Assistant Maintenance Surveyor Derby, England
Job description
Directorate: Corporate Resources
Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Council House
We are a team of property professionals including Building Surveyors, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Project Managers and Specialist Professionals looking after a property portfolio of over 100 council owned commercial buildings.
If you’re looking to step up your career, this is the perfect opportunity to have a chance to work with successful leaders in their field and put that expertise into action on a wide range of property types and wide ranging projects. You’ll also make long-lasting professional connections through sharing different perspectives, and you’ll be inspired by the best. We’re focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours.
Achieve your ambitions – join us at Derby City Council!
The Property Projects and Technical Services Team are looking for an Assistant Building Surveyors with experience of working on a wide range of commercial properties within the team. This post will be primarily contributing to the department’s delivery of all Derby City Councils schemes across a diverse portfolio of buildings. This would be working alongside other professionals in order to deliver projects on-time on budget and to the client expectations.
Carry out inspections and condition surveys and assist in the preparation of reports, confirm the required scope of adaptation work within the properties, including defect diagnosis with priorities, recommendations and costings, breaches of legislation, inadequate fire precaution measures and DDA issues. Prepare reports, estimates, specifications, drawings and works schedules for quotations or tendering purposes in relation to the work.
Procure required services and works ensuring compliance with the Council’s procurement and contract procedures.
Assist in managing the delivery of building projects including project management, contract administration, cost management ensuring that all works are carried out in an efficient manner and delivered to budget, timescale and specification.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. For reasons connected with a particular need of the Council it may be appropriate, subject to approval, to appoint to a higher point in the pay grade.
Please be aware that where there are staff within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
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Please be aware that where there are staff within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
The closing date for this vacancy is 11 June 2023 at midnight. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
