Building Surveyor - London, United Kingdom - Adecco UK

Adecco UK

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Building Surveyor (Capital & Compliance Work)

Salary Range:
Level 5, Zone 2 - £53,897 - £65,350

Work location: 5 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG

Hours per week:36

Contract type:
Permanent

Closing date:
Sunday 14 th May 2023 at 23:59

Interviews to be held:
w/c 22 nd May 2023

Adecco Public Sector is currently working in partnership with the London Borough of Camden, as they seek to recruit several critical roles within Commercial Property Team.

About Camden

Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit.

Because, we're not just home to UK's fast-growing economy. We're home to the most important conversations happening today. And we're making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here's where you can help decide a better future for us all.

Our vision is that 'In 2025, everyone in Camden should have a place they call home' and the community investment programme (CIP) is playing a key part in that by building new genuinely affordable homes and community facilities.

We have completed nearly 1,000 homes to date through CIP including over 500 council rent and affordable homes, built new community centres and schools and invested in school buildings across the borough.

We have ambitious plans in place to build thousands more homes.

The Council owns 33,000 homes, of which 9,000 are leasehold, c.1000 commercial properties, 150 corporate buildings and maintains 49 schools and children's centres.

The role

Reporting to the Senior Building Surveyor, you will ensure Camden's Commercial property portfolio is maintained to high technical standards and that their buildings are safe, comfortable and serviceable.

This role is responsible for a wide range of technical building matters, from considering requests from tenants to make alterations to properties, investigating disrepair issues, recommending remedial work, instructing, and liaising with contractors, preparing dilapidation's reports, specification of works, advising on and ensuring Health & Safety compliance, regulations and legislation as it applies to commercial properties.

You will oversee work being carried out in industrial workshops, street fronted shops, offices, public buildings, commercial premises and the like.

Working with the Senior Building Surveyor and others, you will be responsible for repairs, maintenance and capital works, that will include management of works packages with an annual budget of upwards of £10 million per year.

You will have a good understanding of building services within a commercial setting and ability to produce asset registers from site inspection.

Key aspects of the role

Working closely with senior staff, the post holder is expected to work to high standards of technical and contract management practice, as well as working closely with and supporting other colleagues in the team to ensure consistency in practice and outcomes.
Developing and managing various work stream programmes relating to Health & Safety and nonstatutory compliance issues. These works will mainly be around building asset compliance, including fire safety, electrical safety, asbestos, water hygiene, lift safety, and gas safety.
Appointing and managing design consultants, specialists, and contractors.
Ensuring contractors comply with their obligations to carry out reactive repairs, improvements and planned maintenance.
Ensuring reactive repairs and planned maintenance are specified and carried out to agreed and appropriate timescales by contractors.
Assisting with service charge reporting and help with any dispute resolution.
Ensuring that building maintenance practice contributes to the continual reduction of carbon emissions from our buildings.

About you
In addition, you will knowledge and experience with one or more of the following:

Drafting technical specifications for building fabric and/or M&E works.
Significant technical knowledge and surveying/quality inspection experience.
Excellent interpersonal skills including influencing and negotiating skills.
Experience in following policies and procedures and using them to achieve agreed objectives.
Fluent and skilled in the use of IT as a tool for records management, communication and other purposes. Must be literate in the use of MSWord, MS Excel, and asset or facilities management databases

Sounds like the role for you.
To speak to a recruitment expert please contact Isabella Fiorentino