Senior Building Surveyor - Projects

• Hybrid Working (based at County Hall, at home and with regular travel to sites)
• 30 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays)
• Employment contract: Permanent
• Salary: £37,280 to £41,771 per annum

We’re working to improve the lives of people, in Somerset – and you’ll be a key part of that.  As a Senior Building Surveyor, you will use your professional skills and experience to recommend optimum project management and lead on various directly delivered projects from inception to completion.

Your day-to-day work will involve:

Managing, delivering and supervising a range of construction and condition projects and programmes to deliver strategic outcomes for the council, ensuring that financial, legislative and reputational risks are managed and to deliver safe compliant workspaces for our staff, members, visitors and other key stakeholders'

Acting on behalf of the Corporate Client to design, specify, procure and project manage intermediate scale and complexity projects from inception to completion.

Undertaking feasibility studies for major/complex projects and develop conceptual designs up to RIBA stage 3 and then act as Property Client through to RIBA stage 6.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

• Have associate membership of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and/or working towards MRICS chartered status for 12 months or more (Building Surveying pathway).
• Have prior experience as a Building Surveyor (or similar role) delivering a wide range of maintenance and improvement projects.

What we are looking for is an individual with comprehensive knowledge of the Building Regulations and Planning process and good working knowledge of statutory compliance legislation relating to public, commercial and school buildings

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Nicola Johns, Lead Building Surveyor – Client on nicola.johns@somerset.gov.uk

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.