we can all be proud of.

At the heart of our strategy for delivery are our four priorities:
delivering better services, protecting our environment, supporting economic growth, and caring for the vulnerable.

Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping you to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper.

The Asset Management Service provides strategic management of the council's property, schools and highway assets to ensure that they meet the aims of the Corporate Strategy and support service delivery across the county.

The Building Surveyors are responsible for the design and delivery of a large and varied portfolio of building projects across Lancashire.

We pride ourselves on delivering a high-quality, cost-effective service to a variety of Educational establishments and corporate buildings.

Our team works both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team include Architects, Building Services Engineers, Interior designers, geotechnical specialists, landscape architects and ecologists.

Due to significant investment in the Education Sector and our Corporate portfolio were are looking to expand our team.

CommunicativeYou'll need both skills and personality to deliver on this role so we're looking for someone personable and friendly with fabulous skills and knowledge - we are seeking a Building Surveyor with lots of enthusiasm and the dedication required to help contribute to our continued success - we'd like you to have the ability to build lasting working relationships with clients and colleagues so having a team orientated approach is essential - you should be technically competent with a resilient nature ensuring that you can have those difficult conversations with challenging clients when needed, we want you to be an aspirational individual with a willingness to take personal responsibility for any building projects under your realm - finally your professional integrity and practice will build trust and instil confidence with your clients, team and stakeholders

DiligentWe are hoping to attract a diligent individual who understands the impact and the value of your effort has to our wider team and the community we support - so were looking for that special someone who has the confidence to succeed and drive projects forward whilst providing innovative solutions to any building and design related challenges - you'll have the inner confidence and a preventative methodology to spot any issues before they evolve - whilst using your initiative we'll need you to prioritise and organise your workload as you will be adding your value to multiple projects at any one time - you'll also have a fantastic opportunity to contribute to our decarbonisation strategy so a keen focus on energy efficiency and the future sustainability of our buildings

Why join us

Benefits:

There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you will love with our hybrid working model.
We offer up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, two additional days at Christmas and then an additional 20 days that can be purchased.
We have benefit packages which has everything from discounted white goods to a hybrid car lease scheme, long service awards, Medicash, support groups, cycle to work schemes, free eye tests plus much more.
Best of all we have a generous public sector pension (16.3% employer contributions) with shared AVC's that provides Income Tax relief and National Insurance (NICs) savings using a salary sacrifice arrangement and providing a flexible pension saving opportunities.

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Development:You will have scope for professional development in line with the variety of work that you will be exposed to, supported through learning with colleagues, seminars, courses, and a progressive approach maintained when understanding legislative changes. We also have a range of personal/professional qualifications which will be available to you and career progression available for the right person.

Supporting Statement:

It is crucial that when completing your personal statement to ensure that you have specifically demonstrated that you meet each essential criteria from the job/person specification in line with the role responsibilities as detailed above.

If you do not meet the criteria, but feel you possess relevant qualities, please demo