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Requisition ID:  13067
Posted date:  29 Oct 2024

Maintenance Surveyor

Team: Asset Management

Job Family: Enabling - CBG11 
Salary: £38,479 - £41,632 per annum  
Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: To carry out this role, you will need to visit properties and land within your designated area of Central Bedfordshire (north or south) on a daily basis. You will also be expected to attend Priory House, Shefford as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month

Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: 14th November 2024

Interview Date: 21st & 22nd November 2024 – Interviews will take place in person – location to be confirmed  

 

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Central Bedfordshire Council’s Asset Management Service who manage the Council’s Corporate, Commercial, and Farms estates.

 

We spend around £13.5m a year and generate an annual income of roughly £10.5m. Our estate includes 430 buildings and 3,600 hectares of land, (total asset value of £1000m), including leisure centres, libraries, health facilities, schools, industrial units, offices, and farms. Central Bedfordshire is split into a North and a South Area and an Operational Delivery Team has been allocated to each area.

 

The Maintenance Surveyors will be part of the Operational Delivery Teams and will provide technical advice, investigate building issues, conduct audits and inspections, produce specifications and cost estimates, and procure and manage contractors. You will work collaboratively with a diverse range of people and services, including other public sector partners like the NHS and the Police.

 

We offer a rare opportunity to work in a wide variety of buildings within a small geographical area. The Maintenance Surveyor roles are key to ensuring the Council has fit for purpose, well maintained, and welcoming buildings for its staff, visitors, and tenants

 

You will get to work with a range of systems and operational environments, providing interesting work and opportunities for learning and development. Central Bedfordshire Council provides a supportive and collaborative working environment. We believe in ‘growing our own talent’ and supporting career progression.

 

CBC are investing in new buildings, (recent examples include care homes, an integrated health and care facility and a Crematorium) and this post will be involved in mobilisation and the ongoing repairs and maintenance of these state-of-the-art facilities.

 

We are looking for someone who

  • Holds a building surveyor degree or equivalent (HNC, NVQ)
  • Has previous experience of carrying out surveying activities for reactive repairs and maintenance works.
  • Is personable and professional with good communication and customer service skills.
  • Is effective at time management and can manage a predominantly reactive workload.
  • Is good at identifying cost effective solutions to problems.
  • Can use the Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, etc) and CAD proficiently.

 

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page

 

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

 

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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

 

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidanceare to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.

 

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Ben Pollard at Ben.Pollard@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk call 0300 300 4794 or Pat Lindsay at Patrick.Lindsay@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk call 0300 300 6330 or 

 

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To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

 

Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.

 

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