Building Surveyor - Building Services
What's involved with this role:
Interim Building Surveyor - Building Services
Reference no: Warrington 0009 561C / 1Pay Rate: up to £40.00 per hour PAYE depending on experience
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: WARRINGTON
Hybrid working
Civic building maintenance experience is required.Specifically do NOT look after housing / residential properties.
Work as part of the Building Services Team on response maintenance work and, when directed, on elements of the planned programme and capital works under the direction of the Building Services Manager. Lead and direct multi-disciplinary design teams to deliver construction, improvement and refurbishment projects from feasibility to completion.TAlso carry out or commission a range of surveys, provide services as described in Service Level Agreements
Key Responsibilities:
The postholder must carry out the duties with full regard to the Council’s Corporate Plan, the Corporate Equality and Diversity Policy and Health and Safety Policy.In liaison with the First Response team, technically assess and add detail to response repair requests, issue orders to appropriate contractors, monitor progress, monitor contractor’s adherence to established response time targets, carry out quality checks of work on site and authorise payment.
Prepare specifications and tender documentation, as necessary, for works (planned, revenue and capital works, including insurance works) related to the maintenance, alteration, improvement, extension and construction of Council property.Produce tender and contract drawings using appropriate computer aided design packages.
Place orders with the relevant contractors, including the adequate inspection of on-site works and the validation of accounts for works completed, up to and including the final account.
Carry out all functions of the Contract Administrator as defined under various (eg JCT) forms of contract.
Commission and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary project teams.
Manage all aspects of a project, from receipt of clients’ requirements, planning applications, building control approval, tendering, on-site inspections, through defects to final completion.
Commission or carry out surveys and inspections, including preparation of associated reports as necessary. Liaise with all Head Teachers, Business Managers, Duty Holders and / or Building / Premise Managers to achieve the orderly and timely completion of works.
Qualifications:
Must have an ONC / OND in Building Studies (or equivalent)
Must have an HNC / HND in Building Studies (or equivalent) and be able to demonstrate working towards a Chartered Membership of the Institute of Builders (or equivalent, eg CIAT, ARB etc)
Knowledge:
Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of construction, current design standards, cost control and procurement practices
Provide evidence of an advanced level of knowledge of current and emerging legislative and good practice in planned preventative maintenance.
Experience:
Provide evidence of relevant experience in a similar working environment commensurate with the level of the post advertised.Provide evidence of using similar computer based programmes such as AutoCAD, NBS, NSR, word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a clear familiarity with PC's, keyboard etc.
Provide evidence of coordinating and leading multi-disciplinary building projects from inception to completion.
Provide evidence of coordinating numerous response repairs works simultaneously.
Skills & Abilities:
Demonstrate a high level of drawing, oral and written communications skills in order to effectively converse with clients and contractors.Demonstrate ability to produce reports and written documents in clear and concise terms.
Demonstrate the ability to effectively plan, time manage and prioritise own workload, work using own initiative and meet agreed deadlines with minimum supervision
Demonstrate the ability to work simultaneously on a wide range of tasks such as assessing building element failures, design, performance management, procedural development etc
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Warrington 0009 561C / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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